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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I will just share my experience.

My son has 3.4. So basically B plus and shade below A minus.

He didn’t take many honors and APs

I assumed a B plus would be find. ESP for big state school which is what he wants.

Unfortunately not the case. Totally dismayed at the number of state schools that I thought were safeties that we are being told he probably won’t be excepted at. And his ACT score was fine and equivalent to what a B plus student would be.

So maybe share the stats with your DD now so she gets it. And start managing expectations. Many many good schools that will take her as other have mentioned. But not the ones you probably thought would.

Sigh. Yes it really makes us frustrated  with our private school and it tough grading system. [/quote]

what school is this?  A DC Big3?[/quote]

DC Top 5[/quote]

If your kid is at a DC top 5, I would recommend including a few private reach schools on the list - especially if your chid can apply ED and especially if your kid can get some high test scores. Try both the ACT and the SAT. For a full pay private school kid, I would also consider Trinity, Connecticut College, Lewis & Clark. I would also try to leverage gender and/ or geography: I would look at LACs for a boy and maybe avoid them and look at more techy schools for a girl (schools like RIT). [/quote]

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