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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help me understand where DS stands. GPA is 3.75 in a school where average GPA is 3.7. SAT 1540. School average of 1500.

High school very rigorous, among top 20 private high schools in the country so peer group is super strong. Zero grade inflation. But also many in peer group hooked (rich or URM, etc) so naviance not very helpful.

Upward trajectory with grades. EC are strong and somewhat unique but not nationally ranked. Does well in national debate tournaments, but that's not his main EC. No sports. Will have great essay and LOR

I think being middle of the pack school-wise knocks out top 20 schools. But does it knock out top 40?

What I'm asking is where do middle of the pack kids from Riverdale or Horace Mann go to college?[/quote]

How can it be that there is “zero grade inflation” but the average grade is an A-?

At my DS’s rigorous DC private many of the class averages are in the 70s.

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OP’s school must have more academically-exclusive admissions. If grading is consistent across schools, then a school that mostly admits A students, with some B students, will have an average GPA of A-. If a school admits a broader academic range (more athletes, legacies, donors, and faculty children, for example), the average GPA will be lower. [/quote]

You clearly don't understand the concept of curve.  If a school is rigorous, there will be B/C students no matter what constituents.  I suspect this school gives A+ (as A in other privates).  So 3.7 out of 4.33[/quote]

At our non-DMV private, 3.8uw gets into Northwestern /Cornell/ Vanderbilt / UChicago /Brown/Penn (CAS). Slightly higher needed for HYPSM (and Dartmouth!)
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Are these when kids have 3.8 and apply ED? Also, do you feel rigor matters with 3.8 or regular rigor with 3.9 is better than high rigor with 3.85. I am asking since my daughter is in 10th grade and taking max rigor (at a top private) and has a 3.89 avg but she feels kids with much lower rigor have 3.95. Should she drop down in rigor for next year?[/quote]

What's the major? 
I think showing rigor in area of academic interest is really important (at least it was for my kids). So if humanities kid, don't necc need max rigor in ALL science and math, just in some.[/quote]

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