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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It matters.  
My child applied with equal As and A minuses (no Bs) and very strong extracurriculars and did much differently in top20 admissions than classmates who only had one or two A minuses.  [/quote]

You don’t know the reasons why one was accepted and one wasn’t.  I assume you didn’t read his classmates school records or essay or any part of it.   They aren’t looking for AI Robots who show perfection in all classes and tests.   [/quote]

Dp, have had several family member and two kids go through the process in recent years at two different “top” privates.  Unless a kids is hooked (and op’s isn’t), agree that grades, or more specifically where kid ranks in class based on grades(colleges can roughly figure out even when school doesn’t calculate) is almost always the determinative factor unless a kid has a truly extraordinary talent that has been recognized on a national level.  Test scores merely signal that gpa is legit.  Holistic review is just a smokescreen for taking kids that are hooked or otherwise an institutional priority with lower stats, at least at the most selective schools.  This is true across the board among top schools and particularly at flagships.[/quote]

100% not true in FCPS according to schoology. [/quote]

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