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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way! Students with this GPA has to be top 5 (not top 5%) students in a typical FCPS school. Something has to be wrong somewhere.[/quote]
McLean isn't a typical FCPS school. Part of holistic admissions is viewing the applicant in light of their school. As you implied, a 4.6 in McLean is more common than a 4.6 in FCPS[/quote]

It really isn’t.  My kid is at McLean and probably has something close to a 4.6 (a touch lower maybe?). They are among a very small group of kids in that cohort of GPA. I obviously don’t know everyone but most of the kids that have that type of GPA are in at very good schools.  We had an amazing year.  3 at Harvard. 3 at Yale (I think).  1 to MIT.  Also well represented are Duke, Brown, Chicago, other Ivies etc. A very high number to UVA and W&M.   And shocker.  Most of the Harvard and Yale kids are white or Asian. I am sure there are amazing kids at McLean and everywhere that didn’t make it into these schools. And it is a total shame.  But really it’s not because of TO or first gens or whatever.  It’s just luck of the draw.  [/quote]

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