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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow- I went to a TT SLAC in the 90s from NCS with a similar GPA and a 1480 SAT.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“You may have more data at NCS but there are plenty of unhappy parents and students regarding college outcomes at NCS. Yes, the education is outstanding but it is hard for students not to question why they worked so hard in HS to end up at a school like Bates or Wisconsin. “

I am an NCS parent of a senior. We would be dancing on the rooftops if our DD got into Wisconsin. It was a rejection. We are looking at options much, much lower on the USNWR list. Think 75-120.[/quote]

what is your child's approx. GPA?  NCS parent here. [/quote]

GPA is 3.4. ACT is 33[/quote][/quote]
 That truly sucks. All the grade inflation at public schools and test optional is so frustrating.[/quote]

This is so tone deaf. You realize that “back in the day,” elite colleges only let in certain types of people (originally WASP-Y men from certain families and high schools).  Broadening access to a wider swath of kids is a GOOD thing for the colleges and for the country vs having something more like an oligarchy of access. Private school kids do not need MORE protection and benefits. They are going to be fine.

-parent of private school kid who didn’t have a great college outcome [/quote]

I don’t need a lesson from you about “back in the day”, but thanks private school parent. I was first gen to go to college from LM family. No one said anything about protections or benefits. A meritocracy should be the goal. Not for public schools to inflate grades so that a 4.0 has no more meaning.

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So in other words, you want to pull down the ladder behind you.[/quote]

Not at all. I don’t think my kid should be up against MCPS kids who get Bs and then “show improvement” and all of a sudden it’s an A. Give me a break.[/quote]

What does this even mean? I have no idea what you are trying to say.
I imagine your implication is that public schools hand out As like candy. While there is grade inflation, a lot of it is at the lower end so that kids who are failing actually end up graduating. Some easy electives like Tech, Forensics or a class like PE\Health do give out easy As but generally Honors and AP classes are very teacher dependent. Some of the teachers are very tough even in public school. College admissions officers are not completely dumb by the way. They look at a 3.8 GPA from Sidwell very differently than a 3.8 GPA from public school [/quote]

This was our experience. Tech and PE/Health were required, but you only took them in semesters when your scheduled was heavily loaded up on APs. My kids had teachers who were stingy with As, too. [/quote]

[b]Yes but in MCPS the letter grades from each quarter are averaged.  You can get an 89.5 quarter one (A) and a 79.5 quarter two (B) and you get a 4.0 (A).  A 4.0!!!!

At NCS percentages are averaged.  So at NCS an 89.5 first quarter and a 79.5 second quarter is averaged to a 84.5 which is a straight B. or a 3.0.   A MASSIVE difference in GPA despite the kid getting the IDENTICAL percentages each quarter as the MCPS kid.

Can you see how much harder it is to do well under the NCS system???  
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Do you think UMD's admissions officers aren't aware of this? Even if the first cut is AI, there will be a flag for the type of school. This is admissions 101.[/quote]

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