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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was OP's GPA a 3.7 or 3.8uw? There is a difference.

3.7uw is generally not competitive for Ivies even with ED. The guide for "private selective/feeder" HS that I've seen thrown around here tends to be mostly true (posted in other threads as well):

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation, but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+[/quote]

From our non-national-feeder but great DMV private, 3.7uw has no shot at T25-30, it is barely above average.  3.8uw is borderline for T25/30, have a decent shot if they have taken the most difficult courses in all areas. 3.9uw is in range for T20 yet quite borderline and not likely for T10. T10/ivy unhooked even with ED needs to have top10% GPA minimum which means one or two A-, rest A and A+, or 3.95+uw. 
The OP needs to get data from their school. They likely made a poor list. [/quote]

Your school has massive grade inflation. That is not typical in highly regarded private feeder high schools.[/quote]

This is more typical than parents like to believe. Parents keep thinking that no one gets close to 4.0 but even in the toughest of schools, a few kids always get more than 3.95 and 3.7 to 3.8 gpa is average.[/quote]

Agreed. We've been invaded by posters who say that a 3.95 is an impossible GPA at top privates but I don't think they're from the DMV.  I know at both NCS and STA that a full 20% of the class is above a 3.9 or 93% (at STA).  Maret too as I had a kid there. I don't know about Sidwell or GDS.  I currently have an NCS junior with a 3.95 and she doesn't have the impression that her grades are unusual. [/quote]

It's not impossible to get 3.95 uw at our daughter's competitive private in the SF Bay. They shared that 20% get 3.85-3.95, 20% get 3.7-3.84, and 60% get below 3.7. It's an academic HS as you needed high GPA and standardized test (SSAT) to get in in grade 8. I have no idea of whether the grading is inflationary or deflationary compared to other academic privates. But it is what it is![/quote]

+1  In our private school the GPAs are very high.  For AP classes, if the kid gets a 5 on AP test, the grade for that class gets a bump often to an A, if the original grade is not an A.  I would say half of the class have over 3.9 GPA.  School doesn't weight GPA, average SAT is 1500.  Kids start taking AP in 8-th grade (some taking Calculus AB).  A 3.7 kid probably gets counseled out in 9th grade. [/quote]

Wow that's so much more generous than our private. Like I said, at our SF Bay private school, less than 20% (not 50%) get over a 3.85, and no one gets their grade bumped up to an A just for getting a 5 on the AP test. I wish they did for college entry purposes! Like I said, 60% of our class gets below a 3.7.[/quote]

Yet another reason the posts from oos are so unhelpful to locals.[/quote]

Are you actually naive enough to think that this is a local board?[/quote]

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