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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Most kids at Sidwell, for example, would have more than a 4.0 GPA with APs and honors classes at a public school. [/b]

If rigor is seen as a virtue, and differentiation important, why not just make the GPA scale out of 5.0 (as some NE boarding schools do) to reflect that these are highly selected students being made to work very hard?

Wouldn’t help the top 10-20% who already do well in college admissions [b](only hooked)[/b] - but would help the 60% in the middle (potentially at the expense of the 20% at the bottom).  The 3.6 with 1550 sats kid getting into Tufts or BC [b](I don't think this describes the stats for kids that got into these schools[/b]) is now a 4.5/1550 kid with a shot at Columbia or UCLA[b] (there are top kids in top 10-20% not getting into these schools without a hook - so it's nuts to think the 3.6 kids should be)[/b].

The reason not to?  Because the market demand for the big3 is high.  No need for these schools to innovate (on the relatively short time horizon of a HOS) - multiple applicants for every place with the current product offering.[/quote]

The reason not is because the HOS sees all is well - the legacy, donors, and URM do great and he's ok with that.  Also - the school sends no GPA to colleges - so it makes no sense that you are referring to a 5 point scale.  And, they will throw back at you that it is not Quakerly to assign higher value to some students over others in any way.

In addition - I think you are not quite in touch with reality.

1) There is more variation in the abilities of students at Sidwell than you are aware of.  And, the DMV is filled with educated and wealthy families - many of whom send their children to public school.  So it's just not the case you can assume most students would get A's in public.  Of course this will depend on your public district - but this blanket statement is just false.

2) Your examples are "off" on who does well and the stats associated with acceptances at different tiers of schools.[/quote]

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