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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is recruited athlete who got in ED. Not quite at that 35 act/4.0 level - but not too far off. Did apply TO. We are proud that all that hard work in sports gives him the opportunity that would otherwise only be available to super top students who are lucky enough to win the lottery. We have no doubt he will perform well academically- even if his stats are a touch lower than the academic pureplay kids. Such an incredible school in so many ways![/quote]

It is an excellent school…but…it is very tough on grading (100% grade deflation). My superstar academic kid had a rude awakening. Fair warning…[/quote]

This. Exact same for my fcps very high stats kids with national level awards. Significant grade deflation [/quote]

I have never heard this before.  I am bummed to hear this as I don't think my burned out kid wants to go to a grade-deflationary school...[/quote]

Ignore PP. If their kid got truly low grades, ie below a 3.3, they were significantly lacking in intelligence or discipline compared to 75% of WashU students. 
WashU does NOT have grade deflation. The median GPA was 3.68 in 2024. UVA was 3.65 in 2023. The relatively-deflated ivies (P, P, Cornell) are all around 3.7, very similar to UChicago that erroneously is called deflated on these boards. Sure Harvard and Brown have much higher medians of 3.9 but WashU is hardly "100% deflated" with a 3.7 median. 
The typical freshman chem and calc are set to a median of B/B+, Cs are for fewer than 25%. The upper level stem can have medians of A- for some courses. 
Medical School AOs get data from undergrad med committees and they track data on their own, by undergrad: they know which schools inflate or not and they compare you to your undergrad both related to inflation and related to the peer group of the school. [/quote]

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