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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. We calculated our DD at 3.3from Sidwell and she got into UVA, but she had very high SAT and strong grades in one field. [/quote]

We have a Sidwell student and have no clue how to calculate GPA based on Sidwell grades for purposes of figuring out what colleges are safeties, targets or reaches. (This may apply to other top privates as well.)

We are just trying to determine a GPA to use as a guide when looking at Fiske et al.  Can anyone help? The school does not officially calculate, but apparently they do for purposes of plotting you on Naviance scattergrams (which, of course, we can only sorta see looking over the shoulder of our college counselor at an in-office meeting). That sorta recalculated GPA accounts for some advanced classes (no clue which ones), since few are actually labeled "advanced."  We are not given access to that Naviance information, however, and instead need to rely on what we can piece together from very limited meetings, friends or various internet sources. IMHO, having gone through this elsewhere, this secrecy is bogus.

Moving on... Help! How do we calculate Sidwell GPA for purposes of determining what is a safety, target, or reach??? How do you build the very advanced curriculum, etc.?[/quote]

Sidwell GPA is calculated like any other GPA -- 4.0 for A, 3.67 for A-, etc . . ..  There is no weighting for advanced classes.  In my experience, students with a GPA of 3.5 or above are the ones who have a shot at top colleges (at least without a hook).  That does not mean they will be accepted, but they have a shot.[/quote]

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