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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll bite. Here’s a selection of really nice schools, of different sizes and locations that could be of interest, depending on major and setting. Lots of very different schools.

Reach: Northwestern, Cornell, U Penn, U Chicago, Bowdoin, Brown, Dartmouth
Target / Reach: Michigan, Rochester, Wash U, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Tufts
Target: Colby, Colgate, U Washington, Boston College, NYU
Safeties: Univ of Toronto, McGill, Wisconsin, Reed, Bates, Dickinson, Gettysburg, Tulane[/quote]

My kid has a 3.9 at a Big3; can he/she move the target/reaches to target?[/quote]

No.

It isn't about your kids stats, it is about the number of kids who have similar records who are applying to all of the same schools.

There are X times the number of kids applying for generally the same number of seats that existed 30 years ago.[/quote]

so the 3.95 kid has the same options as the 3.75 kid?[/quote]

I can't answer specifically the impact of the 0.20 differential, but it needs to be said that STA, NCS, GDS and Sidwell aren't identical when it comes time to assign grades.

Anecdotally, GDS kids who I know personally have all had higher GPAs than my Sidwell teen.  As in, > 3.90.   Their ACT/SATs were easily lower, even when superscored.  One girl had a 4.0 at GDS and her mom acted like that wasn't a big deal, all you need to do is work hard!  That sort of situation is a unicorn at Sidwell.[/quote]

Doesn't this all depend on how hard the classes are you are taking? At my kids' top private, certain classes are WAY more rigorous (Multivariable Calc, Advanced Chem, Physics C, etc.). So a GPA alone doesn't mean all that much unless you know what classes the kid has taken. [/quote]

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