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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Insane grade inflation in DCPS:
https://www.swwrookery.com/post/hugely-inflated-are-pandemic-era-grading-policies-doing-more-harm-than-good
A's are given for "any effort at all"

[b]SWW has fantastic college admissions again this year--better than any private.  This is what the DC private school kids are up against with their 
3.4's for working their a$$es off.  🙁

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Can you provide evidence for that?  [/quote]

They're probably the best in the DC for getting unhooked (white/Asian, non-legacy, non athletic recruit) kids into Ivies. This year I don't know exactly but it's probably as many as 10 kids. 
Some are on their Instagram, others I just know about.  In contrast, the Big 3s' are maybe getting in 2 of these kids per class this year.  I have a Big3 kid who attended DCPS until middle school
so we know Walls kids very well as many of my kid's friends attend Walls.  [/quote]

Are you saying Walls is the best public school doing this?

Based on Instagram posts alone, Sidwell is sending 11 students to Ivies this year (and Ivy equivalents—MIT and U of C).  Sidwell also has 25 fewer students per grade than Walls.[/quote]

Did you read my post?  Walls is getting [b]UNHOOKED[/b] kids into the Ivies.  white/Asian/non-legacy/non athletes. 
My understanding is that pretty much all the Sidwell kids are hooked.  You can tell by their Instagram and by some quick googling.
For example, Princeton at Sidwell: one URM, two legacies.  One legacy is also a VIP's kid, I believe the other has a parent who has been active at Princeton post graduation.

Anyway, this is the trend with most if not all Ivy admits from Big3 schools this year. 
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By your definition, TWO of the Walls students heading to Penn are hooked (one is also a legacy).  That brings Walls’ total down to 5.
Based on YOUR definition, Sidwell still has 8 unhooked students heading to Ivies/equivalent. Btw, I don’t trust your definition of a VIP.

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