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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone happen to know (for real) the GPA cutoff for Top Quarter of the rising senior class?

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I heard it was 3.75ish.

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What about the top 10%?[/quote]

Around 3.9[/quote]

So, that’s about 12 to 13 students out of ~125. That’s pretty tough. [/quote]

And then there are the kids who get a little lower than that but who have taken the advanced math track. Many have lower GPAs largely due to Math III and Math IV first semester grades, with no bump at Sidwell for the advanced track (only available in math and science). So you can be in the top 10% for GPA, but if you aren't in the higher track classes you may not really be reflected/recommended as top 10% in the school's recommendations as the need to account for the higher track grades. This year only 8 seniors completed Math IV and they all did very well in college admissions even with come lower math grades over the years.  They make up a number of the high ranked college spots. Three of the eight are going to Harvard. I wish the school were a bit more transparent on this so kids really had a better idea where they are comparatively, not to encourage competition among them but because we keep being told colleges compare you to other kids at your school. [/quote]

Most of the Sidwell students going to Ivies this year graduated with Calculus 1 (including those who intend to major in STEM fields). [/quote]

This would be a question for college counseling if true. How are the top math students supported? 
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Sidwell parent here. It’s simple math. Only 8 seniors completed Math IV, and at least 3 of those seniors are not going to Ivies. There [b]are at least 18 students going to Ivies,[/b] so there are no more than 5 Math IV completers are going to Ivies.

Therefore, if only 18 Sidwell students are going to Ivies this year, at least 13 did not take Math IV. [/quote]

Only 18 are going to Ivies? That's it?[/quote]

Reading comprehension is not your strength. Read the bolded sentence above. [b]At least[/b] 14.4% (18/125) of the seniors are going to Ivies—just Ivies. That doesn’t include other T10/T15/T20 colleges.

What percentage of students from your children’s DC Metro private school are going to Ivies? Name the school. If it’s not a DC Metro private, it’s irrelevant to this conversation. [/quote]

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