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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our college counselor (competitive private north of DMV) says being in top 10% is important, not grades themselves. This tracks with stats of colleges reporting how many students in top 10%. For example, northwestern is something like 98%(?) and Wash U “just” ~86%(?). Just like SAT scores, colleges won’t want to admit kids who will lower their average [/quote]

For high schools that do not rank, how do we know whether kids are in top 10%?  Admission directors repeatedly said they don't compare kids from the same school, but only compare each kid to the reported school profile to understand the rigor and offering.  This is what they meant by holistic review.[/quote]

I think at ours admissions officers at HYPMS know that despite the grade deflation (average GPA 3.5, average SAT 1500) there are about 6-10 kids a year who get above a 3.95. They then  assume that level GPA is possible (because it is) and s[b]o they mostly hold out for those kids.  No one is telling the college that these kids are the top 10% but they know that year-over-year that a handful of kids at this level apply to their university so they look for them and they decline the kids under this bar.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, schools can look in the app (Slate) to see what GPA prior admits from a private HS (and prior matriculants) had....they can all see the avg of 1st year GPA and final GPA by HS of kids who end up enrolling from a HS.[/quote]

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