Anonymous
03/19/2017 16:39
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not a recruited athlete? Duke, U Chicago, Wesleyan, Northwestern, Wash U, to name a few.
LOL maybe twenty years ago. Look one or two tiers down now and forget about any highly selective majors like computer science. These Colleges and universities have their pick of kids with a lot higher gpa and class ranking.
My kid graduated four years ago and is at one of those schools. I based the answer on his classmates. I also have a college freshman, and I don't think things have changed much in three years.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 16:02
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Naviance is really useless for Sidwell kids. With relatively small classes, the hooks skew the charting a lot.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 15:58
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Anonymous wrote:Not a recruited athlete? Duke, U Chicago, Wesleyan, Northwestern, Wash U, to name a few.
LOL maybe twenty years ago. Look one or two tiers down now and forget about any highly selective majors like computer science. These Colleges and universities have their pick of kids with a lot higher gpa and class ranking.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 14:59
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
Oh, thanks. I have found it to be an informative tool. Didn't base college applications on that, but it definitely set a picture for us.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 14:57
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Not OP, but Sidwell does not provide family/student access to Naviance.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 14:54
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
Assuming you have a child in this scenario, use the Naviance tool the school provides. All of that info is there.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 14:50
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Ae you asking for hooked or unhooked?
Anonymous
03/19/2017 10:26
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
There are a lot of 3.5ish students at Sidwell. Scores seem to matter a lot in determining which of those students go to top schools. Agree that a 34+ on the ACT can be a help. Having well-defined interests and a compelling story can also matter.
Anonymous
03/19/2017 07:36
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
Big difference between 98 and 99th percentile. 98 is a 32 on the ACT and a 2200 on the old SAT. Not sure a 3.5 and those scores are getting you into the schools listed above. Especially if there are classmates with the same GPA and higher test scores applying to the same places. A 34 and/or 2300? Now you're talking about these schools
Anonymous
03/19/2017 07:30
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
Anonymous wrote:Assuming top scores (98-99%) and a reasonably rigorous courseload,[b] where do these kids end up at college?
What's a reasonably rigorous courseload? Which science and math classes?
Anonymous
03/18/2017 23:02
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
U Chicago
Johns Hopkins
maybe Dartmouth, Cornell
Johns Hopkins
maybe Dartmouth, Cornell
Anonymous
03/18/2017 22:53
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
georgetown
Anonymous
03/18/2017 21:35
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
Not a recruited athlete? Duke, U Chicago, Wesleyan, Northwestern, Wash U, to name a few.
Anonymous
03/18/2017 18:45
Subject: Re:3.5 students at SFS
I was a 3.5 student at Sidwell 20+ years ago and went to an Ivy. But I guess that's not true anymore.
Anonymous
03/18/2017 18:29
Subject: 3.5 students at SFS
Assuming top scores (98-99%) and a reasonably rigorous courseload, where do these kids end up at college?