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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

So, a 92 average could mean half the kid's grades are in the A range (let's say 96 or 97), and half are in the B range (let's say 87 or 88). Could even work in a C+ (79) or two if offset with more A's than B's.

Am I impressed with what is a likely mix of A's and B's? Not really. And i'm even less impressed when you're out there boosting STA when it's obvious that OP is a troll with a nonexistent son.

This scenario is unlikely. I have kids at a different Big 3. Two had GPAs in the 3.7+ range, which is probably the same as a 92/93 average at STA. (BTW, one ended up at an Ivy and one at a top SLAC, including last year.) Both these kids had only one B+ on their transcript. The rest of the grades were A's and A-'s. (Many, many of those A-'s were just a half percentage point away from a solid A.) This is much more likely in the case of a 92/93 student than half A's/half B's. Solid A's (96-97s) in these schools are really hard to get, and kids who are smart enough to get A's in half their classes are not getting B's or C's in many (if any) others; they're more likely to be getting A-'s in the other classes.

Agree with this post completely. It's very, very hard (and often impossible) to get above a 95% final grade in any class. Contrary to a prior poster (whom I'm not sure is actually at STA) my son has never been in courses that granted retakes or test corrections. So the kids getting a 95% are really turning in a years' worth of difficult assignments with almost no mistakes. Many classes won't have a single kid with a final grade above a 94%. And those kids who get the rare course grade above a 95% are not getting a B or C in their other courses. It just doesn't happen. Kids' grades tend to cluster around a percentage with an occasional subject outlier (maybe 5 percentage points difference in their weakest subject).

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

Connections? Legacy? Thats where it matters. Big donor? Donor capacity? These things matter. But normal nice kid with those scores and not connected or wealthy - no Ivy.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

So, a 92 average could mean half the kid's grades are in the A range (let's say 96 or 97), and half are in the B range (let's say 87 or 88). Could even work in a C+ (79) or two if offset with more A's than B's.

Am I impressed with what is a likely mix of A's and B's? Not really. And i'm even less impressed when you're out there boosting STA when it's obvious that OP is a troll with a nonexistent son.

This scenario is unlikely. I have kids at a different Big 3. Two had GPAs in the 3.7+ range, which is probably the same as a 92/93 average at STA. (BTW, one ended up at an Ivy and one at a top SLAC, including last year.) Both these kids had only one B+ on their transcript. The rest of the grades were A's and A-'s. (Many, many of those A-'s were just a half percentage point away from a solid A.) This is much more likely in the case of a 92/93 student than half A's/half B's. Solid A's (96-97s) in these schools are really hard to get, and kids who are smart enough to get A's in half their classes are not getting B's or C's in many (if any) others; they're more likely to be getting A-'s in the other classes.

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Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

Get off of this board and go see the school college counselors.

Ahhh you will get better advice here. Several parents very unhappy with their STA college counseling last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

So, a 92 average could mean half the kid's grades are in the A range (let's say 96 or 97), and half are in the B range (let's say 87 or 88). Could even work in a C+ (79) or two if offset with more A's than B's.

Am I impressed with what is a likely mix of A's and B's? Not really. And i'm even less impressed when you're out there boosting STA when it's obvious that OP is a troll with a nonexistent son.

+1. That's pretty much my kid's transcript (not at STA, but same system)..

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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

So, a 92 average could mean half the kid's grades are in the A range (let's say 96 or 97), and half are in the B range (let's say 87 or 88). Could even work in a C+ (79) or two if offset with more A's than B's.

Am I impressed with what is a likely mix of A's and B's? Not really. And i'm even less impressed when you're out there boosting STA when it's obvious that OP is a troll with a nonexistent son.

With every post you get dumber and dumber.

Anonymous wrote:Listen, there was was a STA kid this year with a mid 90s GPA who got the Jefferson scholarship at UVA. So while you might not be impressed with STA and their grading scale, UVA clearly is.

Who cares what 2nd rate public UVA thinks.

Anonymous wrote:Listen, there was was a STA kid this year with a mid 90s GPA who got the Jefferson scholarship at UVA. So while you might not be impressed with STA and their grading scale, UVA clearly is.

92 is not mid-90s, and the Ivies don't include UVA.

And OP's "son" won't be getting into an Ivy, Chicago, UVA, or anywhere else---BECAUSE OP IS A TROLL AND HER SON DOESN'T EXIST. Seems like someone punked you STA boosters to embarrass yourselves on this forum (not confining this kind of blowhard crap to the private school forum) in front of all DMV parents. Looks like OP did it in March and did it again this week. But keep it up--telling the world that their kids' mastery of everything put in front of them doesn't match up to your kid's above-average mediocrity when offered what must be the amazing opportunity of a STA education.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

So, a 92 average could mean half the kid's grades are in the A range (let's say 96 or 97), and half are in the B range (let's say 87 or 88). Could even work in a C+ (79) or two if offset with more A's than B's.

Am I impressed with what is a likely mix of A's and B's? Not really. And i'm even less impressed when you're out there boosting STA when it's obvious that OP is a troll with a nonexistent son.

Anonymous wrote:Listen, there was was a STA kid this year with a mid 90s GPA who got the Jefferson scholarship at UVA. So while you might not be impressed with STA and their grading scale, UVA clearly is.

It’s not whether I’m impressed with the STA grading scale, it’s whether my puny mind is capable of understanding it.

Listen, there was was a STA kid this year with a mid 90s GPA who got the Jefferson scholarship at UVA. So while you might not be impressed with STA and their grading scale, UVA clearly is.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

You still don’t understand the concept of a numerical average, do you? Are you prone to throwing the insults around to mask your obvious ineptitude?

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This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

To be fair, I was mocking your ignorance not your poverty.

LOL. And your kid still isn't getting into an Ivy.

But I hear that Tulane likes STA boys who apply ED and are full pay!

Maybe, maybe not (for all you know my kids are already at Ivy League schools), but Tulane is good school that they would have been perfectly happy to attend. You just don’t know.


But we do know based on the evidence in front of us that you are still an ignorant ass.

Seems like the ignorant ass on here is whoever trashed hard working kids in Annandale who have admirably found and met every challenge they had. And then praised Saint Albans kids, who were offered a world class education, but screw around, get Bs and Cs (or in the case of the troll's non-existent son, an A-minus average), and then still believe they should get into an Ivy (or the kids with Cs should get into UVA). That's asinine. I hope it wasn't you who typed up that one

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Anonymous wrote:only 8323 scored above 1550 on sat. so not sure where your 150k comes from.

Anything above 1500 is counted the same. A school won't admit one kid over another based on 20 or 40 points on the SAT. So the 150,000 number is based on relative applications to relative number of spots.

About 20k a year score 1500 or above.
And, no, it's not all the same above 1500. Sounds like you don't really know what you're talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

You obviously don't have a child at STA. It's up to the teacher, but there absolutely are retakes, corrections, and late submissions forgiven, as well as lowest quiz scores thrown out.

What a scam. Even my kids' crappy southern private doesn't allow any of that. Retakes?!

Yup. Retakes.