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Anonymous wrote:Because the 3.5 state school student will likely get a 3.9/4.0 while the 4.5 Ivy student flounders. College grades usually matter much more for life trajectory.

Most of the Ivies don't even give grades lower than a B. They make it impossible to not succeed once you get in.

+1. The mean GPA at Yale last year was a 3.7. And for accuracy’s sake, you can’t graduate from Field with a 4.5. The highest theoretical GPA would be a 4.25, since an A+ earns 4.25 and the GPAs aren’t weighted otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the 3.5 state school student will likely get a 3.9/4.0 while the 4.5 Ivy student flounders. College grades usually matter much more for life trajectory.

Most of the Ivies don't even give grades lower than a B. They make it impossible to not succeed once you get in.

There are other schools they are getting in. I went to GTech. They are merciless. If Field kids are hanging there then it's fine.

Anonymous wrote:Because the 3.5 state school student will likely get a 3.9/4.0 while the 4.5 Ivy student flounders. College grades usually matter much more for life trajectory.

Most of the Ivies don't even give grades lower than a B. They make it impossible to not succeed once you get in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The girls at NCS who kill themselves for a 3.5 are not learning any more than the kid who gets a 4.5 at Field.

Keep telling yourself that.

What does it matter when the 4.5 ends up at an Ivy and the 3.5 ends up at a state school?

yes. There are many of us at NCS asking this question.

Because the 3.5 state school student will likely get a 3.9/4.0 while the 4.5 Ivy student flounders. College grades usually matter much more for life trajectory.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The girls at NCS who kill themselves for a 3.5 are not learning any more than the kid who gets a 4.5 at Field.

Keep telling yourself that.

What does it matter when the 4.5 ends up at an Ivy and the 3.5 ends up at a state school?

Anonymous wrote:The girls at NCS who kill themselves for a 3.5 are not learning any more than the kid who gets a 4.5 at Field.

Keep telling yourself that.

yep, Field is a seriously good situation in the current college environment.

The kids don't work that hard but get super high GPAs and do very well with college admissions.

Grade deflation is not a necessary part of learning. The girls at NCS who kill themselves for a 3.5 are not learning any more than the kid who gets a 4.5 at Field.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted: Sidwell, GDS, NCS
Waitlisted: Field

Will try to use some connections to work the waitlist at our top choice.

Field is your top choice?

Our priority is boosting GPA for college admissions. Field is the best choice in the area for that.

Don't feed the troll. Use your critical thinking skills.

Troll? Have you not been following this year’s college admissions cycle? Field to Ivy pipeline.

My daughter keeps in touch with her friends who graduated from Field last year and are freshman at Ga Tech, Dartmouth, and Columbia. They are well prepared for the rigor at these schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Accepted: Sidwell, GDS, NCS
Waitlisted: Field

Will try to use some connections to work the waitlist at our top choice.

Field is your top choice?

Our priority is boosting GPA for college admissions. Field is the best choice in the area for that.

Don't feed the troll. Use your critical thinking skills.

10% of the graduating 2023 class at Field went to the Ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:only applied to 2 - in at one (NCS), WL at other (Sidwell). Staying in public because it's about 80% of what you'd get anywhere, and it builds skills you cannot get at private. And TBH, college admissions aren't an advantage of private anymore.

So why did you apply in the first place?

Guys, please don’t humor the trolls on this thread!

Anonymous wrote:And TBH, college admissions aren't an advantage of private anymore.

Someone is learning from this board!