Anonymous
09/22/2017 16:42
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, what is a low GPA at Sidwell -- like a bottom quartile GPA?
My advice to posters is that it would be best not to respond to this question going into college admissions season.
But don't all the colleges "know" all about Sidwell? So what's the need for secrecy?
Exactly. Since the relevant people understand how GPAs are distributed at all of these schools, both public and private, there is no need to discuss this type of information publicly.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 16:35
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, what is a low GPA at Sidwell -- like a bottom quartile GPA?
My advice to posters is that it would be best not to respond to this question going into college admissions season.
But don't all the colleges "know" all about Sidwell? So what's the need for secrecy?
Anonymous
09/22/2017 13:06
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So, what is a low GPA at Sidwell -- like a bottom quartile GPA?
My advice to posters is that it would be best not to respond to this question going into college admissions season.
Ah, grade inflation.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 12:44
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Do you write your own stuff?
Anonymous
09/22/2017 12:26
Subject: Re:Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Towson State. Provisional part-time acceptance.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 12:04
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:So, what is a low GPA at Sidwell -- like a bottom quartile GPA?
My advice to posters is that it would be best not to respond to this question going into college admissions season.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 11:29
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
So, what is a low GPA at Sidwell -- like a bottom quartile GPA?
Anonymous
09/22/2017 10:47
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Wrong.
When the poster said a Washington school, I thought they were referring to a school in DC itself. There are notable examples of of public and private schools in both Maryland (e.g., Whitman) and Virginia (e.g., Potomac, TJ) that have debaters competing on the national circuit, mostly in other types of debate (e.g., extemp, parli, public forum, LD), but some also in policy. Wilson in DC occasionally fields a team or individuals on the national circuit, though very rarely in policy, depending on student interest in a given year. But I thought that GDS was the only private school in DC itself that had teams consistently competing, almost exclusively in policy, on the national circuit. If I am wrong about that, please feel free to correct me.
"W" school doesn't mean Washington.
A public W school in Montco.
Whitman then.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 10:33
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Wrong.
When the poster said a Washington school, I thought they were referring to a school in DC itself. There are notable examples of of public and private schools in both Maryland (e.g., Whitman) and Virginia (e.g., Potomac, TJ) that have debaters competing on the national circuit, mostly in other types of debate (e.g., extemp, parli, public forum, LD), but some also in policy. Wilson in DC occasionally fields a team or individuals on the national circuit, though very rarely in policy, depending on student interest in a given year. But I thought that GDS was the only private school in DC itself that had teams consistently competing, almost exclusively in policy, on the national circuit. If I am wrong about that, please feel free to correct me.
"W" school doesn't mean Washington.
A public W school in Montco.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 10:26
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Wrong.
When the poster said a Washington school, I thought they were referring to a school in DC itself. There are notable examples of of public and private schools in both Maryland (e.g., Whitman) and Virginia (e.g., Potomac, TJ) that have debaters competing on the national circuit, mostly in other types of debate (e.g., extemp, parli, public forum, LD), but some also in policy. Wilson in DC occasionally fields a team or individuals on the national circuit, though very rarely in policy, depending on student interest in a given year. But I thought that GDS was the only private school in DC itself that had teams consistently competing, almost exclusively in policy, on the national circuit. If I am wrong about that, please feel free to correct me.
"W" school doesn't mean Washington.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 08:32
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Wrong.
When the poster said a Washington school, I thought they were referring to a school in DC itself. There are notable examples of of public and private schools in both Maryland (e.g., Whitman) and Virginia (e.g., Potomac, TJ) that have debaters competing on the national circuit, mostly in other types of debate (e.g., extemp, parli, public forum, LD), but some also in policy. Wilson in DC occasionally fields a team or individuals on the national circuit, though very rarely in policy, depending on student interest in a given year. But I thought that GDS was the only private school in DC itself that had teams consistently competing, almost exclusively in policy, on the national circuit. If I am wrong about that, please feel free to correct me.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 08:31
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Wrong.
When the poster said a Washington school, I thought they were referring to a school in DC itself. There are notable examples of of public and private schools in both Maryland (e.g., Whitman) and Virginia (e.g., Potomac, TJ) that have debaters competing on the national circuit, mostly in other types of debate (e.g., extemp, parli, public forum, LD), but some also in policy. Wilson in DC occasionally fields a team or individuals on the national circuit, though very rarely in policy, depending on student interest in a given year. But I thought that GDS was the only private school in DC itself that had teams consistently competing, almost exclusively in policy, on the national circuit. If I am wrong about that, please feel free to correct me.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 08:30
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:3.5 - Michigan, Notre Dame, Bates, Colby, William & Mary, NYU, BC, Macalaster would all be very good shots.
MAYBE Pomona/Johns Hopkins/UC Berkeley if there was something else there like amazing test scores or really into robotics or accomplished violinist.
No to Williams/Amherst/Ivies unless there is a hook (legacy, sport, minority)
the fact that you're putting michigan in the same category as Macalaster and Colby is ridiculous.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 08:00
Subject: Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think the only real EC hook is athletic recruitment.
We know someone recruited to Harvard for debate from a W. school.
If you know a student who was "recruited to Harvard for debate from a W[ashington] school", I assume that school would likely be GDS, as it is the only private school in DC itself that competes in policy debate on the national circuit.[/quote]
Not to mentioned GDS's track record of sending a lot of its students to Harvard.
Wrong.
Anonymous
09/22/2017 07:58
Subject: Re:Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?
George Mason.