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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

Not trying to be insensitive, but that has also been our experience. Maybe ours is a skewed view, but almost everyone we know from public who would be applying to private schools have straight A's and are in gifted or advanced classes. This is for Upper School applications. If others have a different experience, please share. Not trying to be rude. Just sharing our experience.

And yet my two former APS kids (k-8) now high schoolers still have straight As in their private Independent. They don’t seem to be struggling in Honors/APS like many classmates (a Junior & Freshmen). But their HSPTs were in the upper 90s.

Don’t knock public school kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

Not trying to be insensitive, but that has also been our experience. Maybe ours is a skewed view, but almost everyone we know from public who would be applying to private schools have straight A's and are in gifted or advanced classes. This is for Upper School applications. If others have a different experience, please share. Not trying to be rude. Just sharing our experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

Not trying to be insensitive, but that has also been our experience. Maybe ours is a skewed view, but almost everyone we know from public who would be applying to private schools have straight A's and are in gifted or advanced classes. This is for Upper School applications. If others have a different experience, please share. Not trying to be rude. Just sharing our experience.

Neither of my kids from DC public ever had straight As and both got into every private school they selected, Catholic and "Big whatever." Though test scores were very high and they were in advanced math.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

Not trying to be insensitive, but that has also been our experience. Maybe ours is a skewed view, but almost everyone we know from public who would be applying to private schools have straight A's and are in gifted or advanced classes. This is for Upper School applications. If others have a different experience, please share. Not trying to be rude. Just sharing our experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

Am I wrong? I have no personal experience in public, but I thought that was true. But if this is an exaggeration, please tell me! I live in APS boundaries, so maybe I'm getting an incorrect impression from neighbors and/or maybe this isn't true everywhere?

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

You seem like a nice person.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

To which schools? And from private or public middle school? Because we know everyone in public has all As. For Gonzaga and Visi and from public, I'd be very worried. From catholic k-8 I'd be a little worried. For O'Connell or Ireton you're fine regardless of your middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:Scores arrived. 85% here. Anyone know what that means to schools or how important it is for a student with all As? Not really looking for aid as much as wanting to know about how it affects admittance and/or classes.

At our school, you need 90s in certain categories for honors English or honors bio.

It’s a solid score, but you wouldn’t get honors.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like my DC will be going to the local public. Their composite score was a 65%. The DC is currently in public w/ almost all A's, not legacy, not recruited, and not catholic.

What schools did you apply to? I know Deal kids with similar HSPT scores at St. Johns

Anonymous wrote:Looks like my DC will be going to the local public. Their composite score was a 65%. The DC is currently in public w/ almost all A's, not legacy, not recruited, and not catholic.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like my DC will be going to the local public. Their composite score was a 65%. The DC is currently in public w/ almost all A's, not legacy, not recruited, and not catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Did most of your kids with admits have all As. DC had close...3.9 GPA. Does this matter? Starting to get freaked out at the prospect of not getting in anywhere.

Please don't worry - DCUM posts are not representative of general population and grades/scores are just part of the picture for the admissions team. At this point, I'm nervous but doing my best to let go, trust it will work out for the best, and try to enjoy this precious time before high school. I don't always succeed, but I'm trying, LOL! Wishing you and your family all the best!