Anonymous
06/10/2026 21:40
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Does being a legacy work against my DS if I failed a college course and graduated with a 2.9 UG GPA?
No...they don't care at this point...they care about how much $$$ you have...that is---can you pay the whole deal?
Anonymous
06/10/2026 20:54
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Not NCS. Girls are not getting into a top25 school with under a 3.8 from NCS unless you're talking about a liberal arts college.
I have a senior and the SCOIR data.
If that’s true, then that’s really unfortunate. NCS is as academically challenging as Sidwell. Any NCS student that has earned close to a 3.8 cumulative GPA has done well. That should at least get an NCS student into WashU, Emory, or UVA.
WashU, Emory require a 3.9 from NCS. UVA has not admitted beneath a 3.85 for years unless ED. They mostly take the 3.9+ girls.
Not true. My DD did not have 3.85 and got into UVA a couple of years ago. Same is true at Sidwell too.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 19:44
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Not NCS. Girls are not getting into a top25 school with under a 3.8 from NCS unless you're talking about a liberal arts college.
I have a senior and the SCOIR data.
If that’s true, then that’s really unfortunate. NCS is as academically challenging as Sidwell. Any NCS student that has earned close to a 3.8 cumulative GPA has done well. That should at least get an NCS student into WashU, Emory, or UVA.
WashU, Emory require a 3.9 from NCS. UVA has not admitted beneath a 3.85 for years unless ED. They mostly take the 3.9+ girls.
Yikes—I feel sorry for NCS girls! That’s ridiculous!
Anonymous
06/10/2026 19:16
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Not NCS. Girls are not getting into a top25 school with under a 3.8 from NCS unless you're talking about a liberal arts college.
I have a senior and the SCOIR data.
If that’s true, then that’s really unfortunate. NCS is as academically challenging as Sidwell. Any NCS student that has earned close to a 3.8 cumulative GPA has done well. That should at least get an NCS student into WashU, Emory, or UVA.
WashU, Emory require a 3.9 from NCS. UVA has not admitted beneath a 3.85 for years unless ED. They mostly take the 3.9+ girls.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 16:45
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Not NCS. Girls are not getting into a top25 school with under a 3.8 from NCS unless you're talking about a liberal arts college.
I have a senior and the SCOIR data.
If that’s true, then that’s really unfortunate. NCS is as academically challenging as Sidwell. Any NCS student that has earned close to a 3.8 cumulative GPA has done well. That should at least get an NCS student into WashU, Emory, or UVA.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 10:50
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Not NCS. Girls are not getting into a top25 school with under a 3.8 from NCS unless you're talking about a liberal arts college.
I have a senior and the SCOIR data.
Anonymous
06/09/2026 14:51
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Sidwell, NCS, and STA all doing well with that GPA. NCS and STA are sending lots of kids to top 25 schools and that gpa is def in the range for those schools.
Anonymous
06/09/2026 14:45
Subject: where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Uchicago, Tulane, Northeastern
Crazy how all these schools perception has changed so much. Northeastern was such a safety 15 years ago.
I still don't know where Northeastern or Tulane are. Northwestern I now know of. Shocked to hear it's Top 50.
Anonymous
06/09/2026 14:39
Subject: where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Uchicago, Tulane, Northeastern
Crazy how all these schools perception has changed so much. Northeastern was such a safety 15 years ago.
Anonymous
06/09/2026 01:08
Subject: where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Uchicago, Tulane, Northeastern
Anonymous
06/08/2026 22:52
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Does being a legacy work against my DS if I failed a college course and graduated with a 2.9 UG GPA?
So far as I know the colleges don’t go back and check the parents’ transcripts…
Anonymous
06/08/2026 20:22
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Definitely better than NCS.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Anonymous
06/08/2026 18:38
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Not better than my son’s Big3.
Anonymous
06/08/2026 17:44
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reviving this thread from a few years ago. For class of 2026, how did kids in this range do this year from Big 3?
At Sidwell, a couple of Ivies, UChicago, WashU, UVA, etc.
Sidwell gets much better results with the same GPA than other Big3 schools do.
Early decision UChicago
USC
ED Tufts or WashU
Anonymous
06/08/2026 14:26
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Does being a legacy work against my DS if I failed a college course and graduated with a 2.9 UG GPA?