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Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

They have far less grade inflation (both actual and structural) than MCPS, where grade inflation has increased dramatically during the past two decades. My kid did both, and their grades were lower at private (along with those of their friends). Still had a strong UW GPA (which colleges/universities look at more closely than weighted GPA). Went to UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:I know tons of kids last admission cycle that got in with Bs and 4.2-4.3 GPAs. All really well rounded kids, lots of APs, but nothing near what I hear parents on this site believe is necessary.

How on earth do parents know what other kids GPAs are?

My kid does. They’ve been in largely the same AP classes all 4 years. They have study groups and worked on apps together. Mostly the same clubs and some of the same sports. So they would talk about things like GPA and if they had a B and how it would impact them. And I know those kids got into UVA (though not all went).

This. The kids know (and sometimes tell their parents). Ours is a 4.3W/4.0 and ranked 54th out of a class of 400+. So no Bs, but probably no UVa either. Oh well. Greener pastures elsewhere.

All of the above is correct, they all run in the same circles and know who the other high achievers are. They are also very open about it nowadays, just how they are. Not sure why people on this forum seem so surprised/offended that this is normal.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know tons of kids last admission cycle that got in with Bs and 4.2-4.3 GPAs. All really well rounded kids, lots of APs, but nothing near what I hear parents on this site believe is necessary.

How on earth do parents know what other kids GPAs are?

My kid does. They’ve been in largely the same AP classes all 4 years. They have study groups and worked on apps together. Mostly the same clubs and some of the same sports. So they would talk about things like GPA and if they had a B and how it would impact them. And I know those kids got into UVA (though not all went).

This. The kids know (and sometimes tell their parents). Ours is a 4.3W/4.0 and ranked 54th out of a class of 400+. So no Bs, but probably no UVa either. Oh well. Greener pastures elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know tons of kids last admission cycle that got in with Bs and 4.2-4.3 GPAs. All really well rounded kids, lots of APs, but nothing near what I hear parents on this site believe is necessary.

How on earth do parents know what other kids GPAs are?

My kid does. They’ve been in largely the same AP classes all 4 years. They have study groups and worked on apps together. Mostly the same clubs and some of the same sports. So they would talk about things like GPA and if they had a B and how it would impact them. And I know those kids got into UVA (though not all went).

Anonymous wrote:My 3.7/1280 SAT, 2 APs, Varsity Athlete twice over got into UVA this year.

Troll or private school and test optional

Anonymous wrote:I know tons of kids last admission cycle that got in with Bs and 4.2-4.3 GPAs. All really well rounded kids, lots of APs, but nothing near what I hear parents on this site believe is necessary.

How on earth do parents know what other kids GPAs are?

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t bet on it. My kid had a GPA of 4.53 after 1st semester of senior year from TJ with a couple of B’s in AP courses, and got rejected by UVA. Kids with lower grades got in. It’s a myth.

I just don’t get this. I hope your kid ended up somewhere amazing!

Almost anyone they pick from TJ will do well at UVA but they can't take everyone. My kid fortunately got in a T20 school and it seems like a perfect fit so far.

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.7/1280 SAT, 2 APs, Varsity Athlete twice over got into UVA this year.

URM?

Nope. Old fashioned white male.

Anonymous wrote:My 3.7/1280 SAT, 2 APs, Varsity Athlete twice over got into UVA this year.

URM?

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Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

+1

I teach public, kids in private. Way, way more difficult and colleges know this. Public engages in grade inflation, private grade deflation.

You can keep telling yourself that, but statistics will continue to say otherwise.

My 3.7/1280 SAT, 2 APs, Varsity Athlete twice over got into UVA this year.

Of course it does. Va Tech is also off the table.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t bet on it. My kid had a GPA of 4.53 after 1st semester of senior year from TJ with a couple of B’s in AP courses, and got rejected by UVA. Kids with lower grades got in. It’s a myth.

I just don’t get this. I hope your kid ended up somewhere amazing!

The valedictorian got into UVA, so I don't think they do yield protection or they'd reject that one who is almost certainly going HPY. Maybe something just wasn't great about the application in question.

Maybe the kid had a DUI.

Do you have strong sat scores

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Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

+1

I teach public, kids in private. Way, way more difficult and colleges know this. Public engages in grade inflation, private grade deflation.