Anonymous
06/13/2026 15:04
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just curious - what is the likely minimum GPA for NCS cum laude then? They only count two years of GPA for that but still most admitted to cum laude would be the top 20 percent of class I guess.
NCS only counts two years for cum laude?
No for cum laude they only count sophomore, junior and first semester of senior year. For the flag it's 2 years (only junior and senior year)
Anonymous
06/13/2026 01:19
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Just curious - what is the likely minimum GPA for NCS cum laude then? They only count two years of GPA for that but still most admitted to cum laude would be the top 20 percent of class I guess.
NCS only counts two years for cum laude?
Anonymous
06/12/2026 23:50
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Just curious - what is the likely minimum GPA for NCS cum laude then? They only count two years of GPA for that but still most admitted to cum laude would be the top 20 percent of class I guess.
I believe cum laude was 3.90 last year and higher this year-- close to 3.95. It was a smart class.
Anonymous
06/12/2026 23:16
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Just curious - what is the likely minimum GPA for NCS cum laude then? They only count two years of GPA for that but still most admitted to cum laude would be the top 20 percent of class I guess.
Anonymous
06/12/2026 11:11
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
DC was around a 3.6. He’s attending a top 20 SLAC that has about a 10 percent admission rate. School rigor matters and colleges know which local privates inflate grades.
Anonymous
06/12/2026 09:14
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: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.
Then things have changed. It's literally only red below 3.85 for the last 3 yrs.
I wonder how much of this is NCS specifically and how much is the admissions rates for girls. Wonder if girls with lower gpas are admitted from Sidwell, or not. Gender obviously doesn’t show up in Scoir.
This makes a lot of sense. I've never seen the data compared by gender at Sidwel so I couldn't tell you. I will say that in general, Sidwell gets much better results with lower GPAs than NCS does. There have often been posts on here that Northwestern and Vanderbilt are possible ED with a 3.7-3.8 from Sidwell while from NCS these are 3.9+ schools, even ED.
Can get under this at NCS for U Chicago and Michigan for sure.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 16:51
Subject: Re:where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Then things have changed. It's literally only red below 3.85 for the last 3 yrs.
I wonder how much of this is NCS specifically and how much is the admissions rates for girls. Wonder if girls with lower gpas are admitted from Sidwell, or not. Gender obviously doesn’t show up in Scoir.
This makes a lot of sense. I've never seen the data compared by gender at Sidwel so I couldn't tell you. I will say that in general, Sidwell gets much better results with lower GPAs than NCS does. There have often been posts on here that Northwestern and Vanderbilt are possible ED with a 3.7-3.8 from Sidwell while from NCS these are 3.9+ schools, even ED.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 16:44
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: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!
Ridiculous to feel sorry for anyone at NCS.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 16:36
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: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.
Then things have changed. It's literally only red below 3.85 for the last 3 yrs.
I wonder how much of this is NCS specifically and how much is the admissions rates for girls. Wonder if girls with lower gpas are admitted from Sidwell, or not. Gender obviously doesn’t show up in Scoir.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 22:20
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: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.
Then things have changed. It's literally only red below 3.85 for the last 3 yrs.
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.