Anonymous wrote:I don’t know for sure but believe there is only one 10th grader at Sidwell who has had straights As in 9th and 10th grade and has taken the most advanced tracks where offered (math and science). He’s a really nice kid (and not mine😃) and quite unusually gifted across the board.

EXHIBIT 1 for parental toxicity at the top privates in this town. I honestly could not imagine knowing (or wanting to know) this much about someone else's grades. What causes folks to get this unhinged?

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get a glimpse of grading at “big 3” whatever is to look at recruiting profiles of student athletes. There shouldn’t be any differentiation in grades among student athletes and other students. At typical “big 3” schools, nearly all student athletes seem to be in a range from 3.4-3.8 unweighted.

Where to find "recruiting profiles of student athletes"?

Parents with student athletes know. I’m not sure it’s appropriate to generally broadcast this info to the public.

Why?

Same question: why it is not appropriate to let this board know?

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get a glimpse of grading at “big 3” whatever is to look at recruiting profiles of student athletes. There shouldn’t be any differentiation in grades among student athletes and other students. At typical “big 3” schools, nearly all student athletes seem to be in a range from 3.4-3.8 unweighted.

Maybe 3.4 but most of the student athletes at Big 3 are nowhere near 3.8

Strange comment.

Plenty of student athletes at Sidwell also have high grade point averages, my kids included. I am not sure why there would be a distinction.

+1 this is nonsense

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Anonymous wrote:Given that NCS and STA use 100 point scales, I find this thread strange. Is everyone mentioning a 4.0 scale GPA from Sidwell or GDS? I object to the “big 3” term (it is strange) but am curious as to why there isn’t more talk about the grades on an 100 pt scale if talking about this group of schools.

Makes it feel a little fabricated, tbh. So take with a grain of of salt.

You're right, STA and NCS do not convert to a GPA on a 4-point scale. When I post, sometimes I "translate" the 100-point scale to a GPA as best I understand it. If 93 is a 4.0, 90 is a 3.7, 87 is a 3.4 and so on. Go ahead and take it with a grain of salt, because I am guessing, and I'm sure colleges have there own ways to benchmark it.

A 90 is more like a 3.5 and and 87 a 3.2.

Where are you all getting this? I have an STA son and have never received info about converting his gpa to 4.0 scale. Not helpful to speculate.

College will convert it their own way, and the actual number doesn't matter so much -- you're either at the top, near the top, or not. Relatively rough cuts. So it is enough to generalize to 90+ is an A, 80+ is a B, etc. if you just want a sense of where you'd fall in a random college's eyes. Many schools also grade on the 100 point scale, but then have charts to show which points are A, A-, B+, then another chart to show what GPA that translates to, but every school has cuts at slightly different places. Ultimately it doesn't matter, because the college is not micromanaging GPAs (though marketing sites do); it's more about where you stand generally and whether you've shown you seem to a person who will do the college work well. This isn't a forced numerical rank; it is much more fluffy. Get over the good enough for us hurdle, then the rest of the package comes into play. Most top schools 3.7, an A- average, 90-92 gets you over the bar. (unless you bring something else to the table that makes GPA matter significantly less). Then it's "what else do you have for me?"

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get a glimpse of grading at “big 3” whatever is to look at recruiting profiles of student athletes. There shouldn’t be any differentiation in grades among student athletes and other students. At typical “big 3” schools, nearly all student athletes seem to be in a range from 3.4-3.8 unweighted.

Where to find "recruiting profiles of student athletes"?

Parents with student athletes know. I’m not sure it’s appropriate to generally broadcast this info to the public.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get a glimpse of grading at “big 3” whatever is to look at recruiting profiles of student athletes. There shouldn’t be any differentiation in grades among student athletes and other students. At typical “big 3” schools, nearly all student athletes seem to be in a range from 3.4-3.8 unweighted.

Where to find "recruiting profiles of student athletes"?

Parents with student athletes know. I’m not sure it’s appropriate to generally broadcast this info to the public.

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Anonymous wrote:Given that NCS and STA use 100 point scales, I find this thread strange. Is everyone mentioning a 4.0 scale GPA from Sidwell or GDS? I object to the “big 3” term (it is strange) but am curious as to why there isn’t more talk about the grades on an 100 pt scale if talking about this group of schools.

Makes it feel a little fabricated, tbh. So take with a grain of of salt.

You're right, STA and NCS do not convert to a GPA on a 4-point scale. When I post, sometimes I "translate" the 100-point scale to a GPA as best I understand it. If 93 is a 4.0, 90 is a 3.7, 87 is a 3.4 and so on. Go ahead and take it with a grain of salt, because I am guessing, and I'm sure colleges have there own ways to benchmark it.

A 90 is more like a 3.5 and and 87 a 3.2.

Where are you all getting this? I have an STA son and have never received info about converting his gpa to 4.0 scale. Not helpful to speculate.

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Anonymous wrote:Given that NCS and STA use 100 point scales, I find this thread strange. Is everyone mentioning a 4.0 scale GPA from Sidwell or GDS? I object to the “big 3” term (it is strange) but am curious as to why there isn’t more talk about the grades on an 100 pt scale if talking about this group of schools.

Makes it feel a little fabricated, tbh. So take with a grain of of salt.

You're right, STA and NCS do not convert to a GPA on a 4-point scale. When I post, sometimes I "translate" the 100-point scale to a GPA as best I understand it. If 93 is a 4.0, 90 is a 3.7, 87 is a 3.4 and so on. Go ahead and take it with a grain of salt, because I am guessing, and I'm sure colleges have there own ways to benchmark it.

A 90 is more like a 3.5 and and 87 a 3.2.

Not only do these schools use different grading scales but they have different ways to track math and science, different AP offerings or none at all, and I believe handle weighting for honors differently.

This group of schools is not monolithic and a lot of people assume what is happening at one must happen at thebither and that is not the case.

their own ways.

Anonymous wrote:Given that NCS and STA use 100 point scales, I find this thread strange. Is everyone mentioning a 4.0 scale GPA from Sidwell or GDS? I object to the “big 3” term (it is strange) but am curious as to why there isn’t more talk about the grades on an 100 pt scale if talking about this group of schools.

Makes it feel a little fabricated, tbh. So take with a grain of of salt.

You're right, STA and NCS do not convert to a GPA on a 4-point scale. When I post, sometimes I "translate" the 100-point scale to a GPA as best I understand it. If 93 is a 4.0, 90 is a 3.7, 87 is a 3.4 and so on. Go ahead and take it with a grain of salt, because I am guessing, and I'm sure colleges have there own ways to benchmark it.

You must be new to DCUM, where apparently only non-athletes can be academically strong. Or, if the athlete does have great grades, they're somehow less deserving of college admissions than a non-athlete with even better grades.

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get a glimpse of grading at “big 3” whatever is to look at recruiting profiles of student athletes. There shouldn’t be any differentiation in grades among student athletes and other students. At typical “big 3” schools, nearly all student athletes seem to be in a range from 3.4-3.8 unweighted.

Maybe 3.4 but most of the student athletes at Big 3 are nowhere near 3.8

Strange comment.

Plenty of student athletes at Sidwell also have high grade point averages, my kids included. I am not sure why there would be a distinction.

Anonymous wrote:Does any one have any idea where the number falls? 3.7? 3.6? 3.5? 3.4? 3.3?

What is a 90-91 on 4.0 scale? I am seeing it listed differently. Do individual colleges use different scales?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know for sure but believe there is only one 10th grader at Sidwell who has had straights As in 9th and 10th grade and has taken the most advanced tracks where offered (math and science). He’s a really nice kid (and not mine😃) and quite unusually gifted across the board.

That is so bizarre that you know this!!! Holy shit

Agree how on earth would you know this?! My kids are at one of the Cathedral schools and I have no idea what grades kids have. Yes you see certain kids receive awards and those are posted or my child may brag about their classmates that did very well on something but besides that I have no idea who has all A’s or B’s nor do I care.