Anonymous wrote:It's almost impossible to not have a 4.0 at Deal. grading had been very lenient in recent years.
You can get quarters of B+, A-, A- and A and still get an A for the class.

That’s not a Deal policy but DCPS.

Is this the only email that will go out? We have friends with a kid with very similar grades to our kid (who did get an email) but didn't get an invite.

Anonymous wrote:It's almost impossible to not have a 4.0 at Deal. grading had been very lenient in recent years.
You can get quarters of B+, A-, A- and A and still get an A for the class.

It’s very possible to not have a 4.0 at Deal. That’s why a lot of Deal students won’t make the cut.

It's almost impossible to not have a 4.0 at Deal. grading had been very lenient in recent years.
You can get quarters of B+, A-, A- and A and still get an A for the class.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea if all go out at once? Kid with super high but not 4.0 gpa and nothing yet.

Same. My kid has the lowest percentage of a 4.0 at basis and no email yet.

What does this mean? So long as your kid has a 93% average that should = a 4.0 (according to rubric). a 92% average = a 3.7 - and that was not sufficient for an interview last year (needed to be 3.73 I think?)

Given interest in the school and grade inflation, I wouldn't be surprised if cutoff is even higher than last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea if all go out at once? Kid with super high but not 4.0 gpa and nothing yet.

Same. My kid has the lowest percentage of a 4.0 at basis and no email yet.

What does this mean? So long as your kid has a 93% average that should = a 4.0 (according to rubric). a 92% average = a 3.7 - and that was not sufficient for an interview last year (needed to be 3.73 I think?)

Anonymous wrote:Any idea if all go out at once? Kid with super high but not 4.0 gpa and nothing yet.

Check your spam folder? Basis 4.0 here got an invite.
FWIW PP said they went out in batches before...not sure what the rhyme or reason to the batches is

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Anonymous wrote:Any idea if all go out at once? Kid with super high but not 4.0 gpa and nothing yet.

Same. My kid has the lowest percentage of a 4.0 at basis and no email yet.

Let’s both just assume our kids will get theirs soon! Time for a drink.

Anonymous wrote:Any idea if all go out at once? Kid with super high but not 4.0 gpa and nothing yet.

Same. My kid has the lowest percentage of a 4.0 at basis and no email yet.

I don't especially care if current students with siblings applying conduct interviews.

Hopefully there's a policy of recusing yourself with anyone you know, and obviously if the applicant is related. Otherwise, even if you don't have a sibling in the applicant pool, you still might know someone from church, camp, soccer, the neighborhood, etc.

I received the email today. My daughter has a 4.0 (every middle school term).

My kid with 97 average at BASIS got it.

Yep. My kid had all As at Deal. There are a bunch of kids that do as well. Not that difficult.

Got notice today as well. My kid also has a 4.0.

Don't know. Got notice today (kid has 4.0, fwiw).