<p>The only two students to have maintained a perfect 6.0 average this year were both borders. In my experiences, day students generally have weaker GPAs.</p>
<p>There were only two students that maintained a 6.0?!</p>
<p>Man... Andover must be tough...</p>
<p>anybody know what are the best prep schools in texas</p>
<p>Andover is tough, but your perspective on grading changes when you get here. A lot of people come in used to getting 100's on every assignment, and are a bit shocked at first with the tough grading. However, most come to realize that 5's (and 4's in some classes) are very good grades.</p>
<p>JonathonK, most bs have rigorous grading standards.</p>
<p>There are no boarding schools in Texas worth attending. The best prep schools are the members of the SPC (Southwest Preparatory Conference). These include Greenhill, St. Mark's, Hockaday, ESD, Cistercian in Dallas
St. John's, Episcopal in Houston
St. Stephen's in Austin (less good)
St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio
Ft. Worth Country Day</p>
<p>A few others....</p>
<p>Oh, sorry. That was in my grade not the entire school. But yeah, I think there are only like 10 students per year who pull off a 6.0 for the entire year.</p>
<p>Wow... what's the average GPA at Andover?</p>
<p>What you need to discuss and compare: GPA of 4 year graduates versus all others. Day v Boarding is worthy of note. More important is the GPA of the student who has put 4 years into the program. How much higher is the GPA of the student who came in at the 3rd year entry point?</p>
<p>to think i was gonna go to episcopal in houston but then now im gonna go to kinkaid. do u know anything about them</p>
<p>Icer, I a familiar in that I have aquaintances at both schools. They are both very good school. Momof awildchild's list is very giood. I would also include TMI in San Antonio, Texas. They have a very small boarding school population.</p>
<p>i went to kinkaid for a year - its really a great school</p>
<p>I don't have the figures for the breakdowns that Hazmat has suggested, although I agree, that those are the figures to be most interested in. I would assume that matriculants who spent less time at Andover would perhaps either have significantly higher GPAs (less time to screw up) or significantly lower GPAs (less time to make up if they did screw up) than their 4-year counterparts. For example, the person from the class of 2006 with the highest GPA was a 1-year senior. And it is widely accepted that certain PGs are a notch below their peers in academics. Perhaps this is reflected in their GPAs? </p>
<p>The average at Andover is a 4.5, Jonathan.</p>
<p>kinkaid is a great school -- i know a bunch of kinkaid grads, and all seemed to absolutely LOVE it (and all went on to great schools, duke, ivies, stanford, whatever they wanted). i know more sjs grads and i know there's a rivalry btwn the two.</p>
<p>Is a 4.5 like a B or something?</p>
<p>A 4.5 is like a grade that the average Andover students gets and is probably a lot harder obtain than a mere B at a public school. You can't really compare Andover grades to other grades since they're so different and deflated. Different school, different scale, different system.</p>
<p>Just to give you a percentage Jonathan, a 4.5 is usually around an 80% for most teachers.</p>
<p>Oh no........how ever do they get so many kids into IVY with those low to middling GPAs??? Just kidding, these schools are quite rigorous on awarding the A.</p>
<p>So they give like.. 4's, 5's, 6's, etc. on papers? Not A's, B's, C's, etc.?</p>
<p>I thought the number thing was just for GPA's.</p>
<p>4/5/6 on papers.</p>