Target schools with 35 ACT and 3.7 GPA unweighted

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4.2 weighted - what might be good target schools to look at? Coming from a rigorous HS program.

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What is your child interested in studying?

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State Flagship. Which state? Good stat for UMD if MD but probably little/no merit $.

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Virginia. Do not require merit $. Probably more interested in science than humanities.

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Johns Hopkins, Tufts, University of Rochester, Cornell, Madison, Carnegie Mellon, UWashington -- Seattle. Depends on what kind of science.

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Anonymous wrote:Johns Hopkins, Tufts, University of Rochester, Cornell, Madison, Carnegie Mellon, UWashington -- Seattle. Depends on what kind of science.

No, no, maybe, no, yes, no, yes

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My hs senior with very similar stats (and also interested in science) got into UCLA, Toronto, and UMD (with merit at UMD). Didn't get into USC.

We're in MD, so I don't know how those stats would do at VA schools, but your child should have plenty of good choicss next year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Johns Hopkins, Tufts, University of Rochester, Cornell, Madison, Carnegie Mellon, UWashington -- Seattle. Depends on what kind of science.

No, no, maybe, no, yes, no, yes

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Those stats give you a good chance to get into all but the top state flagships, ivies and elite SLACs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Johns Hopkins, Tufts, University of Rochester, Cornell, Madison, Carnegie Mellon, UWashington -- Seattle. Depends on what kind of science.

No, no, maybe, no, yes, no, yes

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If the kid has no hooks, this sounds right to me. 35 is a nice score on the ACT, but that UW GPA makes the top couple tiers of schools all high reaches (they are reaches even with perfect grades).

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Tulane

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Johns Hopkins, Tufts, University of Rochester, Cornell, Madison, Carnegie Mellon, UWashington -- Seattle. Depends on what kind of science.

No, no, maybe, no, yes, no, yes

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Wow, then a top private school really makes a big difference because that range is realistic there.

OP where does your DC's GPA put him in terms of class rank? Top 20-25% or lower?

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Agree with PP. My DD had same ACT and a 3.7 from a Big 3 and got into Carnegie Mellon for Engineering among others. (And that was with a C in an AP science class senior year). I do think people are being a bit pessimistic depending on ECs, recommendations, etc. Assuming money is not a major factor, I would recommend figuring out what type of school DC wants and then putting together a list of schools with those attributes across a range of difficulty. For example, my DD wanted a small/medium school with engineering preferably in a city and her list included Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Rice, WashU, Lafayette, Tulane and Rennsalear. Got into several of these and was able to choose. On the other hand, for kids who want big state school, the list might include UCLA, Michigan, UVA, but also UWisc.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. My DD had same ACT and a 3.7 from a Big 3 and got into Carnegie Mellon for Engineering among others. (And that was with a C in an AP science class senior year). I do think people are being a bit pessimistic depending on ECs, recommendations, etc. Assuming money is not a major factor, I would recommend figuring out what type of school DC wants and then putting together a list of schools with those attributes across a range of difficulty. For example, my DD wanted a small/medium school with engineering preferably in a city and her list included Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Rice, WashU, Lafayette, Tulane and Rennsalear. Got into several of these and was able to choose. On the other hand, for kids who want big state school, the list might include UCLA, Michigan, UVA, but also UWisc.

How is your DD doing at CMU Engineering? Keeping up okay?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. My DD had same ACT and a 3.7 from a Big 3 and got into Carnegie Mellon for Engineering among others. (And that was with a C in an AP science class senior year). I do think people are being a bit pessimistic depending on ECs, recommendations, etc. Assuming money is not a major factor, I would recommend figuring out what type of school DC wants and then putting together a list of schools with those attributes across a range of difficulty. For example, my DD wanted a small/medium school with engineering preferably in a city and her list included Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Rice, WashU, Lafayette, Tulane and Rennsalear. Got into several of these and was able to choose. On the other hand, for kids who want big state school, the list might include UCLA, Michigan, UVA, but also UWisc.

So is the consensus that 3.7 unweighted from private will get you into CMU but not if you're coming from public HS? We visited CMU recently and loved it. DC has similar stats but we're at public HS, although DC is not interested in CS or engineering.