3.9 GPA with 1400 or TO - where to apply?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

With that 3.9 GPA, these schools are safties. Aim higher.

In state, which is easier, almost all Michigan admits have a 3.8 or above.

3.9 is very average.

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/how-to-get-into%E2%80%93university-of-michigan

A boy interested in Classics might be appealing.

Look at the Residential College and Honors College to determine a fit.

They don't include private schools' gpa in the stats. Private schools do not provide ranking or gpa.
The average gpa for Michigan admits is not meaningful for private school kids.

Michigan recalculates gpa and drops plus and minus. DC will have a 4.0 then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

There are so many private school parents here…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

With that 3.9 GPA, these schools are safties. Aim higher.

In state, which is easier, almost all Michigan admits have a 3.8 or above.

3.9 is very average.

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/how-to-get-into%E2%80%93university-of-michigan

A boy interested in Classics might be appealing.

Look at the Residential College and Honors College to determine a fit.

Tell me you’re an ordinary public school parent without telling me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

With that 3.9 GPA, these schools are safties. Aim higher.

In state, which is easier, almost all Michigan admits have a 3.8 or above.

3.9 is very average.

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/how-to-get-into%E2%80%93university-of-michigan

A boy interested in Classics might be appealing.

Look at the Residential College and Honors College to determine a fit.

This is just categorically wrong.
My private school kid got into Michigan OOS TO with a 3.85 from private.

Op - please don’t listen to these idiots who don’t know at all what they are talking about. They live in their own public school bubble and don’t realize the world beyond it. Private school kids (full pay) do very well at Michigan, especially this year more than ever.

The key is to show meaningful interest and submitting an application early (a few weeks before deadline). I’ve posted my observations in other posts.

They don’t want to be the backup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

There are so many private school parents here…

Yes we are here!!

There’s some great threads with advice for humanities students from private schools that I used in my time last year. Do you want me to see if I can find it and bump it up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

There are so many private school parents here…

Yes we are here!!

There’s some great threads with advice for humanities students from private schools that I used in my time last year. Do you want me to see if I can find it and bump it up?

I am the PP but not the OP.
Bump it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

There are so many private school parents here…

Yes we are here!!

There’s some great threads with advice for humanities students from private schools that I used in my time last year. Do you want me to see if I can find it and bump it up?

I am the PP but not the OP.
Bump it up.

Peruse through some of these. Some of the topics are good ones, and I'm sure you can create a similar thread for your kid.
If you want to bump something with a question, I'm sure some of us will answer:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1193637.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1211457.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1215288.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1261853.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1176381.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1270424.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1234044.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1232128.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1197015.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

With that 3.9 GPA, these schools are safties. Aim higher.

In state, which is easier, almost all Michigan admits have a 3.8 or above.

3.9 is very average.

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/how-to-get-into%E2%80%93university-of-michigan

A boy interested in Classics might be appealing.

Look at the Residential College and Honors College to determine a fit.

This is just categorically wrong.
My private school kid got into Michigan OOS TO with a 3.85 from private.

Op - please don’t listen to these idiots who don’t know at all what they are talking about. They live in their own public school bubble and don’t realize the world beyond it. Private school kids (full pay) do very well at Michigan, especially this year more than ever.

The key is to show meaningful interest and submitting an application early (a few weeks before deadline). I’ve posted my observations in other posts.

They don’t want to be the backup.

OP: tysm, it sounds like our dcs are similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

No!! If a rigorous private school, these are not the schools!
Private and public high schools are DIFFERENT. It's absolutely not apples to apples.

There was other better advice earlier in this thread.

Then it's better to consult a private school's counselor, not here.

There are so many private school parents here…

Yes we are here!!

There’s some great threads with advice for humanities students from private schools that I used in my time last year. Do you want me to see if I can find it and bump it up?

I am the PP but not the OP.
Bump it up.

Peruse through some of these. Some of the topics are good ones, and I'm sure you can create a similar thread for your kid.
If you want to bump something with a question, I'm sure some of us will answer:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1193637.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1211457.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1215288.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1261853.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1176381.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1270424.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1234044.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1232128.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1197015.page

OP: thx, bookmarking this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At fairly rigorous/prestigious private school but the SAT isn’t working out. Any suggestions? What schools realistically accept TO kids for RD?

Wesleyan
Bowdoin
Wake Forest

But of course better ED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At fairly rigorous/prestigious private school but the SAT isn’t working out. Any suggestions? What schools realistically accept TO kids for RD?

Wesleyan
Bowdoin
Wake Forest

But of course better ED

Don't think ED at Bowdoin would help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TO, do Emory, BU, Northeastern, UMichigan, UC Irvine, NYU

With that 3.9 GPA, these schools are safties. Aim higher.

In state, which is easier, almost all Michigan admits have a 3.8 or above.

3.9 is very average.

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/how-to-get-into%E2%80%93university-of-michigan

A boy interested in Classics might be appealing.

Look at the Residential College and Honors College to determine a fit.

This is just categorically wrong.
My private school kid got into Michigan OOS TO with a 3.85 from private.

Op - please don’t listen to these idiots who don’t know at all what they are talking about. They live in their own public school bubble and don’t realize the world beyond it. Private school kids (full pay) do very well at Michigan, especially this year more than ever.

The key is to show meaningful interest and submitting an application early (a few weeks before deadline). I’ve posted my observations in other posts.

They don’t want to be the backup.

Is that more about being full pay than anything else?