Auburn 1st Round EA Offers in

[Anonymous]

Auburn just released their first round of EA admits. They also published the stats of the applicant pool and I was floored. Middle 50% GPA for OOS admits was 4.25. Middle 50% for deferred was 4.06.

It is blowing my mind how competitive the SEC has gotten in the last 3 years. I suspect Clemson and UofSC will be even more competitive.

[Anonymous]

Wow, when was the deadline? Agree those stars are nuts.

[Anonymous]

There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, when was the deadline? Agree those stars are nuts.

First EA deadline was 9/15, results were sent 10/13

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

[Anonymous]

Of course with so many rounds of admissions, they can afford to be as picky as they want in the first rounds. Bonus: they can publish impressive stats! Any word on what percent they might have deferred?

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

Sure, but Auburn is a bit interesting they are now “test preferred” and published that last year their admit rate for TO was only 10%. Also all merit is based on SAT and/or ACT scores. Zero merit for TO kids. Looks like they fully understand grade inflation.

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

Sure, but Auburn is a bit interesting they are now “test preferred” and published that last year their admit rate for TO was only 10%. Also all merit is based on SAT and/or ACT scores. Zero merit for TO kids. Looks like they fully understand grade inflation.

Interesting. I wonder what kind of kids are accepted TO, then.

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

Sure, but Auburn is a bit interesting they are now “test preferred” and published that last year their admit rate for TO was only 10%. Also all merit is based on SAT and/or ACT scores. Zero merit for TO kids. Looks like they fully understand grade inflation.

Interesting. I wonder what kind of kids are accepted TO, then.

It really is school dependent. Some schools are truly TO some schools just pay lip service. At least Auburn changed up their language to be clear.

All UC schools are test BLIND.

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

Sure, but Auburn is a bit interesting they are now “test preferred” and published that last year their admit rate for TO was only 10%. Also all merit is based on SAT and/or ACT scores. Zero merit for TO kids. Looks like they fully understand grade inflation.

Interesting. I wonder what kind of kids are accepted TO, then.

Probably very high GPA. Auburn is only by the numbers. They don’t do a wholistic approach. No essay no ECs. It’s a numbers game. The only thing they seem to do is keep a healthy gender balance. You submit your test scores, your GPA, your rigor, and what program of study/school you are applying for.

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Anonymous wrote:There are endless numbers of kids with inflated grades. Many districts have 75% of the kids above a 4.0.

Of course, but 4.25 for Auburn is bananas! I know my kid is in a NOVA public school, is at 4.2 and she is class ranked at 30%. So for our school I think if you are just above 4.0 you are probably closer to 50%

I really think more emphasis needs to be put on SAT to have some sort of baseline.

Instead schools are going TO...

Sure, but Auburn is a bit interesting they are now “test preferred” and published that last year their admit rate for TO was only 10%. Also all merit is based on SAT and/or ACT scores. Zero merit for TO kids. Looks like they fully understand grade inflation.

Interesting. I wonder what kind of kids are accepted TO, then.

Probably very high GPA. Auburn is only by the numbers. They don’t do a wholistic approach. No essay no ECs. It’s a numbers game. The only thing they seem to do is keep a healthy gender balance. You submit your test scores, your GPA, your rigor, and what program of study/school you are applying for.

What a relief. I wish more schools were straightforward.

[Anonymous]

I am starting to see the new EA game with these schools. Yes impressive GPA average but how many of these kids will accept? Several of my DDs friends are applying to Auburn and other SEC schools as their safeties. No real interest in going.

So my kid gets deferred and has to stress.

And many of these schools don’t have ED. Now that would be interesting. What is the average for the kids who actually will commit?

Why don’t more big schools to ED? Seems like a win for them and they don’t have to worry so much about blowing yield rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am starting to see the new EA game with these schools. Yes impressive GPA average but how many of these kids will accept? Several of my DDs friends are applying to Auburn and other SEC schools as their safeties. No real interest in going.

So my kid gets deferred and has to stress.

And many of these schools don’t have ED. Now that would be interesting. What is the average for the kids who actually will commit?

Why don’t more big schools to ED? Seems like a win for them and they don’t have to worry so much about blowing yield rate.

They probably have a pretty good sense of yield.

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Anonymous wrote:I am starting to see the new EA game with these schools. Yes impressive GPA average but how many of these kids will accept? Several of my DDs friends are applying to Auburn and other SEC schools as their safeties. No real interest in going.

So my kid gets deferred and has to stress.

And many of these schools don’t have ED. Now that would be interesting. What is the average for the kids who actually will commit?

Why don’t more big schools to ED? Seems like a win for them and they don’t have to worry so much about blowing yield rate.

ED isn’t common for public universities. I know some Virginia state schools have ED and maybe University of Vermont? I think they may be the only ones.