where are 3.7-3.8 kids getting into this year from Big3 schools?

[Anonymous]

I feel like all the Big3 kids I know are 3.9+ and being accepted to elite schools or 3.5 and below and being accepted to less competitive options . What about the 3.7-3.8 kids this fall? Do you know where they've been admitted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like all the Big3 kids I know are 3.9+ and being accepted to elite schools or 3.5 and below and being accepted to less competitive options . What about the 3.7-3.8 kids this fall? Do you know where they've been admitted?

Why are there so many 3.9+? What about grade deflation?

[Anonymous]

3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

[Anonymous]

Ask again in April. Asking that now is only getting ED and some EA data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like all the Big3 kids I know are 3.9+ and being accepted to elite schools or 3.5 and below and being accepted to less competitive options . What about the 3.7-3.8 kids this fall? Do you know where they've been admitted?

Why are there so many 3.9+? What about grade deflation?

I thought there was grade deflation but if you look at SCOIR data you really need a 3.9+ to get into a top 20 school. Maybe this is Covid inflation?

Are the 3.7-3.8 GPAs to Cornell and Brown from this year or last year? (2023 or 2024?)

Where are the 3.7-3.8's actually getting in this year (or even last year)? I really it's early but there have to be plenty of them out there. Anyone know?

[Anonymous]

Our SCOIR only shows up through 2023. Won't know this until next year.

[Anonymous]

Seriously they need a 3.9+ to get into a top 20? I didn’t think there were that many kids landing that gpa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously they need a 3.9+ to get into a top 20? I didn’t think there were that many kids landing that gpa

Or generally a quite strong gpa (but not necessarily a 3.9 or most rigorous courses across the board) and being recruited for a sport, so that’s part of the numbers. Though at DS’s school there’s a lot of overlap of high gpa and some other hook (high gpa, strong athletic recruit and urm, or a top academic with 3.95+ gpa and highest rigor classes and double legacy).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

unhooked?
The "unhooked" line at our private is pretty much a 3.9 for top 20's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

unhooked?
The "unhooked" line at our private is pretty much a 3.9 for top 20's.

Yes, unhooked. I don’t know her test scores or ECs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

unhooked?
The "unhooked" line at our private is pretty much a 3.9 for top 20's.

Yes, unhooked. I don’t know her test scores or ECs.

Then that would be Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

unhooked?
The "unhooked" line at our private is pretty much a 3.9 for top 20's.

Yes, unhooked. I don’t know her test scores or ECs.

Then that would be Sidwell.

Bingo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7 and 3.8 is the sweet spot for the safety Ivies like Cornell and Brown.

Nope. Based on SCOIR data from our school (GDS or Sidwell), a student was admitted to Princeton with a 3.7. This is within the last 3 years.

You may need a higher GPA at other privates.

There was a hook, not based on grades.

[Anonymous]

My DC had a 3.82 and was accepted to a top 10 school as a legacy. 35 ACT and max rigor in all classes. Not a great Freshman year due to Covid but great since then.