Where do low A- students from highly selective, rigorous, elite high schools get in?
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-Female -White -Won't qualify for need-based aid -Not a first gen student -Not interested in the schools to which she is a legacy -Highly selective and rigorous high school with big-name recognition (a large %age of kids go on to Ives and TTs) -Low A- average (pretty much a 90 on the dot), a mix of As and Bs (due to ADHD), nothing ever lower than a B- -All honors courses -D3 equivalent athlete (but not interested in too many D3 schools due to size) -Leadership: Team captain, club president, peer leader -Great extra-curriculars all with long-term commitment -Volunteering -1500 SAT (will take it again and try for higher) -Very personable, mature, and well-liked by both peers and adults -Humble and empathetic She's used to a competitive environment, a tough workload, being surrounded by extremely bright peers, and the clout that's attached to attending a prestigious (nerd) school. Due to her grades, I fear the schools on her preliminary list are all reach schools, even though Naviance shows many of them as a match (I'm not convinced because many of the schools show NA for GPA). And her GC thinks it's too early to discuss. But we need to make plans to see schools this spring, and I don't want to waste time and money seeing the wrong schools. Based on her profile and type of HS, what elite colleges are worth even trying for? |
Anonymous
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Back in the day a lot of them went to Hampshire College with me.
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Anonymous
| Do you know (or could guess) class rank? Top 5%?10%? 20%? |
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| She is already a team captain and a club president but her GC thinks its too early to discuss schools? What year is she? That seems odd. Boston College? Wake? What state are you in? |
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VA Tech
U of Richmond BU and BC Wake Forest Tulane Denison Mount Holyoke Lafayette and Lehigh Union Ohio State Pitt UNH |
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| If your kids are a highly selective, rigorous high school, why aren’t you asking the school? |
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| What is she interested in studying? |
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| Bucknell would be a great option for a student like that. |
Anonymous
BC is tougher than ever lately. I wouldn't count on it. |
Anonymous
| ED Chicago or Cornell or Tulane, BC, Wake, UVA, Wisc, Colby, Bowdoin, Richmond, Sewanee |
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In the OP. School thinks it's too early. |
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Lehigh
Bucknell BC Villanova Colgate Davidson |
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| NP My current Ivy kid was told to apply to OSU as a safety, so it is thinkable. |
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| My kid sounds like yours and is at a T25 but not an Ivy...I would look at those T25 as "reaches" as well, places like Michigan, Wisconsin if she wants big, or others have suggested good smaller schools. |
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A- GPA at a rigorous private is different from A- at a public with grade inflation. Plus 1500 SAT is good and she might get it up.
Let her apply to the reaches. Make sure she has several safeties and targets. |