Getting shut out of selective/competitive private schools

[Anonymous]

Try your hardest, but love your safeties.

Sounds like you have four good options.

Might want to add one or two mid-level target LAC options and eliminate schools like Brown?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think I would ED 2 with a Northwestern referral if that is in fact, the first choice??

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I would ED 2 with a Northwestern referral if that is in fact, the first choice??

The likelihood of 3.82/33 getting into NU RD is miniscule. RD acceptance rate 5.5%

[Anonymous]

10% chance at NU with deferral at best. Test score low for them.

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NU is TO

[Anonymous]

Whatever-check out CDS-78% submitted scores last year.

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Anonymous wrote:The ACT ship has sailed and not helpful.l to harp on
That’s an A range student.
Problem is that RD is crapshoot esp at all the listed schools that take everyone ED. The reason why the best advice is find an EDIi

Yes. ED2:
Emory; wake; Tulane; Middlebury; Colgate

Is Middlebury less competitive in ED2? I know kids with stronger stats not getting into Colgate, Middlebury ED1.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s his state school?

What about Villanova?
Conn College?
Vassar?
Hamilton?
UMass Amherst?

My son has better stats (albeit as a business major) and was rejected ED1 at Villanova. Otherwise, the rest of your suggestions (perhaps with the exception of Hamilton) are great. I would also add Sarah Lawrence.

Sarah Lawrence seems so far out of left field for a kid EAing Tulane.

Well, there are two ways of looking at OP's original post:

1. The kid is a humanities major and is basically a B+ student: this is a perfect candidate for Sarah Lawrence.
2. The kid is chasing prestige and wants to go to the highest ranked school they can get into: change Tulane to ED2.

Tulane prestigious? lol.

It is a great school. Grow up.

It’s a dump with an inflated application pool to rig their admission stats.

Neither of my kids were interested but know friends who are alum as well as friends’ kids who now attend. All of them love it. All the friends are successful.

It is definitely not a dump and the academics are impressive. I actually have a kid who attends. Friends are all really smart, fun and hardworking. Lots of new dorms opened built in the last 2 years and more to come. Valid criticism is that it filled with very, very rich kids.

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Anonymous wrote:NU is TO

OP was advised to submit at 33 (bad advice)

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I know a 3.86/35 Big3 kid who did not get off the NU deferral list last year.

Every kid they defer is a strong applicant and then they take maybe 10% of them. it's a very long shot!!

I wish the best for OP's kid but it's at least a 90% chance that a NU admission does not come through. probably higher.

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Anonymous wrote:NU is TO

OP was advised to submit at 33 (bad advice)

Think you have to submit with that gpa at NU

[Anonymous]

Colgate, Bucknell, Middlebury, Wesleyan, and Wake are High Matches. The rest reaches. You need a safety.

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Anonymous wrote:Colgate, Bucknell, Middlebury, Wesleyan, and Wake are High Matches. The rest reaches. You need a safety.

At our private Bucknell will take down to a 3.2.
Wake needs about a 3.9.
The rest are in the middle---3.5 to 3.85 or so.

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Colgate maybe. ED2 somewhere if still available. Hope he likes one of his safeties. Submit the 33.

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Anonymous wrote:Colgate, Bucknell, Middlebury, Wesleyan, and Wake are High Matches. The rest reaches. You need a safety.

At our private Bucknell will take down to a 3.2.
Wake needs about a 3.9.
The rest are in the middle---3.5 to 3.85 or so.

At our DCs’ private, starting with HS ‘21 class, Middlebury will take one, maybe two, at the upper end of the range. That’s it. Middlebury would then be a reach for OP’s DC if enrolled at their school.