3.8 uw private school gpa/odds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a multiracial girl, ED chances?

Private non-DMV rigorous HS
3.88uw
33 (retaking) or TO?
Humanities major (anthropology & interdisciplinary)

Cornell (legacy)
Vanderbilt (legacy)
WashU
Rice

Odds?

Apply TO to all except Rice and Cornell. Pick an ED2 from Vandy or WashU.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

Found this post when searching for odds/advice.
Senior private HS parents - is this model the right one to use? Was it accurate this year (I know it depends on major, but assume non-STEM and non-CS).

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

Found this post when searching for odds/advice.
Senior private HS parents - is this model the right one to use? Was it accurate this year (I know it depends on major, but assume non-STEM and non-CS).

to add, can non-stem (with obvious interest in non-stem) at a big 3 go below 3.9 for top 10? i believe it happened this year at our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

When your entire class has only two 4.0s, a 3.75+ is treated like a 4.0.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

When your entire class has only two 4.0s, a 3.75+ is treated like a 4.0.

It’s always about your HS. Hard to compare your GPA to another school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

Same with us, you need to be more in the 3.9+ range nowadays for these.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

Same with us, you need to be more in the 3.9+ range nowadays for these.

Agreed. they are all 3.9 schools at our Big3. Which pretty much limits them to the top 10% of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

Found this post when searching for odds/advice.
Senior private HS parents - is this model the right one to use? Was it accurate this year (I know it depends on major, but assume non-STEM and non-CS).

to add, can non-stem (with obvious interest in non-stem) at a big 3 go below 3.9 for top 10? i believe it happened this year at our school.

yes but think it’s t11-25….i think t10 is hard/impossible below 3.9 (unless hooked)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

Same with us, you need to be more in the 3.9+ range nowadays for these.

Not Emory and WashU. 3.8+ works…better with ED2….
Yes agree with 3.9 for Cornell and Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

My DS got into Emory with similar stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

My DS got into Emory with similar stats.

ED or ED2?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities

These would be high reaches in our SCOIR.

My DS got into Emory with similar stats.

Which stats? 3.8?

[Anonymous]

ED
Male
3.6
Compelling personal history
Great LOR
Regular ECs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I agree. But the kids were “pointy” with passion projects - for a lack of a better description. A theme across classes, summer work, clubs, volunteering, then something they did that is the project: start a non-profit, lead a protest, write a research paper with a college professor, etc.

So these types of pointy private HS kids, with "themed" applications tend to get into lower ivies with a 3.8uw? That seems like a stretch, no? Can anyone confirm for this cycle?