schools that like highest scores even with mid (but high rigor) grades?

Anonymous
kid has good essay potential and unique and personal ECs but not national honors or anything. ACT 35
insight?
Anonymous
What's the GPA at the end of junior year (weighted and unweighted)? How many APs have they done? How many more planned for senior year? What do they want to study?
Anonymous
Don’t be lazy. If you want help, give more info. Interests, major, high school type, etc
Anonymous
OMG. You got help us a little bit. Budget? field of study? Geography?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OMG. You got help us a little bit. Budget? field of study? Geography?

+1. Like so much else on DCUM, the premise is “what is the highest ranked school I can get into. I’ll change my preferences to align with whatever that is”
Anonymous
ED Tulane. You’re welcome.
Anonymous
Richmond
Anonymous
ED - Tulane, Tufts, Wesleyan, Wake Forest
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:ED - Tulane, Tufts, Wesleyan, Wake Forest


Add:
Case; Bucknell; Richmond; U-Miami; Santa Clara; NYU

But depends on your HS (public or private)?

Check naviance?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:ED - Tulane, Tufts, Wesleyan, Wake Forest


These, plus NorthEastern, Colgate, BU, Bucknell
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:ED - Tulane, Tufts, Wesleyan, Wake Forest


Wake cares very little about test scores but very much about gpa. The exact opposite of what op is looking for. Need a 3,8 or higher from our private last two cycles.
Anonymous
OP. Answer the questions people are asking. Even better, plug in your kid's stats into collegevine. It's the most accurate website out there to predict chances. Absolutely works! My kid with a similar profile applied to 20 schools, got into 17, many of which we thought they won't get in based on other sources (DCUM, CC and Naviance).
Anonymous
I would target schools that like big 3 kids - where the rigor is high and average GPA is around 3.5. If the non-top 20-30% kids get in, assuming these kids also have high test scores they are submitting, that's probably your sweet spot.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OP. Answer the questions people are asking. Even better, plug in your kid's stats into collegevine. It's the most accurate website out there to predict chances. Absolutely works! My kid with a similar profile applied to 20 schools, got into 17, many of which we thought they won't get in based on other sources (DCUM, CC and Naviance).


What percentage should you be looking for?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP. Answer the questions people are asking. Even better, plug in your kid's stats into collegevine. It's the most accurate website out there to predict chances. Absolutely works! My kid with a similar profile applied to 20 schools, got into 17, many of which we thought they won't get in based on other sources (DCUM, CC and Naviance).


What percentage should you be looking for?


At a private school and found college vine a complete waste of time. Naviance much more useful
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