3.73 GPA Student at Lawrenceville. What Colleges Should He Consider?

[Anonymous]

My kid at Lawrenceville School in NJ has a 3.73 GPA and 1550 SAT. From your experience, which schools should he aim for?

[Anonymous]

We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

NP. Lawrenceville is not "whatever random school." Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid at Lawrenceville School in NJ has a 3.73 GPA and 1550 SAT. From your experience, which schools should he aim for?

somewhat ambiguous... what does your child have a desire to do? Also, consider in-state vs OOS, vs private, etc. No clue what your financial situation is and that can play heavy in decisions. That's a solid SAT score but doesn't tell the entire story.... good luck

[Anonymous]

Laurence like is on nj why are you posting here?

Its a a school for rich b students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

NP. Lawrenceville is not "whatever random school." Lol

Seriously. Any of the so-called Big 3 schools in DC are at best on par with Lawrenceville, prestige-wise.

[Anonymous]

Don’t fancy boarding schools have good college counseling? They are going to be a lot more familiar than most folks on this forum, which tends to range anywhere from unfamiliar with boarding schools to actively hostile towards them.

[Anonymous]

Does his school have an account or provider that will allow access to the Scattergrams for Lawrenceville? This would tell you, based on those stats, how prior applicants to particular schools have fared. For example, a kid with the same stats applied to Princeton and was waitlisted, a kid with a 3.76 GPA and a 1500 SAT was admitted, and a kid with a 3.7 / 1580 was denied. Kind of helps you see how the matriculation for each college works, when the data is available.

There might be a case where there is not enough data (translation: so few applied they won't display the data for fear of being able to identify the student).

[Anonymous]

We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is.

A. Lawrenceville is not random if you know anything about boarding schools.
B. Rude

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

Lawrenceville has shut down its Naviance/SCOIR to reduce competitiveness. We no longer have access to the scattergrams and we won't be able to see any data for college admissions until fall senior year. This has made it more stressful/difficult to put together a realistic college list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

Lawrenceville has shut down its Naviance/SCOIR to reduce competitiveness. We no longer have access to the scattergrams and we won't be able to see any data for college admissions until fall senior year. This has made it more stressful/difficult to put together a realistic college list.

That sucks. Is the CCO able to give personalized advice?

You could also try posting in the college forum here. You should still provide a bit more information (interests, preferences on school type or location, etc), but you’re likely to get more sympathetic and useful answers there. This forum is not particularly knowledgeable about or friendly towards boarding schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

Lawrenceville has shut down its Naviance/SCOIR to reduce competitiveness. We no longer have access to the scattergrams and we won't be able to see any data for college admissions until fall senior year. This has made it more stressful/difficult to put together a realistic college list.

That sucks. Is the CCO able to give personalized advice?

You could also try posting in the college forum here. You should still provide a bit more information (interests, preferences on school type or location, etc), but you’re likely to get more sympathetic and useful answers there. This forum is not particularly knowledgeable about or friendly towards boarding schools.

Lawrenceville is being much more opaque this year than usual. A kid unfortunately had a mental breakdown over disappointing college outcomes this past year and tried harming themselves. Thankfully, they're doing fine now, but the school was shellshocked over the incident and has made a series of adjustments to try and cool down competitiveness.

[Anonymous]

OP, Lawrenceville is probably about on par with Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc.

So maybe search these threads and see what people with gaps and scores like that at those schools aim for.

Or Sidwell or STA parents, speak up and tell OP what those stats might mean for students at your school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea anything about whatever random school that is. Check your school's Naviance.

Lawrenceville has shut down its Naviance/SCOIR to reduce competitiveness. We no longer have access to the scattergrams and we won't be able to see any data for college admissions until fall senior year. This has made it more stressful/difficult to put together a realistic college list.

That's crazy. I would complain about that. You need to do college trips starting in junior year, ideally. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, Lawrenceville is probably about on par with Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc.

So maybe search these threads and see what people with gaps and scores like that at those schools aim for.

Or Sidwell or STA parents, speak up and tell OP what those stats might mean for students at your school.

Lawrenceville is far more prestigious than any DMV private. Lawrenceville is a top 10 private school in the US, top 5 among boarding schools.