As in hard courses, Bs in easy courses

[Anonymous]

As in hard courses, Bs in easy courses.

5s on all AP exams - on hard courses: eg, calc bc, physics C, AP stats, etc.

Very strong standardized testing, think 1550+ sat, 35 ACT.

Mediocre extracurriculars.

Any chance for top 50?

What about top 20?

[Anonymous]

Unweighted GPA?

[Anonymous]

You’re competing against people who have As in all their courses and high test scores, so top 20 schools will be hard admits. As in easier courses is not a good look. It signals laziness.

[Anonymous]

Hard to say without context.

Ranking/gpa compared to peers
How many Bs and in what classes and what years
What easy classes is student picking over more rigorous ones

[Anonymous]

Have to evaluate in the context of the school. Totally depends on how many/percentage of the school go to T20, T10, etc. Nothing can be meaningful without context.

[Anonymous]

I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

You have absolutely zero way of knowing this. Zero.

Weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

I doubt it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who did terribly in the college process and the culprit seemed to be getting C's in gym. Yikes. I think it's a bad look.

There were likely other reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re competing against people who have As in all their courses and high test scores, so top 20 schools will be hard admits. As in easier courses is not a good look. It signals laziness.

Did you mean Bs?

[Anonymous]

I was like this. I ended up going to a state school that didn't impress anyone, but it wasn't bad by any means, and I ended up getting into every one of the top grade programs in my field. At every single level of school and work, there's a resorting. I benefited from that after an unimpressive college admissions process.

[Anonymous]

Top 50 yes choose wisely and demonstrate interest.
Top 20? I mean anything can happen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 50 yes choose wisely and demonstrate interest.
Top 20? I mean anything can happen

I think this strategy makes sense -- focus on 2-3 lower ranked schools in the T50, demonstrate a lot of interest (visits, carefully tailored essays, application in early if at all possible).

I think T20 is pretty unlikely, so apply to 1 or 2 (max) but set expectations with your DC accordingly. There are a lot of kids with 1550+/ 4.0 UW GPAs in highest rigor courses who are shut out of the T20. Unless your kid has some hook you haven't mentioned. . . .

[Anonymous]

Anything is possible, but it'd need to be a killer essay.l, and the most amazing recommendation letters ever.

To me, it reads as ADHD - hard classes the kid is interested in, focused and determined; the stupid, easy classes they make you take (health, PE, etc), bored and don't care.

[Anonymous]

Do you think colleges will informally flag the application as ADHD?

Is there a relationship between known adhd and acceptance?