Where is your kid applying ?

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What about Rensselaer? I saw someone said WPI, maybe they meant RPI? And U of Roch - which I think was mentioned. GA Tech? U of FL? NC State?

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Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

probably troll post but if you are in fact the parent of a kid applying this fall, better add some safeties and matches on there. Very real possibility of an 0-7 score at the of the admissions game.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

probably troll post but if you are in fact the parent of a kid applying this fall, better add some safeties and matches on there. Very real possibility of an 0-7 score at the END of the admissions game.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and said your kid is statistically more likely to end up 0-7 than to get into any of those schools.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Rensselaer? I saw someone said WPI, maybe they meant RPI? And U of Roch - which I think was mentioned. GA Tech? U of FL? NC State?

WPI is Worcester Poly

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

It does according to our counselor. They do not advise retakes.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

probably troll post but if you are in fact the parent of a kid applying this fall, better add some safeties and matches on there. Very real possibility of an 0-7 score at the END of the admissions game.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and said your kid is statistically more likely to end up 0-7 than to get into any of those schools.

Not a troll and applying to 8 schools as listed not 7.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
Johns Hopkins

probably troll post but if you are in fact the parent of a kid applying this fall, better add some safeties and matches on there. Very real possibility of an 0-7 score at the END of the admissions game.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and said your kid is statistically more likely to end up 0-7 than to get into any of those schools.

Not a troll and applying to 8 schools as listed not 7.

whoops you're right, ok great so 0-8! Good luck to you

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

At our HS, I’d feel more confident with a 1440 or higher.

Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

It does according to our counselor. They do not advise retakes.

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

It does according to our counselor. They do not advise retakes.

Was supposed to say - At our HS, I’d feel more confident with a 1440 or higher.

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

Nope. My kids are applying out of FCPS publics. Common wisdom is white or Asian students out of then DMV who aren’t hooked should aim for a 1500/34 ACT. Has been that way for both my kids. That’s when the number is good enough to move on.


Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:1410 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted. MCPS. Wants to stay somewhat local with more than 4000 undergrads.

UMD, UVA, W&M, American, Pitt, Delaware, UMBC, GMU

Is he/she submitting scores?

Not taking SAT again? DD has same grades in MCPS and SAT is 150+ higher

some people aren't test takers you know and frankly a 1410 is plenty good enough to get into all of those schools, and more.

Once you are over 1400 you are fine, especially if you are over 700 in each. No need to retake at that level.

UMC white/Asian kid in the DMV? Stopping at 1400 seems unwise. URM, First Gen, rural South, best in the nation t something, athletic recruit, donating a building, I’m sure it’s fine.

Does this rule (“over 1400 you are fine “) hold for schools like Tulane and Wake Forest/ W& M out of state?

No.

It does according to our counselor. They do not advise retakes.

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Anonymous wrote:Lower GPA from Freshman year of high school are not a hinderance to "more competitive schools"- pick 1 or 2 as an RD and see what happens?

Not necessarily the case - at least that is the feedback we have received from 2 admission professionals. DC will pick two for RD, but DC is looking more to ED at what they think is a target for them, but only if EDs. They think DC would have a much harder chance getting in to the school for RD. So much now about yield, especially in re kids applying from DC's school.

When I look at Scattergrams for some of the SLACs, it seems like ED or nothing at our W school.

Your Naviance shows ED or RD?

Yes

My kids go to two different schools (neither one is a W school) and neither Naviance shows ED. That would be very helpful. My DS is considering ED at a SLAC.

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UW GPA 3.75 (private)
ACT 36
Emory, WashU, Boston University, Pitt, Boston College, UMiami and working on others.
AP scores 5 on Physics C, BC Calc, Spanish, Chemistry