Where can 92/93 GPA St. Albans Student Be Admitted For College?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

I know 2 people that had about the same last year and neither ended up at top 30 schools from STA. STA college counseling only works well for some. Others get very limited college advising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

I know 2 people that had about the same last year and neither ended up at top 30 schools from STA. STA college counseling only works well for some. Others get very limited college advising.

huh. were these the kids who landed in schools ranked over 100? College admissions last year seemed to be almost entirely kids going to top 30 schools (often in the 20-30 rank) and then a few (less than 10) at schools ranked over 100.

[Anonymous]

You can’t get into an ivy with GPA and SAT alone unless you’re URM or ALDC. I’m surprised people still don’t get it in 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t get into an ivy with GPA and SAT alone unless you’re URM or ALDC. I’m surprised people still don’t get it in 2023.

Was not true for MCPS magnet in 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t get into an ivy with GPA and SAT alone unless you’re URM or ALDC. I’m surprised people still don’t get it in 2023.

Was not true for MCPS magnet in 2023.

how is this relevant to this post? We're talking about STA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t get into an ivy with GPA and SAT alone unless you’re URM or ALDC. I’m surprised people still don’t get it in 2023.

Was not true for MCPS magnet in 2023.

It’s not true at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

I know 2 people that had about the same last year and neither ended up at top 30 schools from STA. STA college counseling only works well for some. Others get very limited college advising.

Yeah. Things are tough. Finally someone on here with facts rather than wishful thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

I know 2 people that had about the same last year and neither ended up at top 30 schools from STA. STA college counseling only works well for some. Others get very limited college advising.

Yeah. Things are tough. Finally someone on here with facts rather than wishful thinking.

Random unverifiable postings that fit my worldview = facts

Random unverifiable postings that do not fit my worldview = wishful thinking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has a GPA at STA in this range with a 1560 SAT and wants to aim for elite colleges. From your experience, where can he realistically expect to be admitted? Does he have a shot at the Ivy League?

I know 2 people that had about the same last year and neither ended up at top 30 schools from STA. STA college counseling only works well for some. Others get very limited college advising.

Yeah. Things are tough. Finally someone on here with facts rather than wishful thinking.

Isn't this the case at every school? It seems like some kids end up on the right side of the stats and some have bad luck. Some of this is how the kids themselves play(ed) the game. There are kids who aimed too high in ED and then had to scramble in RD. Others who just plain old fell on the wrong side of the stats for ED and then had to scramble. It's just a giant crapshoot all around but I'm not sure it's the fault of the high school. It seems like STA got everyone but about 10 kids into top 50 schools last year and some of these 10 chose the lower ranked schools. To me that is pretty darn successful but I'm not of the mindset that my high achieving STA kid (with stats similar to OP's kid) has to attend a top30 school or is even worthy of one, just based on his GPA or stats. Anywhere in the top 75 would be fine with him and us. That is probably a fairly secure bet to make (not a guarantee but pretty good odds).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, there was was a STA kid this year with a mid 90s GPA who got the Jefferson scholarship at UVA. So while you might not be impressed with STA and their grading scale, UVA clearly is.

Who cares what 2nd rate public UVA thinks.

You must be on crack.