Pls recommend SLAC for 4.0 GPA, 34 ACT

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for high targets to reaches. (Possibly of ED if offered at the school) Not west coast, preferably nearish a decent town/city & airport.
DS's private high school does not have enough data to gauge the admissions stats for these schools.
The rest of the college app will be fairly average for this area (decent mix of activities, nothing truly outstanding);
assume good essay and recs (not spectacular).
DS doesn't seem to have preferences about colleges yet so I'd like to pick several to visit.

What does he want to study ?

Any thoughts about a career ?

Why does he or why do you want an SLAC ? (Might reveal some preferences & concerns.)

I wrote the above. The key may be to look at SLACs which offer 2 rounds of ED as any such school obviously prefers ED applicants.

Based on the scant info. shared: Consider Davidson College.

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OP here. After visiting a handful of schools 9-35k students, he recently expressed interest in SLAC. We all assumed he wanted a math-based major, maybe Econ. But now he wants to widen the search (I realize, not ideal). His GPA is weighted but his school doesn’t offer tons of APs before senior year (he’ll have 6 APs). His schedule is considered “rigorous.” He’s full pay and would like to ED (if he’s decided a school by that time).

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After visiting a handful of schools 9-35k students, he recently expressed interest in SLAC. We all assumed he wanted a math-based major, maybe Econ. But now he wants to widen the search (I realize, not ideal). His GPA is weighted but his school doesn’t offer tons of APs before senior year (he’ll have 6 APs). His schedule is considered “rigorous.” He’s full pay and would like to ED (if he’s decided a school by that time).

Ok. So UW of about a 3.6/3.7? That’s much different. I’d have him look at Lafayette for a math/Econ major. While there look at Lehigh which is not a SLAC but might be a good fit.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After visiting a handful of schools 9-35k students, he recently expressed interest in SLAC. We all assumed he wanted a math-based major, maybe Econ. But now he wants to widen the search (I realize, not ideal). His GPA is weighted but his school doesn’t offer tons of APs before senior year (he’ll have 6 APs). His schedule is considered “rigorous.” He’s full pay and would like to ED (if he’s decided a school by that time).

Ok. So UW of about a 3.6/3.7? That’s much different. I’d have him look at Lafayette for a math/Econ major. While there look at Lehigh which is not a SLAC but might be a good fit.

I haven’t calculated unweighted but he has all As except for 3 B/B+ in his AP classes. (Maybe a B/B+ in 2 religion classes, not sure).

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St. Olaf or Carleton in Minnesota

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There are lots of SLACs in Ohio and many near Columbus, Ohio airports

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After visiting a handful of schools 9-35k students, he recently expressed interest in SLAC. We all assumed he wanted a math-based major, maybe Econ. But now he wants to widen the search (I realize, not ideal). His GPA is weighted but his school doesn’t offer tons of APs before senior year (he’ll have 6 APs). His schedule is considered “rigorous.” He’s full pay and would like to ED (if he’s decided a school by that time).

Ok. So UW of about a 3.6/3.7? That’s much different. I’d have him look at Lafayette for a math/Econ major. While there look at Lehigh which is not a SLAC but might be a good fit.

Well, these stereotypical male majors will negate a good deal of advantage that otherwise exists for males in SLAC admissions. Definitely apply ED somewhere (ED1 and ED2) if it is a SLAC. Davidson is probably too high for ED1. Trinity sounds about right. Then down a slight notch for ED2, such as a school like Holy Cross. Then down even more for regular decision, obviously.

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Wesleyan and Bowdoin are actually near towns and about 30 min from airports. Williams, Amherst, Hamilton and Middlebury in middle of nowhere.

Your DC will likely have a good shot if applying ED and have good essays.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. After visiting a handful of schools 9-35k students, he recently expressed interest in SLAC. We all assumed he wanted a math-based major, maybe Econ. But now he wants to widen the search (I realize, not ideal). His GPA is weighted but his school doesn’t offer tons of APs before senior year (he’ll have 6 APs). His schedule is considered “rigorous.” He’s full pay and would like to ED (if he’s decided a school by that time).

Ok. So UW of about a 3.6/3.7? That’s much different. I’d have him look at Lafayette for a math/Econ major. While there look at Lehigh which is not a SLAC but might be a good fit.

Well, these stereotypical male majors will negate a good deal of advantage that otherwise exists for males in SLAC admissions. Definitely apply ED somewhere (ED1 and ED2) if it is a SLAC. Davidson is probably too high for ED1. Trinity sounds about right. Then down a slight notch for ED2, such as a school like Holy Cross. Then down even more for regular decision, obviously.

I obviously have a lot to learn because I’m barely following this response. I can add that per his scattergram, DS has a 100% chance of acceptance at Holy Cross.

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Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan and Bowdoin are actually near towns and about 30 min from airports. Williams, Amherst, Hamilton and Middlebury in middle of nowhere.

Your DC will likely have a good shot if applying ED and have good essays.

This helps. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:What matters is how these stats situate him in his school cohort. How could his school not have data? They should certainly have data on where kids with his stats typically go.

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Our DMV private doesn’t have this data available on SCOIR scatterplots either as not enough kids over the years have applied, esp places like Pomona and Bowdoin. And CC sucks and doesn’t provide any useful or school specific data at all, so we have no idea where our DC stands in the class, plus the rigor thing comes into play too (will be post AP in math as a Senior). Shaking my head at so little these CC offices in so called “Big 3” schools are allowed to get away with-all they seem to do is provide scatterplots which are unreliable and manage sending of documents.

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Anonymous wrote:What matters is how these stats situate him in his school cohort. How could his school not you have data? They should certainly have data on where kids with his stats typically go.

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Our DMV private doesn’t have this data available on SCOIR scatterplots either as not enough kids over the years have applied, esp places like Pomona and Bowdoin. And CC sucks and doesn’t provide any useful or school specific data at all, so we have no idea where our DC stands in the class, plus the rigor thing comes into play too (will be post AP in math as a Senior). Shaking my head at so little these CC offices in so called “Big 3” schools are allowed to get away with-all they seem to do is provide scatterplots which are unreliable and manage sending of documents.

What would you like them to do for you?

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^^^Provide actual info on where our DC stands relative to peers with regard to class rigor and GPA. Admit what school specific data is shared with colleges-they claim just a school profile is sent which only provides a college which classes are offered and average ACT/SAT scores-no info on GPA or class rank is given on the profile, and they claim nothing about GPA or grade distributions is sent to the colleges, so unless you are applying to an in state school that might get multiple apps from the same school, how are these colleges supposed to figure out where a student stands in their particular school?

In short, too little data is provided to parents and students to personalize the process in any way or to help guide the kids in order to maximize good outcomes for the entire class (for example, perhaps steering a kid away from a certain Ivy ED if they know there are 8 legacies in the class doing the same). They also don’t seem to be willing to pick up a phone and call regional reps to advocate for the kids who really want a certain school and have made that fact known. Plenty more can and should be done.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^Provide actual info on where our DC stands relative to peers with regard to class rigor and GPA. Admit what school specific data is shared with colleges-they claim just a school profile is sent which only provides a college which classes are offered and average ACT/SAT scores-no info on GPA or class rank is given on the profile, and they claim nothing about GPA or grade distributions is sent to the colleges, so unless you are applying to an in state school that might get multiple apps from the same school, how are these colleges supposed to figure out where a student stands in their particular school?

In short, too little data is provided to parents and students to personalize the process in any way or to help guide the kids in order to maximize good outcomes for the entire class (for example, perhaps steering a kid away from a certain Ivy ED if they know there are 8 legacies in the class doing the same). They also don’t seem to be willing to pick up a phone and call regional reps to advocate for the kids who really want a certain school and have made that fact known. Plenty more can and should be done.

Maybe colleges don’t care about rank and demonstrated interest anymore.

[Anonymous]

Tour a bunch then apply ED. ED at most SLACs is a significant advantage. (Not all SLACs so make sure to figure that out before he applies).