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

[Anonymous]

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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?

Get off of this board and go see the school college counselors.

Unless you're a troll, of course. In which case, carry on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere he wants. Anything above a 90 average at the cathedral schools is very high and difficult to get.

Haha. So not true!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ED at UChicago and he’s in.

Yes, this is correct. Uchicago is the easiest to get in.

+1

It is fascinating to see how many UChicago acceptances there are each year from STA. Sometimes it approaches 20% of the whole class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED at UChicago and he’s in.

Yes, this is correct. Uchicago is the easiest to get in.

+1

It is fascinating to see how many UChicago acceptances there are each year from STA. Sometimes it approaches 20% of the whole class.

It's the new Tulane/Colbu.

[Anonymous]

Last year 13 kids got into UVA.
Only 3 are attending though not as impossible as you guys claim.
92/93 GpA is a very good GPA and lots of options.
Consider Ed 1 U Chicago, Northwestern, Dartmouth or Vandi and Rice.
If he does not get in, consider ED 2 Boston College or Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

?
I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

All I can go by is that the kid has a 92.5 average GPA…which is at worse an A- GPA and at best a straight A GPA.

As PP just posted, nearly 20% of STA’s class last year was accepted at UVA.

JR, a DCPS school, sent 8 kids to UVA last year. I believe it was the #1 college for JR grads (8 isn’t that many, but the grads went to 100+ colleges).

It’s anecdotal, but I think DC kids punch above their weight at UVA (and VT).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

?
I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

100 percent!!

[Anonymous]

He will have no problem to get into a top school with his GPA and SAT scores.

[Anonymous]

The STA Ivy line traditionally was a 92% for unhooked. I know a HYP within the past 3 years who got into HYP (unhooked) with a 92%. The U of Chicago line is thought to be about an 88-89%.
That said, it's very hard to tell with the shifting college admissions scene and the prevalence of legacy and athletic admits from STA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

?
I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.