Any Ivy admits with IMperfect grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. 2 admits to 2 different Ivies w/ 2 semester Bs in MCPS.

Semester grades? Were the final grades As?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

5 years ago + a very unique story and what he did afterwards.

[Anonymous]

In MCPS, semester grades are what are reported on transcript and, therefore, what the colleges see. They are the "final grades." What colleges *don't* see for MCPS are the quarter grades--if student got an A one quarter and a B the other, the semester grade is an A. There are no +/- grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

I was just thinking that maybe the political troll was on holiday vacation, but I guess no rest for the wicked (as my mother used to say)!

Firstly, tests were less inflated then, and you can't really know what his weighted GPA equates to.
Secondly, that kid endured something horrific and rallied and organized to make real change in the world. That shows genuine leadership. I've heard him speak -- he has passion, knowledge and leadership. The data doesn't tell you everything about a student. Not surprised top schools wanted him. But, I would love to be able to discuss the things that the OPs ask, and not to deal with the troll sludge that you like to dredge up and spew.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

I was just thinking that maybe the political troll was on holiday vacation, but I guess no rest for the wicked (as my mother used to say)!

Firstly, tests were less inflated then, and you can't really know what his weighted GPA equates to.
Secondly, that kid endured something horrific and rallied and organized to make real change in the world. That shows genuine leadership. I've heard him speak -- he has passion, knowledge and leadership. The data doesn't tell you everything about a student. Not surprised top schools wanted him. But, I would love to be able to discuss the things that the OPs ask, and not to deal with the troll sludge that you like to dredge up and spew.

Have you ever read his tweets? He can barely string together a grammatically correct sentence, even after four years at Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. 2 admits to 2 different Ivies w/ 2 semester Bs in MCPS.

What years did they get in? I'm not sure I would consider this "imperfect" grades. What were the SAT/ACT? I haven't met any kids I would consider "unhooked" get in from this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

David Hogg is exactly the kind of kid Harvard wants. Harvard doesn't care about anybody having perfect grades or a perfect SAT score. These things are not going to get you in.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. 2 admits to 2 different Ivies w/ 2 semester Bs in MCPS.

What years did they get in? I'm not sure I would consider this "imperfect" grades. What were the SAT/ACT? I haven't met any kids I would consider "unhooked" get in from this area.

Both in the past 3 years. High test scores. Unhooked white females (hardest demographic). Both with significant achievements.

BTW, are you OP? You might try different phrasing rather than a combo of interrogation and suspicion. Trying to help you here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. 2 admits to 2 different Ivies w/ 2 semester Bs in MCPS.

What years did they get in? I'm not sure I would consider this "imperfect" grades. What were the SAT/ACT? I haven't met any kids I would consider "unhooked" get in from this area.

I know one unhooked, excellent but not stellar student who got into Yale two years ago. He won the lottery. The unhooked ones I know from this year who were admitted to Ivies are absolutely amazing students in every way.

[Anonymous]

No way someone is getting into Harvard with a C jn anything without being from some obscure country, huge donor family or playing college sports

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

5 years ago + a very unique story and what he did afterwards.

Exactly - he got a lot of national attention in a fairly positive way. I don't think his story in the kind that most could/would replicate. But in general when someone gets in with his stats, the story behind the applicant is something pretty extraordinary like his.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:David Hogg got into Harvard with a sub-1300 SAT and a 4.2 weighted, which if you know anything about Florida public high schools is like a B/B- average.

5 years ago + a very unique story and what he did afterwards.

Exactly - he got a lot of national attention in a fairly positive way. I don't think his story in the kind that most could/would replicate. But in general when someone gets in with his stats, the story behind the applicant is something pretty extraordinary like his.

Most unhooked Ivy League admits have probably been in a local feature article or the equivalent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. 2 admits to 2 different Ivies w/ 2 semester Bs in MCPS.

What years did they get in? I'm not sure I would consider this "imperfect" grades. What were the SAT/ACT? I haven't met any kids I would consider "unhooked" get in from this area.

Both in the past 3 years. High test scores. Unhooked white females (hardest demographic). Both with significant achievements.

BTW, are you OP? You might try different phrasing rather than a combo of interrogation and suspicion. Trying to help you here.

I’m OP and that post wasn’t mine.

[Anonymous]

I know a bunch from a Big3 school last year. unhooked.
But these schools give a lot of Bs--kids commonly get a B and then a 5 on the AP (often without it even being an AP course),

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way someone is getting into Harvard with a C jn anything without being from some obscure country, huge donor family or playing college sports

This is what you want you to think because many kids with "perfect numbers" are rejected; but it simply has never been true that you need perfect grades and scores. What they look for is not that easily quantifiable. Also remember that they take a lot of kids from schools with very hard grading where perfect grades are rare to non-existant. Plenty of brilliant, unique, leadership-quality kids get Cs at certain high schools. Also, note that the CDS for these schools do not report grades (why is that?); only in marketing will they massage some numbers and report the image they want to project.