| And few LACs - Swartmore, Barnard, Wellesley, Hamilton, Macalester, Haverford, Vassar, Grinnell to name few. Some are single digit acceptance rates, but I have seen some kids getting in with those stats (but you probably recognize that stats are not everything). |
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your naviance/scior will tell you a lot.
Georgetown, Harvard, and UChicagao love our HS for example. A 3.8 ED to Chicago would be pretty much a lock. Stanford, Northwestern, and Yale hate us. Who knows why. Why ask questions. |
Private schools are better. |
| Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest? |
usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research |
Np. And recs from Latin teachers/classics teachers |
Research isn't necessary, but be active in the Classics Club, preferably president. Study Ancient Greek for several years in addition to many years of Latin. Gold medals on the national exams, preferably with some perfect scores. |
And I know kids with research and no clubs and no perfect scores. There’s Not one recipe here |
These kids do not usually publish research. I know a boy who publish an article, and he went to Penn. |
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Good for him!
But there's plenty of research in this field. |
It would definitely be unusual for an UNHOOKED kid to get into Vanderbilt with those stats. |
Above quote is correct. A lot of private school parents delude themselves into thinking the private gives a college admissions advantage, but this is no longer the case, even for a Big 3. |
Ridiculous. No such thing as a sure admit to either of those colleges. |
| This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts. |
The thing is that does happen at our private. ED for Vanderbilt though. The 3.9+ going to Yale/stanford/Princeton/harvard/duke |