Curriculum rigor questions for reaches: BU, Wesleyan, Tufts, Georgetown ... ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As others have said, HS context matters. Is that a lot of APs relative to classmates? Does an A- minus average put her in the top 10% of her class?

Is she submitting test scores to the TO schools? If not, GPA should be closer to 4.0. Agree about applying ED; that can make a big difference.

Wesleyan wants students to have completed bio, chem, and physics; calculus; and at least four years of foreign language. Not required, but they report 80+% of accepted students meet these standards.

Will her recommendations be strong? Does she have anyone (e.g., EC advisor) who can write a supplementary recommendation for the schools that accept them?

A 4.0 is a public high school v private are very different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As others have said, HS context matters. Is that a lot of APs relative to classmates? Does an A- minus average put her in the top 10% of her class?

Is she submitting test scores to the TO schools? If not, GPA should be closer to 4.0. Agree about applying ED; that can make a big difference.

Wesleyan wants students to have completed bio, chem, and physics; calculus; and at least four years of foreign language. Not required, but they report 80+% of accepted students meet these standards.

Will her recommendations be strong? Does she have anyone (e.g., EC advisor) who can write a supplementary recommendation for the schools that accept them?

A 4.0 is a public high school v private are very different.

Did you miss “HS context matters”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rising junior is going to take 2-3 AP level courses next year and already completed 1 AP this year. So she'll have a total of 3-4 going into senior year before she plans on taking 3-4 more in her senior year. She'll end up having at least 1 AP in Eng, Math, History, Language, Science and more than 1 year in History, Math and English.

Her reaches will possibly include 2 schools out of the following schools: Georgetown, Wesleyan, Tufts and BU.

Her safety/target list is still being determined, but she'll aim lower than her reaches.

Does she have enough rigor to have a shot at er reaches (she's not trying for ivy league)? She is currently A- student with normal ECs. She will be pursuing humanities.

Decent shot at BU.

No for GU, Tufts, Wesleyan.

[Anonymous]

I’m so sick of the private school snobbery on this site. Just give it a rest would y’all? Kids can only do what’s in front of them and highest possible rigor and UW 4.0 is stellar. Full stop.
Regarding the OP’s question- this seems like kind of a strange group of four. I guess Wes seems like the outlier in this group in almost every way. Maybe rethink that and add a different one thats more like the others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so sick of the private school snobbery on this site. Just give it a rest would y’all? Kids can only do what’s in front of them and highest possible rigor and UW 4.0 is stellar. Full stop.
Regarding the OP’s question- this seems like kind of a strange group of four. I guess Wes seems like the outlier in this group in almost every way. Maybe rethink that and add a different one thats more like the others?

It’s actually a very common list with lots of overlap in the private school world. I know many who applied to Wes, Tufts and BU. Less to Gtown only because many of my DC’a crowd didn’t want to stay in DC but I’d imagine in other cities this whole list has lots of overlap.