Where did your 33/34 ACT, 3.9 UW GPA get in?

[Anonymous]

Looks like a 3.9 and 33/34 is a recipe for some excellent outcomes. Congrats to these kids. Gives me hope!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is your private school packaging and presenting the kids?

Just found out the 2019 matriculation of my NE private HS:
Out of 120 kids:

19 Harvard
8 Dartmouth
3 UPenn
2 Stanford
1 Columbia
1 Cornell
1 Brown
1 MIT

8 Middlebury
5 Williams
5 Tufts
3 U Chicago
3 Georgetown
3 Duke

Are these kids any smarter than yours? No. Do half the class have hooks? Probably not. The counselors have an impact.

Nobles?

Not the poster but sounds like Nobles. And poster is in denial - Nobles is about money and how much the parents donate to Nobles and the college. And they are using athletics plus good grades (Nobles has grade inflation) to get in

So affirmative action for rich white people. Got it.

There are also a fair number of Harvard professors that send their kids to Nobles. That is a huge hook, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for kids with similar stats in last couple of years and where they got accepted and rejected.

33/34 ACT
3.9 GPA (private does not weight)
very good ECs
no major national awards, not curing cancer or starting a non profit

interested in where similar kids got in without hooks

thanks

Unweighted 3.9 GPA at our private is almost impossible to get. Are you at a big 3?

They are likely out of the dc area, which is why most of the information on this board has become irrelevant and unreliable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is your private school packaging and presenting the kids?

Just found out the 2019 matriculation of my NE private HS:
Out of 120 kids:

19 Harvard
8 Dartmouth
3 UPenn
2 Stanford
1 Columbia
1 Cornell
1 Brown
1 MIT

8 Middlebury
5 Williams
5 Tufts
3 U Chicago
3 Georgetown
3 Duke

Are these kids any smarter than yours? No. Do half the class have hooks? Probably not. The counselors have an impact.

No but they are all future liberal robots. Such a tragedy. Not np.

[Anonymous]

Nobles and Exeter parents are legacies at these schools so that can't hurt.

[Anonymous]

ED Wash U in St. Louis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is your private school packaging and presenting the kids?

Just found out the 2019 matriculation of my NE private HS:
Out of 120 kids:

19 Harvard
8 Dartmouth
3 UPenn
2 Stanford
1 Columbia
1 Cornell
1 Brown
1 MIT

8 Middlebury
5 Williams
5 Tufts
3 U Chicago
3 Georgetown
3 Duke

Are these kids any smarter than yours? No. Do half the class have hooks? Probably not. The counselors have an impact.

Nobles?

Not the poster but sounds like Nobles. And poster is in denial - Nobles is about money and how much the parents donate to Nobles and the college. And they are using athletics plus good grades (Nobles has grade inflation) to get in

So affirmative action for rich white people. Got it.

There are also a fair number of Harvard professors that send their kids to Nobles. That is a huge hook, obviously.

At 50k a year when they already have the faculty hook? I can see Rox Latin but not Nobles unless a Dean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is your private school packaging and presenting the kids?

Just found out the 2019 matriculation of my NE private HS:
Out of 120 kids:

19 Harvard
8 Dartmouth
3 UPenn
2 Stanford
1 Columbia
1 Cornell
1 Brown
1 MIT

8 Middlebury
5 Williams
5 Tufts
3 U Chicago
3 Georgetown
3 Duke

Are these kids any smarter than yours? No. Do half the class have hooks? Probably not. The counselors have an impact.

Nobles?

Not the poster but sounds like Nobles. And poster is in denial - Nobles is about money and how much the parents donate to Nobles and the college. And they are using athletics plus good grades (Nobles has grade inflation) to get in

So affirmative action for rich white people. Got it.

There are also a fair number of Harvard professors that send their kids to Nobles. That is a huge hook, obviously.

At 50k a year when they already have the faculty hook? I can see Rox Latin but not Nobles unless a Dean.

How have I never heard of these schools? This blog is titled "DC...." is it not? Perhaps I'm just a FCPS hick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ACT - 35 and lower GPA - 3.8 weighted

Tufts/Notre Dame/UVA/Michigan/GT

This is encouraging.

But, OP 3.9 unweighted is basically perfect. Why are you worried?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for kids with similar stats in last couple of years and where they got accepted and rejected.

33/34 ACT
3.9 GPA (private does not weight)
very good ECs
no major national awards, not curing cancer or starting a non profit

interested in where similar kids got in without hooks

thanks

Unweighted 3.9 GPA at our private is almost impossible to get. Are you at a big 3?

They are likely out of the dc area, which is why most of the information on this board has become irrelevant and unreliable.

In DC-- not a big 3, but pretty high in her class so 3.9 is also rare at our school. Asking because on College Confidential, am basically told to apply to Ohio State, Pitt and Rutgers....not sure why with these stats folks think better ranked schools are not in reach...was just wondering where kids around here were getting into...thanks

[Anonymous]

College Confidential seems to populated with people whose kids' schools practice grade inflation and heavy weighting of college-prep level classes. You see lots of 4.8 and 4.9 GPAs mentioned. That's all meaningless in an environment where 3.9 is top of the class. You can safely ignore the people telling you your daughter is shut out of top-50 schools. Their reality is not yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for kids with similar stats in last couple of years and where they got accepted and rejected.

33/34 ACT
3.9 GPA (private does not weight)
very good ECs
no major national awards, not curing cancer or starting a non profit

interested in where similar kids got in without hooks

thanks

Unweighted 3.9 GPA at our private is almost impossible to get. Are you at a big 3?

They are likely out of the dc area, which is why most of the information on this board has become irrelevant and unreliable.

In DC-- not a big 3, but pretty high in her class so 3.9 is also rare at our school. Asking because on College Confidential, am basically told to apply to Ohio State, Pitt and Rutgers....not sure why with these stats folks think better ranked schools are not in reach...was just wondering where kids around here were getting into...thanks

An unweighted 3.9 is basically all As with just one or two A-s. Is it honors classes? If so that is quite a hand to play.

I would have DC apply to Pitt rolling (or identify a public college in the 40-50 range that DC likes) to have a realistic school lined up. Then, I would have DC apply to a USNews top 30 or US News top 20 SLAC for early round. I would VISIT that school (if you havent already) to demonstrate interest. If DC attends a private you should have a sense of what the counselors thinks of DC how they will package her/him. If there is a double legacy to Harvard in the class who is applying early, be realistic and skip it. If there are certain top 30 schools where kids have been admitted in recent years, apply there bc the college has a familiarity with your school.

If deferred/rejected, I would then target 5-6 of US News top 30/SLAC top 20, with a focus on 10-30 and 10-20 ranked schools for the regular round. I would also apply to 2-3 US News 30-50/SLACs 20-30 schools. Again I would visit as many schools DS applies to as possible. Noone can tell you which ones he/she will get in for sure, its somewhat a lottery. You should be good for at least one. And at the end of the day DC can only attend one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for kids with similar stats in last couple of years and where they got accepted and rejected.

33/34 ACT
3.9 GPA (private does not weight)
very good ECs
no major national awards, not curing cancer or starting a non profit

interested in where similar kids got in without hooks

thanks

Unweighted 3.9 GPA at our private is almost impossible to get. Are you at a big 3?

They are likely out of the dc area, which is why most of the information on this board has become irrelevant and unreliable.

In DC-- not a big 3, but pretty high in her class so 3.9 is also rare at our school. Asking because on College Confidential, am basically told to apply to Ohio State, Pitt and Rutgers....not sure why with these stats folks think better ranked schools are not in reach...was just wondering where kids around here were getting into...thanks

An unweighted 3.9 is basically all As with just one or two A-s. Is it honors classes? If so that is quite a hand to play.

I would have DC apply to Pitt rolling (or identify a public college in the 40-50 range that DC likes) to have a realistic school lined up. Then, I would have DC apply to a USNews top 30 or US News top 20 SLAC for early round. I would VISIT that school (if you havent already) to demonstrate interest. If DC attends a private you should have a sense of what the counselors thinks of DC how they will package her/him. If there is a double legacy to Harvard in the class who is applying early, be realistic and skip it. If there are certain top 30 schools where kids have been admitted in recent years, apply there bc the college has a familiarity with your school.

If deferred/rejected, I would then target 5-6 of US News top 30/SLAC top 20, with a focus on 10-30 and 10-20 ranked schools for the regular round. I would also apply to 2-3 US News 30-50/SLACs 20-30 schools. Again I would visit as many schools DS applies to as possible. Noone can tell you which ones he/she will get in for sure, its somewhat a lottery. You should be good for at least one. And at the end of the day DC can only attend one.

thank you-- this is helpful

[Anonymous]

My daughter had a 3.89 UW and a 33 ACT from a non-big 3 private. She was accepted at Northwestern early decision...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my kid. Chicago Early decision.

Do they like it? This is where my high-stats DC would like to go.