Based on experience - has anyone had DC admitted to a top 20 school with a 3.5 - 3.6 GPA NO HOOKS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

Did I ask for rhetorical questions? No

I asked a direct question. Answer that question or move along.

Whoa. Attitude. I'm not PP, but I'll be moving along, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Top private/public

Not OP but please list if your kid came from public or private. I think it makes a difference.

[Anonymous]

My guess the answer is no.

Unless said student lives in Wyoming or something. But is that a hook, a geographic one?

[Anonymous]

Would Oxford count for an undersubscribed joint honours degree? This offer was three years ago for a relative of mine. 3.7 GPA. 1550 SAT, zero hooks and few ECs. All 5s on multiple APs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

Did I ask for rhetorical questions? No

I asked a direct question. Answer that question or move along.

Whoa. Attitude. I'm not PP, but I'll be moving along, too.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

Did I ask for rhetorical questions? No

I asked a direct question. Answer that question or move along.

This a forum not Google. You're going to get comments that are not answers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

Did I ask for rhetorical questions? No

I asked a direct question. Answer that question or move along.

This a forum not Google. You're going to get comments that are not answers.

And, by the way, PP has a point. Admissions offices generally think high SAT + low GPA = lazy kid, unless there were some major circumstances that hurt the kid's grades.

[Anonymous]

Full pay? Did the student take the hardest classes? Sh*tty attitude aside, you aren’t sharing enough to get real help.

[Anonymous]

No way. For a top private/ public, once your SAT is above 1450-1500, it doesn’t matter anymore. From that point on, it’s GPA, EC, essays, letters of recommendation and other less tangible stuff. Now, think about how many kids from your school with test scores in that ballpark and much higher GPA are applying to the same top 20 schools?

If your school is one of those privates that are known for grade deflation, the answer may be different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

Did I ask for rhetorical questions? No

I asked a direct question. Answer that question or move along.

Are you this much of a jerk in real life?

Does your kid act as entitled as you do when it comes to free advice?

[Anonymous]

With no hooks -- its going to be tough.

[Anonymous]

Yes. All three kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No hooks - 2 years ago - GPA unweighted 3.5 with 35 ACT - Tufts, UVA, Michigan, Notre Dame, Wash U. WL at 2 ivies but did not get in.

I do NOT believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way. For a top private/ public, once your SAT is above 1450-1500, it doesn’t matter anymore. From that point on, it’s GPA, EC, essays, letters of recommendation and other less tangible stuff. Now, think about how many kids from your school with test scores in that ballpark and much higher GPA are applying to the same top 20 schools?

If your school is one of those privates that are known for grade deflation, the answer may be different.

I don't want to belabor your point, which has some validity, but for very top schools the statement I bolded above is not true. Many top schools have 25th percentiles above 1450, which will make an unhooked applicant in that range impossible to admit.

[Anonymous]

Op is painful.