Schools for a kid with 1490?
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Anonymous
Mid 2000s |
Anonymous
All of the Top 20 schools are reaches for everyone -- and particularly if you do not have a hook (recruited athlete, legacy, URM, etc.). Ask your daughter to find one or two that are a good fit and apply with the understanding that admission odds are likely not much better than the overall admission rate (i.e. 10% or less). Even better, if you have a clear favorite and it offers ED (and is affordable) then she can apply ED to slightly boost her chances of admission. |
Anonymous
The reason the counselor said her choice schools were still reaches for her is literally everyone applying to them has similar stats. From what I can tell, your daughter's biggest weakness is the lack of rigor in her high school classes if she's only taken 5 APs. My senior has taken 8 by junior year (and wasn't permitted to take any as a freshman). Her senior year class load is 100% APs and DE. How many APs is she taking this year? |
Anonymous
| Sounds like a perfect fit for UMD or UVA and might get merit at either. |
Anonymous
| The problem with that score is that I recently read (in the book Who Gets in and Why) that some schools only look at the first two digits. So a big difference between 1490 and 1500. |
Anonymous
This isn't true. They have rubrics for all the scores (SAT 2s included) and GPA. That rubric then places you in a quartile. Then they look and score essays, hooks, race, etc. |
Anonymous
| Unfortunately, 1490 is not a differentiator when applying to top schools. And, given her grades, might be seen as underperforming. Hope she gets a chance to take it again. |
Anonymous
It varies by school. Have you read the book? |
Anonymous
hard to believe given sat changed to 2400 pt scale in 2005 but whatever. |
Anonymous
Only if DC is URM. |
Anonymous
This is just so far off for 1490 and 5 APs. Sorry to say. Our child was just in this position with a similar SAT and more than twice as many APs. That's a really nice academic record, the the reality is that the 25-50 ranking range is the place to look for matches and safeties, and maybe add a few reaches in the top 25. |
Anonymous
. I don’t think so. 75th percentile at UVA is a 1500 and a 4.7. 11 AB classes is not unusual. |
Anonymous
| Sorry ^^ 75th percentile for students last fall was a 4.47 |
Anonymous
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My DS also has a 1490, more rigor (9 APs) but weak ECs. The only highly ranked school he's applying to is UVA. All the other top schools where technically his stats are a match...1) I'm sure he won't get in as your average high-stats white boy with mediocre ECs and 2) even if by some chance he got in, those schools only give need aid which we won't get but we can't afford full pay. It's still highly unlikely he gets into UVA (based on our school's Naviance) but at least if he did, we could pay for it.
I think he'd have a lot better shot at highly ranked SLACs and possibly get merit since boys tend to be at an advantage with SLACs but he really wants the big college experience. So, he's focused on big state schools with honors colleges. Either in-state or OOs that give merit. |
Anonymous
| Mine got a 1480 and he got into to Pitt, GMU, UVA, VT, UT Austin, and USC |