Grades Only Colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

by that metric, shame on all of you who have never heard of South Dakota School of Mines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I think we are getting sidetracked with WSU. I didn't ask the question who WSU was, but I wasn't sure either. Then someone asked if it was Washington State and someone else took that to be a sarcastic comment vs simply asking if that was the college they were talking about. I wasn't sure if WSU was Wichita State University, Washington Statue University, or something else. So please, lets all calm down and get back on topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I think we are getting sidetracked with WSU. I didn't ask the question who WSU was, but I wasn't sure either. Then someone asked if it was Washington State and someone else took that to be a sarcastic comment vs simply asking if that was the college they were talking about. I wasn't sure if WSU was Wichita State University, Washington Statue University, or something else. So please, lets all calm down and get back on topic.

JMU looks at grades, test scores, ECs, etc like every other college. It is test optional this year, like most, but will consider test scores if you send them. I would say almost all schools in the US look at the whole package. Schools overseas do not care about extracurriculars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I think we are getting sidetracked with WSU. I didn't ask the question who WSU was, but I wasn't sure either. Then someone asked if it was Washington State and someone else took that to be a sarcastic comment vs simply asking if that was the college they were talking about. I wasn't sure if WSU was Wichita State University, Washington Statue University, or something else. So please, lets all calm down and get back on topic.

JMU looks at grades, test scores, ECs, etc like every other college. It is test optional this year, like most, but will consider test scores if you send them. I would say almost all schools in the US look at the whole package. Schools overseas do not care about extracurriculars.

Someone on another thread said that JMU only looks at grades, and their website seems to back that up. They state "Our application review focuses primarily on high school courses and grades. These two factors are the most consistent indicators of academic success in college." Everything else is listed as optional.

https://www.jmu.edu/admissions/apply/freshman-application-process.shtml

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

Well, I can see an average to good student who specifically wants to live in Washington state some day looking at it. No different than living in a small Midwestern town and applying to school in DC or NYC or LA because that is where you dream of living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I think we are getting sidetracked with WSU. I didn't ask the question who WSU was, but I wasn't sure either. Then someone asked if it was Washington State and someone else took that to be a sarcastic comment vs simply asking if that was the college they were talking about. I wasn't sure if WSU was Wichita State University, Washington Statue University, or something else. So please, lets all calm down and get back on topic.

JMU looks at grades, test scores, ECs, etc like every other college. It is test optional this year, like most, but will consider test scores if you send them. I would say almost all schools in the US look at the whole package. Schools overseas do not care about extracurriculars.

Someone on another thread said that JMU only looks at grades, and their website seems to back that up. They state "Our application review focuses primarily on high school courses and grades. These two factors are the most consistent indicators of academic success in college." Everything else is listed as optional.

https://www.jmu.edu/admissions/apply/freshman-application-process.shtml

“Focuses on” does not mean “only considers.”
If you kid has good test scores, send them.

[Anonymous]

UChicago has no legacy tip and, as a DIII school, doesn't have much of a sports tip either. It's also test optional (and has been for a while now). I'm sure UChicago considers ECs though.

[Anonymous]

What seems like weak ecs may well be pretty good. Reading this forum can make you think that every kid out there is a three sport varsity athlete, president and founder of x and y clubs, has 100s of volunteer hours and has won national awards. But lots of kids just play in the band and like to read sci-fi novels. And that's okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

UT Austin is an excellent school and Texas got it right, I wish Virginia state schools had a straightforward transparent admission process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

UT Austin is an excellent school and Texas got it right, I wish Virginia state schools had a straightforward transparent admission process

There are too many high achieving kids here, and too many out of staters in our university system to have a process like that. Can you imagine how competitive high school would be? There would be outrage and likely actual murder.

[Anonymous]

Most colleges do not give a crap about the kids who are vaguely involved with 20 ECs, and would much rather see a kid with one or two genuine interests or a kid that spends their free time working to afford college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

UT Austin is an excellent school and Texas got it right, I wish Virginia state schools had a straightforward transparent admission process

There are too many high achieving kids here, and too many out of staters in our university system to have a process like that. Can you imagine how competitive high school would be? There would be outrage and likely actual murder.

Actually UVA guarantees admission to NOVA graduates if they meet minimum GPA requirements. Why not do the same for high school students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/colleges-offering-assured-automatic-guaranteed-admissions

So who’s the a$$ now? Washington State is on the list!

NP. No one said Washington state was not a school that focused on grades or disparaged it in anyway. It is just not a school that many in the DMV are familiar with.

This. We have some poster on here lately who is clearly not from here and is obsessed with UT Austin and Washington State, which is such a strange combination to begin with, and even stranger to talk about things like guaranteed admission on a dc area board. Only the bottom students around here look for schools like that because it isn’t even on anyone else’s radar. Most states don’t do guaranteed admission, as you can see from that chart.

UT Austin is an excellent school and Texas got it right, I wish Virginia state schools had a straightforward transparent admission process

There are too many high achieving kids here, and too many out of staters in our university system to have a process like that. Can you imagine how competitive high school would be? There would be outrage and likely actual murder.

Actually UVA guarantees admission to NOVA graduates if they meet minimum GPA requirements. Why not do the same for high school students

1. Every school system uses a different grading scale, so you can’t compare between them
2. There isn’t room at UVA for every 4.0uw kid in the state of VA.