Where did your 3.6 GPA child get in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Lots of good suggestions here. We have a little bit of time and I'm going to discuss a major change with him or else change what schools he's targeting. He's completely delusional, he wanted to focus on Top 20s and have a couple Top 50s as his "back up"... I told him Top 50s needed to be his reaches.

A neighbor of ours had their son from public get into CalTech and because of the college placement from his private school, my son believes some of these schools are more attainable than they truly are. However, college placement is important to his school and I think even if he won't listen to me, they'll get through to him that he needs some other choices.

So, he thinks that a high achieving public school student is the same as a 3.6 from private school?

Do you know what the neighbor's stats and activities were like? That might help with the comparison, and where your DS stands.

My son thinks a 3.6 from private is good enough and maybe even better than a 4.0 from public. There is no comparison to DS and our neighbors kid. Neighbor is incredibly academic, straight As, many APs, all around wonderfully smart and articulate and URM. My son is... Let's just say, "well-rounded" and not short on confidence, he plays one sport seriously, with a revolving door of other activities, very social and only really applies himself to classes he believes are important.

Your well rounded son will probably do just fine in life. But I do love to see the private schools indoctrinate their students about how they are already "college level" in high school. The crap I have to listen to from these parents. Then when the SATs come in at 1250, its "well, bad testers or they teach more independant thought" at said 60K a year private school. HAHA. Then college. Often drop outs or ending up a T200 schools, and yet they STILL believe their kid "went to college in high school". The sales job on these parents is astounding. Granted the top private school students do get the express train to the good schools through their AO connections but many of the average students are still telling themselves how smart they are - while at a school no one ever heard of. I thought eventually they would wake up when the public kids sailed past them into better schools and internships and jobs, but god love them, they are resolute.

You should write a novel…fiction suits you.

Wow, lots of private school parents overpaying on this thread! Sorry, yes, your snowflake got their college degree in HS and are now about to trounce the public school kids. Let me know how that goes! Please report back on snowie in 6 years!

[Anonymous]

Auburn is gaining popularity, but can be hit or miss depending on area of study. For engineering, they do not miss. They are excellent. And your son could have fun when not studying.

[Anonymous]

CU Boulder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Lots of good suggestions here. We have a little bit of time and I'm going to discuss a major change with him or else change what schools he's targeting. He's completely delusional, he wanted to focus on Top 20s and have a couple Top 50s as his "back up"... I told him Top 50s needed to be his reaches.

A neighbor of ours had their son from public get into CalTech and because of the college placement from his private school, my son believes some of these schools are more attainable than they truly are. However, college placement is important to his school and I think even if he won't listen to me, they'll get through to him that he needs some other choices.

So, he thinks that a high achieving public school student is the same as a 3.6 from private school?

Do you know what the neighbor's stats and activities were like? That might help with the comparison, and where your DS stands.

My son thinks a 3.6 from private is good enough and maybe even better than a 4.0 from public. There is no comparison to DS and our neighbors kid. Neighbor is incredibly academic, straight As, many APs, all around wonderfully smart and articulate and URM. My son is... Let's just say, "well-rounded" and not short on confidence, he plays one sport seriously, with a revolving door of other activities, very social and only really applies himself to classes he believes are important.

Your well rounded son will probably do just fine in life. But I do love to see the private schools indoctrinate their students about how they are already "college level" in high school. The crap I have to listen to from these parents. Then when the SATs come in at 1250, its "well, bad testers or they teach more independant thought" at said 60K a year private school. HAHA. Then college. Often drop outs or ending up a T200 schools, and yet they STILL believe their kid "went to college in high school". The sales job on these parents is astounding. Granted the top private school students do get the express train to the good schools through their AO connections but many of the average students are still telling themselves how smart they are - while at a school no one ever heard of. I thought eventually they would wake up when the public kids sailed past them into better schools and internships and jobs, but god love them, they are resolute.

You should write a novel…fiction suits you.

Wow, lots of private school parents overpaying on this thread! Sorry, yes, your snowflake got their college degree in HS and are now about to trounce the public school kids. Let me know how that goes! Please report back on snowie in 6 years!

PP, you’re a nut with a giant chip on her should. I’m an NP, btw. Have taught both public and private. Have had kids in both. Private school is college level in high school. Private school has grade deflation, not inflation like public. Private school does not offer fluff classes, or allow just any kid into honors classes. The GPAs do not translate the same. The are facts. You’ve obviously only had recent experience with public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Lots of good suggestions here. We have a little bit of time and I'm going to discuss a major change with him or else change what schools he's targeting. He's completely delusional, he wanted to focus on Top 20s and have a couple Top 50s as his "back up"... I told him Top 50s needed to be his reaches.

A neighbor of ours had their son from public get into CalTech and because of the college placement from his private school, my son believes some of these schools are more attainable than they truly are. However, college placement is important to his school and I think even if he won't listen to me, they'll get through to him that he needs some other choices.

So, he thinks that a high achieving public school student is the same as a 3.6 from private school?

Do you know what the neighbor's stats and activities were like? That might help with the comparison, and where your DS stands.

My son thinks a 3.6 from private is good enough and maybe even better than a 4.0 from public. There is no comparison to DS and our neighbors kid. Neighbor is incredibly academic, straight As, many APs, all around wonderfully smart and articulate and URM. My son is... Let's just say, "well-rounded" and not short on confidence, he plays one sport seriously, with a revolving door of other activities, very social and only really applies himself to classes he believes are important.

Your well rounded son will probably do just fine in life. But I do love to see the private schools indoctrinate their students about how they are already "college level" in high school. The crap I have to listen to from these parents. Then when the SATs come in at 1250, its "well, bad testers or they teach more independant thought" at said 60K a year private school. HAHA. Then college. Often drop outs or ending up a T200 schools, and yet they STILL believe their kid "went to college in high school". The sales job on these parents is astounding. Granted the top private school students do get the express train to the good schools through their AO connections but many of the average students are still telling themselves how smart they are - while at a school no one ever heard of. I thought eventually they would wake up when the public kids sailed past them into better schools and internships and jobs, but god love them, they are resolute.

You should write a novel…fiction suits you.

Wow, lots of private school parents overpaying on this thread! Sorry, yes, your snowflake got their college degree in HS and are now about to trounce the public school kids. Let me know how that goes! Please report back on snowie in 6 years!

You must have a specific neighbor in mind, because your rant is really missing your target.

[Anonymous]

You could ED Wake very early in the process (they have rolling ED) then course correct depending on their response.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan for the 3.6ers. They love yhe full pay OOS tuition.

UMich or Mich States? Becuase 3.6 is low for UMich.

Weighted would be low but not unweighted.

I would think for oos unw 3.6 is low, too. But, again, depends on major.

FWIW my 4.0 unwgpa, 4.92 wgpa DC from a magnet (SAT 1580) was waitlisted, CS major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could ED Wake very early in the process (they have rolling ED) then course correct depending on their response.

This is great advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could ED Wake very early in the process (they have rolling ED) then course correct depending on their response.

Or Tulane.

We’ve seen 3.5 ED1 successfully to both Wake and Tulane (and UMiami) early from our private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan for the 3.6ers. They love yhe full pay OOS tuition.

UMich or Mich States? Becuase 3.6 is low for UMich.

Weighted would be low but not unweighted.

I would think for oos unw 3.6 is low, too. But, again, depends on major.

FWIW my 4.0 unwgpa, 4.92 wgpa DC from a magnet (SAT 1580) was waitlisted, CS major.

Yep. Our kid’s experience too with lower SAT but still 1500+. CS.

[Anonymous]

Michigan always recalculates gpa. Private college counselor said no one gets in below 3.7uw, and even then that’s usually WL.

Google Michigan gpa recalculation to see the formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan for the 3.6ers. They love yhe full pay OOS tuition.

UMich or Mich States? Becuase 3.6 is low for UMich.

Weighted would be low but not unweighted.

I would think for oos unw 3.6 is low, too. But, again, depends on major.

FWIW my 4.0 unwgpa, 4.92 wgpa DC from a magnet (SAT 1580) was waitlisted, CS major.

Yep. Our kid’s experience too with lower SAT but still 1500+. CS.

CS. Not enough spots.

Kid would have gotten in for another major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan always recalculates gpa. Private college counselor said no one gets in below 3.7uw, and even then that’s usually WL.

Google Michigan gpa recalculation to see the formula.

Depends on private vs public. Public schools allow test retakes so your UW is expected to be higher. It should be 4.0. Also depends on your classes. Schools view tougher subjects differently. We know kids getting in IVY with unweighted 3.5-3.7 because the kids took impossible class load that was then weighted. There is also
legacy and still if you are part of a desired group that you can write about in your essay. Your college counselor can also discuss anything unique about you as a student. There is so
much that goes into admissions. Colleges are now starting to go back to SAT etc because so hard to figure out which schools inflate/deflate grades. DCUM tends to slant negative. I imagine a bunch of moms encouraging people not to apply to certain schools while their kid applies everywhere. It is a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan always recalculates gpa. Private college counselor said no one gets in below 3.7uw, and even then that’s usually WL.

Google Michigan gpa recalculation to see the formula.

Depends on private vs public. Public schools allow test retakes so your UW is expected to be higher. It should be 4.0. Also depends on your classes. Schools view tougher subjects differently. We know kids getting in IVY with unweighted 3.5-3.7 because the kids took impossible class load that was then weighted. There is also
legacy and still if you are part of a desired group that you can write about in your essay. Your college counselor can also discuss anything unique about you as a student. There is so
much that goes into admissions. Colleges are now starting to go back to SAT etc because so hard to figure out which schools inflate/deflate grades. DCUM tends to slant negative. I imagine a bunch of moms encouraging people not to apply to certain schools while their kid applies everywhere. It is a thing.

Agree with you.
3.8uw Ivy admit senior mom here (private). Unhooked Kid applied to 25 schools….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Try:
Case Western
NYU
Tufts (ED?)
Lehigh
Wake
Santa Clara

This is a good list. Thank you...

I had brought up NYU for ED. I also mentioned he look into UMD and AU and he guffawed like I had insulted him. I hope his college counselor gives him more hard truths in the Fall so he hears it from someone else.

With his GPA, he may not even get into College Park. It’s a reach.