Where do Above average Kids go to College from Jackson Reed?

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Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has risen. It's no longer in the category of these other schools. Plenty of JR kids with perfect or near perfect grades not getting in.

I do know 3 going to Wisconsin this year...which only seems high because I know 3 (vs in prior years not actually knowing any personally) so assume there are more, but maybe that's it.

One is above average, but not perfect or near-perfect. The other two are strong students that probably fit the profile described above.

Do you mean the "perfect or near perfect" profile? thx--just clarifying!

Yes. One is robotics team captain with perfect GPA and the other takes lots of APs and likely also has near perfect GPA.

Thx! That is my impression as well. I have one kid in DCPS and one in private and Wisconsin is a very challenging admit everywhere.
It is no longer a safety school at all--the kids I know going have perfect grades in top rigor courses.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has risen. It's no longer in the category of these other schools. Plenty of JR kids with perfect or near perfect grades not getting in.

I do know 3 going to Wisconsin this year...which only seems high because I know 3 (vs in prior years not actually knowing any personally) so assume there are more, but maybe that's it.

One is above average, but not perfect or near-perfect. The other two are strong students that probably fit the profile described above.

Do you mean the "perfect or near perfect" profile? thx--just clarifying!

Yes. One is robotics team captain with perfect GPA and the other takes lots of APs and likely also has near perfect GPA.

Thx! That is my impression as well. I have one kid in DCPS and one in private and Wisconsin is a very challenging admit everywhere.
It is no longer a safety school at all--the kids I know going have perfect grades in top rigor courses.

Again, one of the three is unlike the other two. Decent but not perfect or near-perfect GPA and not nearly the number of AP classes.

Believe a liberal arts major which may be an easier admit than STEM.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has risen. It's no longer in the category of these other schools. Plenty of JR kids with perfect or near perfect grades not getting in.

I do know 3 going to Wisconsin this year...which only seems high because I know 3 (vs in prior years not actually knowing any personally) so assume there are more, but maybe that's it.

One is above average, but not perfect or near-perfect. The other two are strong students that probably fit the profile described above.

Do you mean the "perfect or near perfect" profile? thx--just clarifying!

Yes. One is robotics team captain with perfect GPA and the other takes lots of APs and likely also has near perfect GPA.

Thx! That is my impression as well. I have one kid in DCPS and one in private and Wisconsin is a very challenging admit everywhere.
It is no longer a safety school at all--the kids I know going have perfect grades in top rigor courses.

Again, one of the three is unlike the other two. Decent but not perfect or near-perfect GPA and not nearly the number of AP classes.

Believe a liberal arts major which may be an easier admit than STEM.

Sure, of course. Humanities is always easier (often much easier and especially for a male--not sure of gender of the kids you know). Also, there are always kids who get in with lower qualifications. But the typical matriculant from this area to Wisconsin this year is an academically top kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

This is OP and my kid is asking to change schools, or he thinks he wants to anyway. Working on finishing up the year and then will put energy into deciding but what I don't want to do is hurt any college or academic options. Grading and how many honors/AP courses are offered at the private are different from JR so trying to make sure a switch won't be too damaging academically. Socially is another story.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is probably in that category you describe. Ivy was never a goal and had a 4.0 (weighted, so not all that great) going into Senior year. Senioritis ensures she'll graduate below that. She applied to lots of schools early action because we weren't convinced she'd have much luck with so many kids with higher GPAs and more impressive extra curriculars. Remarkably she was accepted at 14 schools, waitlisted at 3 and rejected by just one. Accepted at places like Penn State, University Park, VT, IU Bloomington, Maryland (but only starting in Spring Semester 2025--uh thanks, no thanks), UMass Amherst, UConn, etc. No hooks. I think JR kids get in all sorts of places. Good luck.

That's fantastic--congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

This is OP and my kid is asking to change schools, or he thinks he wants to anyway. Working on finishing up the year and then will put energy into deciding but what I don't want to do is hurt any college or academic options. Grading and how many honors/AP courses are offered at the private are different from JR so trying to make sure a switch won't be too damaging academically. Socially is another story.

If it were me, I'd let him go. We have several friends at St. Alban's who have ended up at the same schools that my JR kids did. While they have many more ivy admits, if you're not in that realm, then it won't make a difference wrt application. If kid thinks he would be better off socially, that would be the deciding factor for me. IMO, kid happier, I'm happier.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on acceptances and commitments this year at JR, it seems the popular schools are Penn State, UofCO Boulder, Tulane, Wisconsin, Oregon

My kid had a 3.5 from a local very rigorous private, not with the most rigorous course load, and was rejected from Boulder and Wisconsin and WL at Penn State. I find it hard to believe that average kids from JR would get into Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

This is OP and my kid is asking to change schools, or he thinks he wants to anyway. Working on finishing up the year and then will put energy into deciding but what I don't want to do is hurt any college or academic options. Grading and how many honors/AP courses are offered at the private are different from JR so trying to make sure a switch won't be too damaging academically. Socially is another story.

If it were me, I'd let him go. We have several friends at St. Alban's who have ended up at the same schools that my JR kids did. While they have many more ivy admits, if you're not in that realm, then it won't make a difference wrt application. If kid thinks he would be better off socially, that would be the deciding factor for me. IMO, kid happier, I'm happier.

yes, but the STA kids have been taught to write, read, analyze and think. I'm one of the few parents who has had kids at both and the difference in academic skills upon high school graduation is vast. I do agree on the happier kid part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

This is OP and my kid is asking to change schools, or he thinks he wants to anyway. Working on finishing up the year and then will put energy into deciding but what I don't want to do is hurt any college or academic options. Grading and how many honors/AP courses are offered at the private are different from JR so trying to make sure a switch won't be too damaging academically. Socially is another story.

If it were me, I'd let him go. We have several friends at St. Alban's who have ended up at the same schools that my JR kids did. While they have many more ivy admits, if you're not in that realm, then it won't make a difference wrt application. If kid thinks he would be better off socially, that would be the deciding factor for me. IMO, kid happier, I'm happier.

yes, but the STA kids have been taught to write, read, analyze and think. I'm one of the few parents who has had kids at both and the difference in academic skills upon high school graduation is vast. I do agree on the happier kid part.

If they already have a couple of years of STA HS under their belt, then the kid has those skills and they will stick with the the kid. You get to have your cake and eat it too...so to speak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on acceptances and commitments this year at JR, it seems the popular schools are Penn State, UofCO Boulder, Tulane, Wisconsin, Oregon

My kid had a 3.5 from a local very rigorous private, not with the most rigorous course load, and was rejected from Boulder and Wisconsin and WL at Penn State. I find it hard to believe that average kids from JR would get into Wisconsin.

We already said Wisconsin was the only outlier on this thread. All of the those other schools those kids are getting into, like all of them this year if they applied.

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For every one of those kids on the IG at those schools, they got into one or more of the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on acceptances and commitments this year at JR, it seems the popular schools are Penn State, UofCO Boulder, Tulane, Wisconsin, Oregon

My kid had a 3.5 from a local very rigorous private, not with the most rigorous course load, and was rejected from Boulder and Wisconsin and WL at Penn State. I find it hard to believe that average kids from JR would get into Wisconsin.

Are you full pay or not? That seems to be a major factor with admissions this year and likely related to the FAFSA problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks and yeah I have looked at the Instagram I just don’t know what grades the kids have to go to ivies (not my kids goal) vs UMD, etc.

My 3.5 GPA kid at a DCPS applied/accepted at Liberal Arts Schools that are mid-tier (example - Kenyon, Macalester, Occidental)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your student has access to this information through Naviance.

He would be transferring in so no accounts yet unfortunately. Debating between staying at private or changing to JR.

It is a mistake to transfer to JR midway through HS because you have some idea that your student is going to have better college acceptances. It is a big decision and fairly disruptive for the student. There are so many more things to consider. Send your student where they will thrive.

This is OP and my kid is asking to change schools, or he thinks he wants to anyway. Working on finishing up the year and then will put energy into deciding but what I don't want to do is hurt any college or academic options. Grading and how many honors/AP courses are offered at the private are different from JR so trying to make sure a switch won't be too damaging academically. Socially is another story.

You can explain away that in the college application.
In the college application you have that space.
If you think transferring to JR is the right decision for your child / family, do it.
But do not do it because you think the college application process will have different outcomes.