Where did your UW 4.0 kid go to college?

[Anonymous]

4.0 UW 1560 SAT at Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Case Western

How do they like it? seems kid with top stats, premed and engineering very strong

So far, so good, but he is a freshman, so early days. He got generous merit aid, and good credit for AP and IB courses. His classes aren’t too big — he was invited to take an honors section of math (his major) with like 15 students.

[Anonymous]

4.0 UW 1500 UMD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown ED

Standardized test scores submitted or TO?

Submitted 1540, I think

App was very strong in recommendations (her school wanted to nominate her for UVA Jefferson award)

Also very involved in social justice and school leadership and sports, but a Mediocre athlete :/

Well rounded - lots of AP history and literature, and even 1 science and calc AB, but hates math & science

[Anonymous]

UVA (in state)

4.0 UW lots of rigor, 1520 SAT

[Anonymous]

My DD, 4.0uw West Point
My niece, 4.0uw NYU

fyi now that I've worked with my niece (from a different high school) on college apps, I think the high school they go to makes a big difference. Every high school is a feeder to a different set of colleges. My other DD had a 3.7 but her high school is a strong feeder into UChicago, and she got in there.

My niece's GPA and extracurricular activities were really extraordinary, but her high school had never sent anyone to UChicago or any Ivies. They did, however, have a track record for NYU, so that helped her make a decision to ED there.

[Anonymous]

4.0; 1580 UMD BK

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the point of this thread? Basically, the top schools are majority 4.0 kids.

yes, but we are wondering about the opposite. how many 4.0 kids go to crappy schools.

[Anonymous]

What about the kids with tests in the 1400s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.0 UW, 1550 SAT

Stanford

He had incredible extracurriculars and [i]we curated his application starting from freshman year[b]. I had a relative that was a former admissions officer at Penn, Vanderbilt, and Duke. We knew what we were doing.

The bolded made me throw up in my mouth

Yeah, well, that’s how to get accepted apparently. You can watch the YouTube videos by Stanford students sharing their admissions “secrets.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD, 4.0uw West Point
My niece, 4.0uw NYU

fyi now that I've worked with my niece (from a different high school) on college apps, I think the high school they go to makes a big difference. Every high school is a feeder to a different set of colleges. My other DD had a 3.7 but her high school is a strong feeder into UChicago, and she got in there.

My niece's GPA and extracurricular activities were really extraordinary, but her high school had never sent anyone to UChicago or any Ivies. They did, however, have a track record for NYU, so that helped her make a decision to ED there.

Seems true. Our school never has a student accepted to UNC.

[Anonymous]

WVU

[Anonymous]

UConn Honors (in state)

[Anonymous]

4.0 uw, 1540 sat
Davidson

[Anonymous]

Minnesota honors with merit (OOS)