Where does a 3.5 Sidwell kid end up going to college?

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Anonymous wrote:University of Michigan is absolutely one of the best schools a kid could go to. At some point, all parents should look at the sponsored research tables for universities. Michigan has huge figures in their medical and engineering graduate schools. Locally, Univ of Maryland is quite strong in the latter.

Over four years of undergrad, who wouldn't want their kid being taught by graduate students who are funded to be doing real cutting edge research? I went to a very selective liberal arts college, and frankly never felt it never translated well for professional life. Unless a kid is committed to a path that fully relies on grad school, I think it is a mistake to dismiss the practical analysis.

I couldn't agree more about Michigan. It is an excellent school. I'm just not sure about the high state school tuition/room & board ($57,432) when DC could attend a private (think Bowdoin, Bates, etc) for slightly less with much smaller classes and student body. The powers that be (hiring managers) know the schools so we don't need to start the 'nobody has heard of these schools' argument.

What ? 57K .

That is f++ked up. U of M used to cost about 7 K a year in state ( late 80's) what is that increase compared to rate of inflation

not even close and no reasonable explanation.

meanwhile, they are using more and more assoc profs ( no benefits, PT, no tenure) as low cost labor in these schools

and parents have to 2nd mortgage their home and work until 75 to pay for it all

only the banks are making out and they are killing everyone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You rehashed a year old thread to brag about your kid?[/quote.

Yes I did. I wanted to brag but I also wanted to reassure parents because I remember this thread last year at this time and thinking "Oh oh. That's my kid's gpa." It turns out that a. 3.5 from a good school is good enough for a lot of schools if the test scores are good and your student has good recommendations. So parents out there do not need to despair when their child gets Bs.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

+1 With a DS with similar profile--though a few years out still--I find it quite encouraging to hear results. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

+1 With a DS with similar profile--though a few years out still--I find it quite encouraging to hear results. Thank you.

I agree it's very helpful. I have a junior DD at Holton with similar GPA and she really wants UMCP Scholars. She has 35s on her first ACT for English and Reading and hoping to bring up math/science to get a similar overall. Do many students at sidwell get invited to Scholars? Just curious if you know.

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OP -- it really does depend on SAT scores, whether URM, legacy, recruited athlete. SATIIs, ECs, male or female, lots of other variables. No finite answer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

+1 With a DS with similar profile--though a few years out still--I find it quite encouraging to hear results. Thank you.

I agree it's very helpful. I have a junior DD at Holton with similar GPA and she really wants UMCP Scholars. She has 35s on her first ACT for English and Reading and hoping to bring up math/science to get a similar overall. Do many students at sidwell get invited to Scholars? Just curious if you know.

Yes. My DC says that almost all Sidwell students get into UMCP. many are offered the scholars or honors program. These are great programs because the student has some smaller seminar type classes even in freshman and Sophmore years. The scholars program also encourages community involvement. If your DD does well at Holton, I.e. has a b+ average or so, and is involved with her community then I think her chances would be excellent...of course I am just a parent, but that is my impression

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

+1 With a DS with similar profile--though a few years out still--I find it quite encouraging to hear results. Thank you.

I agree it's very helpful. I have a junior DD at Holton with similar GPA and she really wants UMCP Scholars. She has 35s on her first ACT for English and Reading and hoping to bring up math/science to get a similar overall. Do many students at sidwell get invited to Scholars? Just curious if you know.

Yes. My DC says that almost all Sidwell students get into UMCP. many are offered the scholars or honors program. These are great programs because the student has some smaller seminar type classes even in freshman and Sophmore years. The scholars program also encourages community involvement. If your DD does well at Holton, I.e. has a b+ average or so, and is involved with her community then I think her chances would be excellent...of course I am just a parent, but that is my impression

Thanks! I was actually surprised she wanted UMCP Honors/Scholars actually but who am I to discourage that kind of cost savings! We will see.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much where she or he wants to go barring the very top tier (HPY/Stanford).

A solid B student at Sidwell or STA/NCS pretty much has their pick of all but the very, very top academic institutions unless they have legacy status or another extra hook to help them get in.

Not true. Perfect B average at a big 3 with 2310 and 800 math level 2 not accepted anywhere that is considered competitive.

3.5 should do better though. Hit the books. Tests are more and more meaningless.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any top private 3.5s gotten college results yet?

3.5 Big 3 kid: accepted Amherst, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, UMCP Scholars, University of Miami( with merit aid); deferred Harvard: Waiting on three other ivies plus final form Harvard.

I am glad you posted – – with 20 pages, clearly people are interested in this issue and like hearing specific anecdotes. Sounds like a great outcome for your child, congrats. Don't worry about all the grumps.

+1 With a DS with similar profile--though a few years out still--I find it quite encouraging to hear results. Thank you.

I agree it's very helpful. I have a junior DD at Holton with similar GPA and she really wants UMCP Scholars. She has 35s on her first ACT for English and Reading and hoping to bring up math/science to get a similar overall. Do many students at sidwell get invited to Scholars? Just curious if you know.

Yes. My DC says that almost all Sidwell students get into UMCP. many are offered the scholars or honors program. These are great programs because the student has some smaller seminar type classes even in freshman and Sophmore years. The scholars program also encourages community involvement. If your DD does well at Holton, I.e. has a b+ average or so, and is involved with her community then I think her chances would be excellent...of course I am just a parent, but that is my impression

I am surprised that many Sidwell kids apply to UMCP. I know recently more applied to Michigan than Maryland. Maybe there is more acceptance of UMD than there was in my day. How many kids from Sidwell actually go to UMD? I think 1 from my class went.

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This year, 3.5 students from our Big 3 have been admitted to several Ivies, Stanford, some top LACs.

[Anonymous]

This thread would be even more helpful to those that follow if we distinguish between hooked vs. unhooked acceptances. There's differences in the admissions handling between the two for early versus regular.

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Anonymous wrote:This year, 3.5 students from our Big 3 have been admitted to several Ivies, Stanford, some top LACs.

How do you possibly know their GPA? I have no idea what the GPAs are of my DD's friends and classmates. I know, generally, who is at or near the top of the class but not what their specific numbers are.

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The kids talk. Some kids then talk to their parents. Some don't. Lots of folks know scores and grades.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Michigan is absolutely one of the best schools a kid could go to. At some point, all parents should look at the sponsored research tables for universities. Michigan has huge figures in their medical and engineering graduate schools. Locally, Univ of Maryland is quite strong in the latter.

Over four years of undergrad, who wouldn't want their kid being taught by graduate students who are funded to be doing real cutting edge research? I went to a very selective liberal arts college, and frankly never felt it never translated well for professional life. Unless a kid is committed to a path that fully relies on grad school, I think it is a mistake to dismiss the practical analysis.

I couldn't agree more about Michigan. It is an excellent school. I'm just not sure about the high state school tuition/room & board ($57,432) when DC could attend a private (think Bowdoin, Bates, etc) for slightly less with much smaller classes and student body. The powers that be (hiring managers) know the schools so we don't need to start the 'nobody has heard of these schools' argument.

What ? 57K .





That is f++ked up. U of M used to cost about 7 K a year in state ( late 80's) what is that increase compared to rate of inflation

not even close and no reasonable explanation.

meanwhile, they are using more and more assoc profs ( no benefits, PT, no tenure) as low cost labor in these schools

and parents have to 2nd mortgage their home and work until 75 to pay for it all

only the banks are making out and they are killing everyone

Not that it matters much, but the $57k includes housing, food, books and other miscellaneous expenses, according to the Web site. College tuition/expenses are out of control. I have a 5 year-old and a 3 year-old and I shudder to think what it will cost when they go to university.