Are we headed for trade school?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Seriously. Half her friends have 1400s, 1500s. And I just read on this board that folks are not getting into Maryland Honors with 1580 SAT scores? Huh? In my day, this was the Ivy League.

Is that so terrible, to not be in MD Honors? Also, I don't know what that is Sorry, new to this.

Nobody said not being in Honors at UMD or going to trade school is. OP is just astonished that there are so many kids with such great stats who aren’t getting into their choice of school. I get it. It’s sobering g to read these posts. One would think no one goes to college with all of the nervousness and stress.

You have 800+ graduating students in a large high school. Each school is only going to take in so many students. Lots of very smart students at the W schools, which is why some of us avoid them. Would you rather have a really smart student in the middle of the pack at a W school or a really smart student, at another school who is in the top 20%? If UMD takes 60 students per school and takes them from the top....

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Anonymous wrote:So this board has me so freaked out for my DD. She is junior this year at a MCPS “W” school. Honest to goodness, after reading stats of kids who are t getting into schools with near perfect test scores and grades and ECs, I am wondering what her chances will be to gain acceptance to schools

Her Stats are 1300 and 4.61 W and 3.97 UW.

Tell me where your child was accepted with similar stats! Give me hope!

Based on academic trend, my VA sophomore will likely end HS with a 4.0 WEIGHTED GPA but a much higher SAT (he's already at 1500). What's in store for him, if your DD has to go trade school? He's male (obv.) and Asian to boot! McDonald's academy?

Send him to Europe.

Indian American cousins attended Edinburgh and LSE after striking out at t20s and ended up with way better experiences than you get at most t20s

Coincidentally, I JUST talked to him about Europe this afternoon! What program of study do your cousins (I'm assuming it's more than one person) do in England? What's the program of study (for the non LSE cousin)?

Edinburgh - Beng in CS

Lse - Economic History

Both finished 4 years ago.

I have a nephew who did some engineering undergrad, I forgot which discipline, in The Netherlands.

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Anonymous wrote:Just apply to at least 4-6 schools with 80%+ acceptance rates. Many are fabulous schools where she will do great. She’ll be fine.

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Not only will she be fine, she'll likely get significant merit aid from multiple schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone who wants to go to college can. Every May NACAC puts out a list of all the colleges still accepting applications and there are solid schools on that list, although generally smaller schools.

I have no idea if OP's DD is competitive for UMD but she's certainly competitive for other nearby flagships that also give merit aid for OOS students -- Delaware and West VA come to mind. Plus plenty of other MD state schools like St. Mary's.

People stress about a very, very small segment of colleges and it's ridiculous.

I come to DCUM for posts like this. A tiny glimmer of normalcy in the midst of hyper competitive histrionics.
Thanks PP!

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Anonymous wrote:So this board has me so freaked out for my DD. She is junior this year at a MCPS “W” school. Honest to goodness, after reading stats of kids who are t getting into schools with near perfect test scores and grades and ECs, I am wondering what her chances will be to gain acceptance to schools

Her Stats are 1300 and 4.61 W and 3.97 UW.

Tell me where your child was accepted with similar stats! Give me hope!

My kid with lower stats then yours - 3.8W and much lower test scores - applied test optional and accepted to JMU, VCU, WVU, ECU, and Tennessee. Your kid will be fine.

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Clemson is an option, as are schools in the T60-80 range. She’ll be fine. If she can up that SAT score by 100 points, she’ll have more options at better schools

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The SAT is fine for most schools in this country. Definitely identify safeties and matches and apply as early as possible. Can she apply test optional to any since her GPA is pretty great?

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A 1300 SAT is 87th percentile, or roughly a 27 or 28 ACT. We know someone (white, female) who got into NYU with that score and lower GPA albeit three years ago. It all depends on your kid’s total package, and of course luck of the draw. At any rate, 87th percentile with high GPA hardly seems destined for trade school. Please be careful to support your kid and not give them a complex.

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OP, apply to some safeties with an 80-90% acceptance. There are some both in VA and MD that fit the bill. She will probably get in somewhere else, but you have to include actual safeties.

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Anonymous wrote:So this board has me so freaked out for my DD. She is junior this year at a MCPS “W” school. Honest to goodness, after reading stats of kids who are t getting into schools with near perfect test scores and grades and ECs, I am wondering what her chances will be to gain acceptance to schools

Her Stats are 1300 and 4.61 W and 3.97 UW.

Tell me where your child was accepted with similar stats! Give me hope!

She'll have her options for a decent education so don't worry. As far as trade school option goes, if interested, she can easily earn more than an average college grad or more if she works for herself so she can set her own hours.

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Jesus. 87th percentile and people are saying she can’t go to college?! We

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WVU or Elon

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Anonymous wrote:So this board has me so freaked out for my DD. She is junior this year at a MCPS “W” school. Honest to goodness, after reading stats of kids who are t getting into schools with near perfect test scores and grades and ECs, I am wondering what her chances will be to gain acceptance to schools

Her Stats are 1300 and 4.61 W and 3.97 UW.

Tell me where your child was accepted with similar stats! Give me hope!

She'll have her options for a decent education so don't worry. As far as trade school option goes, if interested, she can easily earn more than an average college grad or more if she works for herself so she can set her own hours.

Yes! And earn more with valuable skills. 😃

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Also have your DC Try the ACT. My Dd had a sub 1300 sat and didn’t want to take it again. I convinced her to take the ACT and she got a 30 first and only try which got her into her first choice school with a similar GPA as yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Clemson is an option, as are schools in the T60-80 range. She’ll be fine. If she can up that SAT score by 100 points, she’ll have more options at better schools

Clemson likely not an option.