Pls recommend SLAC for 4.0 GPA, 34 ACT

[Anonymous]

Bowdoin - near Portland
Davidson - not far from charlotte
Wesleyan / although Middletown although a little blah
Macalester - near Minneapolis
Haverford - near Philly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^Provide actual info on where our DC stands relative to peers with regard to class rigor and GPA. Admit what school specific data is shared with colleges-they claim just a school profile is sent which only provides a college which classes are offered and average ACT/SAT scores-no info on GPA or class rank is given on the profile, and they claim nothing about GPA or grade distributions is sent to the colleges, so unless you are applying to an in state school that might get multiple apps from the same school, how are these colleges supposed to figure out where a student stands in their particular school?

In short, too little data is provided to parents and students to personalize the process in any way or to help guide the kids in order to maximize good outcomes for the entire class (for example, perhaps steering a kid away from a certain Ivy ED if they know there are 8 legacies in the class doing the same). They also don’t seem to be willing to pick up a phone and call regional reps to advocate for the kids who really want a certain school and have made that fact known. Plenty more can and should be done.

this big 3 DC is not OP, btw

[Anonymous]

Maybe some good high targets / possible reaches:

Macalester – in St. Paul, close to MSP airport.

Grinnell – about 45 mins from Des Moines.

Vassar – about 90 minutes on train up from NYC.

Skidmore – about 2.5 hours on train up from NYC, or 25-minute drive from Albany airport.

Haverford – not too far from Philadelphia.

Bates – in Lewiston, 40-minute drive from Portland.

Oberlin – about 45 minutes from Cleveland airport.

[Anonymous]

Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

[Anonymous]

Op, you need to hire a private counselor

[Anonymous]

How about Elon?

[Anonymous]

College of Charleston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

[Anonymous]

For more realistic targets/likelies, look at the USNWR list of top LACs – maybe those ranked 50-75. Many are still great and might give your kid a little merit scholarship.

(Except Reed, which is pretty rigorous and should be ranked higher, except USNWR wants to punish them for not handing over all their data.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

“A” safety is not enough.

Some do yield protection.

Given the fact that the original GPA provided was weighted, some of the suggestions above would be reaches (Bowdoin).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

“A” safety is not enough.

Some do yield protection.

Given the fact that the original GPA provided was weighted, some of the suggestions above would be reaches (Bowdoin).

Add Williams, Amherst, probably Davidson, Middlebury, maybe Hamilton and Haverford.

Targets might be Franklin and Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

Several safeties need to be identified and a few posters have given good suggestions such as Elon. I would add Rhodes as a match.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

Several safeties need to be identified and a few posters have given good suggestions such as Elon. I would add Rhodes as a match.

DS has 2 safeties and 3 targets. He’s looking to compare a couple schools where ED really gives him a shot, much better than if he RD. This is where the new search for a SLAC comes in: where he could decide to use his ED at a great advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^Provide actual info on where our DC stands relative to peers with regard to class rigor and GPA. Admit what school specific data is shared with colleges-they claim just a school profile is sent which only provides a college which classes are offered and average ACT/SAT scores-no info on GPA or class rank is given on the profile, and they claim nothing about GPA or grade distributions is sent to the colleges, so unless you are applying to an in state school that might get multiple apps from the same school, how are these colleges supposed to figure out where a student stands in their particular school?

In short, too little data is provided to parents and students to personalize the process in any way or to help guide the kids in order to maximize good outcomes for the entire class (for example, perhaps steering a kid away from a certain Ivy ED if they know there are 8 legacies in the class doing the same). They also don’t seem to be willing to pick up a phone and call regional reps to advocate for the kids who really want a certain school and have made that fact known. Plenty more can and should be done.

this big 3 DC is not OP, btw

What is so bad about what this PP said? I think a lot of current parents aren’t sure exactly what their private school’s CC office does for them anymore. Which, with the price tag they are charging, is pretty arrogant and not a good precedent to set in the current cutthroat college admissions landscape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeties are harder to figure out.

Not sure why you are not asking about them??

DS has a safety.
Maybe the 4 previous posts were the same person?

Several safeties need to be identified and a few posters have given good suggestions such as Elon. I would add Rhodes as a match.

DS has 2 safeties and 3 targets. He’s looking to compare a couple schools where ED really gives him a shot, much better than if he RD. This is where the new search for a SLAC comes in: where he could decide to use his ED at a great advantage.

Adding another safety wouldn’t hurt.