Where did your UW 4.0 kid go to college?

[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)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4.0 UW, 1550 SAT

Stanford

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

Does your relative provide guidance for other kids too ?

[Anonymous]

Northwestern

[Anonymous]

(nearly 4.0; one B+ in high school, so GPA was something like 3.98 uw)
33 ACT
Northeastern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

What's crappy? Best students at our school stay in-state for the most part. Then a couple go to Tulane, Vanderbilt...The rich ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

What's crappy? Best students at our school stay in-state for the most part. Then a couple go to Tulane, Vanderbilt...The rich ones.

Tulane is crappy. Vanderbilt is ok.