Low-ish GPA/High-ish SAT success stories for male in RD?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid (male) had a very similar profile. At a T20-T30. Waitlisted at Georgetown RD after being deferred EA so it’s possible for your kid! Merit at American and GEU.

Thank you! Where did your DS end up? Is he having a good experience?

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My kid with a similar profile (higher score tho) was accepted ED1 to a SLAC with 10% admit rate. Can you ED2?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid with a similar profile (higher score tho) was accepted ED1 to a SLAC with 10% admit rate. Can you ED2?

Where is your high school located?

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OP 4.1 W is very decent - great SAT. Apply as if the GPA as higher. - but add 2-3 safeties.

For UMD would be a target for pol sci, easily

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Anonymous wrote:UW-3.7 is not a low-ish GPA. This is why I hate DCUMs sometimes. And 1510 is a solidly high SAT.

No, he likely won't make Harvard or maybe T25, but otherwise, he can go anywhere else in the country.

Yes, I want to stab myself in the throat when I see people calling a 3.7 low.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi all,

Trying to gather some anecdata. Has anyone's DC had good or surprisingly good results in RD for a male student with a low-ish GPA and a high-ish SAT and solid ECs? We're trying to figure out what's possible.

Tiny private school so scoir data feels unhelpful.
GPA: uw 3.7-ish, weighted 4.1-ish, good rigor. no grades ever below B+.
SAT: 1510
ECs: 3-season varsity athlete (not a captain), senior leader on newspaper, some other school leadership, community service
Major: Poli sci or History
Interested in mid-sized campuses, urban or suburban (not rural).
Male
Good references from math/humanities teachers.
Interested primarily in East Coast or West Coast because of family.
Good writer so essays will be strong.

That profile at our private k-12 is slightly above the 50th%ile weighted and UW gpa, and roughly 10-15% of the seniors get that SAT. IF they took the very highest rigor and did ED they might get in to UVA but likely would not. VT would be a more likely admit, with UC-Irvine, UCSB, BU, NCSU, UGA all likely to admit (over 50%) chance.
BC would be "match" range with ED (50/50 odds), same with Northeastern.
No chance at any T25 besides UVA in state.
JMU, Auburn, Alabama would be a safety from our school.
(Well regarded private: students in the top25% based on SCOIR and the profile are accepted to in state UVA EA (or ED) 75% of the time, those in top 10% over 95% of the time.

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My mid GPA high SAT and APs kid ended up at London School of Economics for political sci.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP 4.1 W is very decent - great SAT. Apply as if the GPA as higher. - but add 2-3 safeties.

For UMD would be a target for pol sci, easily

No. UMD GPAs usually fall within 4.3 to 4.4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi all,

Trying to gather some anecdata. Has anyone's DC had good or surprisingly good results in RD for a male student with a low-ish GPA and a high-ish SAT and solid ECs? We're trying to figure out what's possible.

Tiny private school so scoir data feels unhelpful.
GPA: uw 3.7-ish, weighted 4.1-ish, good rigor. no grades ever below B+.
SAT: 1510
ECs: 3-season varsity athlete (not a captain), senior leader on newspaper, some other school leadership, community service
Major: Poli sci or History
Interested in mid-sized campuses, urban or suburban (not rural).
Male
Good references from math/humanities teachers.
Interested primarily in East Coast or West Coast because of family.
Good writer so essays will be strong.

That profile at our private k-12 is slightly above the 50th%ile weighted and UW gpa, and roughly 10-15% of the seniors get that SAT. IF they took the very highest rigor and did ED they might get in to UVA but likely would not. VT would be a more likely admit, with UC-Irvine, UCSB, BU, NCSU, UGA all likely to admit (over 50%) chance.
BC would be "match" range with ED (50/50 odds), same with Northeastern.
No chance at any T25 besides UVA in state.
JMU, Auburn, Alabama would be a safety from our school.
(Well regarded private: students in the top25% based on SCOIR and the profile are accepted to in state UVA EA (or ED) 75% of the time, those in top 10% over 95% of the time.

No, SCHEV is clear you need a 4.4 for median at UVA and 4.5 for 75th percentile. The 1510, though, is spot-on

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi all,

Trying to gather some anecdata. Has anyone's DC had good or surprisingly good results in RD for a male student with a low-ish GPA and a high-ish SAT and solid ECs? We're trying to figure out what's possible.

Tiny private school so scoir data feels unhelpful.
GPA: uw 3.7-ish, weighted 4.1-ish, good rigor. no grades ever below B+.
SAT: 1510
ECs: 3-season varsity athlete (not a captain), senior leader on newspaper, some other school leadership, community service
Major: Poli sci or History
Interested in mid-sized campuses, urban or suburban (not rural).
Male
Good references from math/humanities teachers.
Interested primarily in East Coast or West Coast because of family.
Good writer so essays will be strong.

That profile at our private k-12 is slightly above the 50th%ile weighted and UW gpa, and roughly 10-15% of the seniors get that SAT. IF they took the very highest rigor and did ED they might get in to UVA but likely would not. VT would be a more likely admit, with UC-Irvine, UCSB, BU, NCSU, UGA all likely to admit (over 50%) chance.
BC would be "match" range with ED (50/50 odds), same with Northeastern.
No chance at any T25 besides UVA in state.
JMU, Auburn, Alabama would be a safety from our school.
(Well regarded private: students in the top25% based on SCOIR and the profile are accepted to in state UVA EA (or ED) 75% of the time, those in top 10% over 95% of the time.

No, SCHEV is clear you need a 4.4 for median at UVA and 4.5 for 75th percentile. The 1510, though, is spot-on

Only 64% of admitted students last year submitted test scores. The 1510 is hugely inflated. What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP 4.1 W is very decent - great SAT. Apply as if the GPA as higher. - but add 2-3 safeties.

For UMD would be a target for pol sci, easily

No. UMD GPAs usually fall within 4.3 to 4.4

4.3 to 4.4 for engineering.

I think pol sci would be lower by quite a bit. Hence 4.1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try LACs -- maybe Haverford? Great school, good location, they have a heavy thumb on the scale for boys.

+1, we’ve had a 3.6/1530 get in to Williams and Middlebury from DS’s hs

at our private HS, 3.6 wouldn't work at williams or midd. and our GPA is deflated ie not a single kid has a 4.0

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w&m
Richmond
holy cross
vassar
macalester
possibly Carleton
syracuse
michigan state
wake