3.9/32 ACT-- school options?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

[Anonymous]

Yes but Wesleyan is kind of a weird school. Smart but weird. Hardly a match for most people in terms of fit, which should be more important

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

Oy. NYU a borderline safety? The high school counselor who said that must have a pretty weak definition of safety. A safety should be a school where acceptance is certain, affordability is certain, and the student would want to attend. With a 27% acceptance rate and a middle 50 percentiles of 1350 to 1530, admission is not sufficiently certain even for a 3.9/1500. (For anyone needing financial aid, affordability is never certain, either, as NYU does not have the best reputation for financial aid.) It could be a match.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

Oy. NYU a borderline safety? The high school counselor who said that must have a pretty weak definition of safety. A safety should be a school where acceptance is certain, affordability is certain, and the student would want to attend. With a 27% acceptance rate and a middle 50 percentiles of 1350 to 1530, admission is not sufficiently certain even for a 3.9/1500. (For anyone needing financial aid, affordability is never certain, either, as NYU does not have the best reputation for financial aid.) It could be a match.

At our private, no full-pay kid with my DC's stats has ever been rejected from NYU.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

Oy. NYU a borderline safety? The high school counselor who said that must have a pretty weak definition of safety. A safety should be a school where acceptance is certain, affordability is certain, and the student would want to attend. With a 27% acceptance rate and a middle 50 percentiles of 1350 to 1530, admission is not sufficiently certain even for a 3.9/1500. (For anyone needing financial aid, affordability is never certain, either, as NYU does not have the best reputation for financial aid.) It could be a match.

At our private, no full-pay kid with my DC's stats has ever been rejected from NYU.

You sound awfully entitled, but you better be careful counting your chickens before they hatch. College admissions is an ever changing landscape. Nothing is a sure bet until the letter is in your hand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

Oy. NYU a borderline safety? The high school counselor who said that must have a pretty weak definition of safety. A safety should be a school where acceptance is certain, affordability is certain, and the student would want to attend. With a 27% acceptance rate and a middle 50 percentiles of 1350 to 1530, admission is not sufficiently certain even for a 3.9/1500. (For anyone needing financial aid, affordability is never certain, either, as NYU does not have the best reputation for financial aid.) It could be a match.

At our private, no full-pay kid with my DC's stats has ever been rejected from NYU.

You sound awfully entitled, but you better be careful counting your chickens before they hatch. College admissions is an ever changing landscape. Nothing is a sure bet until the letter is in your hand.

I'm not "entitled," just stating what the counselor told us. But our kid has no interest in attending NYU so we'll never get to find out - sorry.

[Anonymous]

How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

Interesting. She was turned down at virtually every college she applied to, and none were ivies. No financial aid needed but had no hooks, and is a white female. Welcome to the real college acceptance experience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

Interesting. She was turned down at virtually every college she applied to, and none were ivies. No financial aid needed but had no hooks, and is a white female. Welcome to the real college acceptance experience.

Floored! Can't imagine what she must be feeling. She is so accomplished!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

NYU a safety? That GC should get fired.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

Interesting. She was turned down at virtually every college she applied to, and none were ivies. No financial aid needed but had no hooks, and is a white female. Welcome to the real college acceptance experience.

Floored! Can't imagine what she must be feeling. She is so accomplished!

If she applied to HYPSM and William and Mary I could see why she was rejected everywhere. Ivies turn down 1000's of kids with better stats than that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

NYU a safety? That GC should get fired.

Not really. I think admissions for the wealthy from privates is starkly different at some schools, NYU among them. I don't find it surprising that a particular private with full pay candidates would have a track record making it a near safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

Interesting. She was turned down at virtually every college she applied to, and none were ivies. No financial aid needed but had no hooks, and is a white female. Welcome to the real college acceptance experience.

The "problem" for high stats applicants can be choosing appropriate matches and safeties (with the understanding that the top schools are reaches for all). Chances at a "match" with, say, a 30% acceptance rate are still rather unpredictable. In addition, a number of low matches will care about demonstrated interest and may deny to protect yield. Hopefully the student had true safeties. It can be challenging to find safety options that high stats student finds acceptable.

(Alternatively, I might wonder about the quality of the other factors like essays and recommendations possibly being just meh, though it's impossible to guess.)