Schools for a kid with 1490?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine got a 1480 and he got into to Pitt, GMU, UVA, VT, UT Austin, and USC

But what was the GPA, rigor, and ECs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a perfect fit for UMD or and might get merit at either.

. I don’t think so. 75th percentile at UVA is a 1500 and a 4.7. 11 AB classes is not unusual.

What is an AB class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a perfect fit for UMD or and might get merit at either.

. I don’t think so. 75th percentile at UVA is a 1500 and a 4.7. 11 AB classes is not unusual.

What is an AB class?

Sorry, tapping into a tiny phone. Meant AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to MIT with that score...

Did you have a hook or two? Were you full-pay? That doesn't hurt.

I had a national award, leadership positions, volunteer work and a 4.0, top 5 in the school. I was not full pay but didn't receive that much in aid and got scholarships to cover that aid.

They recalibrated the SATs since "way back when".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

Rice has an 11.1% acceptance rate. U of Mich OOS is 19.4% I've known several super smart kids who were rejected from Rice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

*for kids in the DMV area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

Rice has an 11.1% acceptance rate. U of Mich OOS is 19.4% I've known several super smart kids who were rejected from Rice.

Some schools game the system to improve their US news ranking. They will not accept you if they think your chance to go there is low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

Rice has an 11.1% acceptance rate. U of Mich OOS is 19.4% I've known several super smart kids who were rejected from Rice.

Some schools game the system to improve their US news ranking. They will not accept you if they think your chance to go there is low.

I know that they rely on demonstrated interested. It is a very good school.

[Anonymous]

DC school won’t allow APs until 11th grade and max of 3/year. Is this going to be a problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC school won’t allow APs until 11th grade and max of 3/year. Is this going to be a problem?

Not if this is clearly stated on the school profile that they send in with applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC school won’t allow APs until 11th grade and max of 3/year. Is this going to be a problem?

Nationwide, that's pretty normal actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a perfect fit for UMD or UVA and might get merit at either.

Not sure about UVa but probably no money from UMD. Crazy many kids with high stats from MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

Rice has an 11.1% acceptance rate. U of Mich OOS is 19.4% I've known several super smart kids who were rejected from Rice.

Some schools game the system to improve their US news ranking. They will not accept you if they think your chance to go there is low.

Sounds more like Michigan than Rice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale, rice,jhu, vandy

Cornell and Michigan as safeties

PP must have a child at Rice. No one would put Rice next to Yale. Rice is much much much easier to get in than Cornell and Michigan.

Soooo NOT true. Cornell and Michigan are significantly easier to get into than Rice —-but still super hard to get into.