Where is your 3.7ish weighted full-pay accepted?

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts

Weighted 3.7 at Tufts would be under their 50% mark. Would be interested to know what hooks your kid had!

full pay!

My kid got into Amherst with a 3.7 no sports hooks, full pay. Other sorta hook was that she was able to join the orchestra with a somewhat rarer instrument. Private school that definitely doesn’t inflate given she was in the top 10% of her class (school didn’t disclose actual rank).

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Anonymous wrote:I love the “full pay” part. OP assuming she can buy success for her mediocre student. So typically DCUM.

I think it just means they can pay out of state tuition or private school, not that they’re buying their way in somewhere.

There is that, but the reality is full pay is easier to get in some places.

Wait, people aren't both complaining that they can't afford $70k without aid and that some full pay students get a break in admissions?

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Bumping this thread. If your DD is around 3.7W in FCPS, where do you think they have a chance. The other threads in this forum on HPS-type schools made me want to re-raise this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Bumping this thread. If your DD is around 3.7W in FCPS, where do you think they have a chance. The other threads in this forum on HPS-type schools made me want to re-raise this thread.

What SAT/ACT or TO?

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts

Weighted 3.7 at Tufts would be under their 50% mark. Would be interested to know what hooks your kid had!

A 3.7 at my DC’s school are the kids applying to Ivies. Big3 private. I wouldn’t assume this was a public school kid.

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Anonymous wrote:So far,

Indiana
Dayton

waiting on EA at
USC
UNCW
Elon
Furman

and still narrowing RD apps

How much did you receive in scholarships from Dayton, if I might ask?

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Anonymous wrote:Bumping this thread. If your DD is around 3.7W in FCPS, where do you think they have a chance. The other threads in this forum on HPS-type schools made me want to re-raise this thread.

How many APs?

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The private school thing is totally different right.”?
I am assuming the pp whose kid got into Amherst and the other one whose friends are applying to ivies - those are unweighted gpas right?

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Anonymous wrote:The private school thing is totally different right.”?
I am assuming the pp whose kid got into Amherst and the other one whose friends are applying to ivies - those are unweighted gpas right?

Yes.

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Private versus public matters. If your kid is at a school where half the class has 4.0 or above, like a lot of the big public schools post-Covid, 3.7 isn’t going to give a lot of options. If your kid is at a competitive private that didn’t grade inflate in Covid, 3.7 gives a lot more options.

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Yes private makes a difference, full pay makes a difference, and SLACs make a difference.

My 3.3 GPA, top area private kid, got into a top 15 SLAC, full pay.

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Forgot to add. Kid now has a 3.9+ at said SLAC as a junior. Is involved in several ECs in College. Has interned for two US Senators and a Public Interest Org. Sometimes you just gotta give a kid a chance. Look at SLACs, more holistic I think.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the “full pay” part. OP assuming she can buy success for her mediocre student. So typically DCUM.

Um… in what world is a 3.7 “mediocre”? Get a grip.
NP

+1

Well 3.7W would be like 3.1UW….. so technically, the OPs DC is not stellar by any measure. Clemson Elon would be good choices for a B student.

I don't understand this math. If your kid only took 2 classes that were IB or AP or whatever, and they get As in those, that means they get 5 grade points right? Even with those, that isn't enough to take a GPA from 3.1 to 3.7 right? This is a legit question. I don't understand.

Every school does this a little different.

Yes, I think if OP asked about UW, she would get more relevant responses.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts has no shortage of full pay students. A 3.7 kid who got in had to really stand out in some way.

maybe it was private. Private 3.7 at Tufts is not uncommon

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts

Weighted 3.7 at Tufts would be under their 50% mark. Would be interested to know what hooks your kid had!

A 3.7 at my DC’s school are the kids applying to Ivies. Big3 private. I wouldn’t assume this was a public school kid.

Well that's obvious. The big 3 are on the 4.0 system. And 3.7s even on that system shouldn't be applying to Ivies unless they are hooked. We are talking here about the public system which often goes up to 4.7 and beyond.