Stats and college admissions

[Anonymous]

I googled - no idea if correct - but suggested schools for this scenario (imbalance of high SAT with GPA) are University of Wisconsin Madison, UIUC, Brandeis, Richmond, Kenyon, Holy Cross. Can't hurt to check out in case it's true. Agree it's still a good GPA, hope he can bring it up and find his best fit. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

PS based on Richmond's EA results - very competitive - I have my doubts about google results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I googled - no idea if correct - but suggested schools for this scenario (imbalance of high SAT with GPA) are University of Wisconsin Madison, UIUC, Brandeis, Richmond, Kenyon, Holy Cross. Can't hurt to check out in case it's true. Agree it's still a good GPA, hope he can bring it up and find his best fit. Good luck!

Thank you! This gives me hope. We'd be thrilled if he got into a selective program at Virginia Tech

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. She has a weighted 3.8 and you people are suggesting a learning disability? Never change, DCUM.

Depends on what the typical range is for the HS. An almost all Bs student with a 1500+ SAT is going to raise some questions.

What questions does it raise, besides "how much tutoring did you get?" and "how many times did you take the test?" (Questions that could be asked of anyone with a 1500+.)

+1

With a 3.3 GPA that SAT score was "bought" with test prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG. She has a weighted 3.8 and you people are suggesting a learning disability? Never change, DCUM.

Depends on what the typical range is for the HS. An almost all Bs student with a 1500+ SAT is going to raise some questions.

What questions does it raise, besides "how much tutoring did you get?" and "how many times did you take the test?" (Questions that could be asked of anyone with a 1500+.)

+1

With a 3.3 GPA that SAT score was "bought" with test prep.

Yep. About as much as every Ivy admit from Private high schools.

[Anonymous]

That’s a good GPA. You won’t have a problem. But you may need to switch out Clemson with JMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s a good GPA. You won’t have a problem. But you may need to switch out Clemson with JMU.

A 3.3 GPA is well below the 25%ile for JMU (range is 3.62 - 4.12). Better Virginia matches, depending on how 11th grade ends up, would be Longwood (3.3-4.0), Radford (3.0-3.8), UMW (3.3-4.1), VCU (3.35-4.1).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That’s a good GPA. You won’t have a problem. But you may need to switch out Clemson with JMU.

A 3.3 GPA is well below the 25%ile for JMU (range is 3.62 - 4.12). Better Virginia matches, depending on how 11th grade ends up, would be Longwood (3.3-4.0), Radford (3.0-3.8), UMW (3.3-4.1), VCU (3.35-4.1).

Never mind... was focused on the 3.3 references. For 3.8 weighted I agree, JMU is right in range but so are VCU and UMW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG. She has a weighted 3.8 and you people are suggesting a learning disability? Never change, DCUM.

Depends on what the typical range is for the HS. An almost all Bs student with a 1500+ SAT is going to raise some questions.

What questions does it raise, besides "how much tutoring did you get?" and "how many times did you take the test?" (Questions that could be asked of anyone with a 1500+.)

+1

With a 3.3 GPA that SAT score was "bought" with test prep.

Not OP but you have no idea. You are apparently lucky that your child fits the mold that schools are set up for and assume anyone that does not fit is lazy. Grades are impacted by more than just content knowledge, there are a lot of non substantive organizational requirements that can be a challenge for brilliants kids with executive functioning differences. You have to be smart and capable to get that SAT score and your assumption is based on nothing and is rude.

[Anonymous]

Clemson will recalculate the gpa. They will throw out extracurricular classes and just use core classes. AP and IB classes get a bump so hopefully those 9 APs will help.

Given the gpa and sat score I would cast I wide net and see what you get back. A number of schools will want your kid. Good luck!