Where do the A-/B+ students go?

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Anonymous wrote:My B+ student (3.7 UW/4.0 W) was accepted at UMW, CNU, SMCM, Mount Holyoke, Juniata

3.7 UW is literally an A- Not exactly a B+ student!

Oh come on! That could only come from someone grade-obsessed. Like they are miles apart

Disagree. A B+ is a 3.3. In terms of college admissions, a 3.3 and a 3.7 are indeed miles apart.

Saying her B+ student was admitted to Mt Holyoke is disingenuous and misleading. Others who have kids with true B+ averages might misunderstand their kids’ likelihood of admission to various schools. Overshooting with no true safeties is a major problem right now.

Agree that 3.3 and 3.7 are not the same, but MH is an easier admit than you realize, too. Much easier than the other 7 sisters.

None of them are particularly hard to get into other than Barnard.

Wellesley is also very hard to get into (it used to have a lower acceptance rate than Barnard).

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

Except at our school, kids with B+ averages get into Tulane but not Wake.

Agree, same at our private. Tulane easier than Wake. Wake is tough

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Anonymous wrote:After a heartbreaking rejection from a school thought to be a close match, and where DS was a double legacy, it’s become clear that DS needs to reconsider his options. Maybe take a gap year and reapply next year.

Where are the A-/B+ students applying? Good kids with good stats, but not the brainiacs?

A few kids from our HS that didn't get into VT last year went to Mason and are applying to transfer to VT. One actually likes Mason a lot and is staying.

I wouldn't do gap year and re-apply. Way to hard to get teacher recs etc. again.

Legacy doesn't mean much to VT bc they are trying to get more 1st gen students.

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

Exactly.

George Mason, Holy Cross, Providence, Pitt, Skidmore, UNH, UVM, Syracuse, American, IU, Bentley, Babson, URI, Elon, Lafayette, SMU, College of Charleston, Fordham, Connecticut College.

Aren't a lot of these safeties for the 4.0+ kids that end up being where they actually attend? So, these are also schools for A/A+ kids, no?

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

Except at our school, kids with B+ averages get into Tulane but not Wake.

That's because Wake is smaller than Tulane.

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.

Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF

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OP,

You'll have to be much clearer on why taking a gap year and re-applying would make your kid a stronger candidate. He would need to do something extraordinary during his gap year, and you know how likely that is? Chances are pretty much zero.

I didn't catch whether he's admitted to safeties. He needs to go to his favorite safety.

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.

Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF

Troll

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NP- I’m not a Northeastern booster but in terms of acceptance rate and average scores, it is definitely more selective than WF

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.

Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,

You'll have to be much clearer on why taking a gap year and re-applying would make your kid a stronger candidate. He would need to do something extraordinary during his gap year, and you know how likely that is? Chances are pretty much zero.

I didn't catch whether he's admitted to safeties. He needs to go to his favorite safety.

Agree, does he have any acceptances? Otherwise look to schools still taking applications for this year.

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Mine has a 3.6 gpa, from northern virginia public school. Most kids from their high school got deferred to JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine has a 3.6 gpa, from northern virginia public school. Most kids from their high school got deferred to JMU.

Weighted or unweighted? Is yours also going to JMU?

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Anonymous wrote:Most places.

+1. Especially if you are full pay.

Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse

Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.

Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.

That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.

Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF

funny

[Anonymous]

OP, my kid was waitlisted too. He hasn't earned a B+ since one in freshman year, but did end last year with a few A-. He also applied to Pitt and Penn State. We saw those as safeties and VT as a target, but I considered it a solid target. He's also applied to many of the other schools mentioned in this thread and is sitting on a bunch of deferrals.

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OP - I agree with others that say your child should not take a gap year. Going elsewhere and transferring is a much better option. Some schools even have Spring admission. I'd look into those. I suspect VT would be an acceptance as a transfer.