33 ACT success stories and top 20 schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have lost our effing minds

Agree.

Ok but last year’s incoming class at UVA a 35 at the 75th percentile (meaning 25 percent were higher) a 34 at the median and a 33 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. It is what it is.

DS applied with a 34 and retested to a 36. Also top student in high school and national ECs but white male. He went to UVA

Deferred at SCEA at Princeton, then waitlisted. Got into Purdue and GA Tech during SCEA (also got in rolling for Pitt), all for aerospace engineering.Did not get into any other Ivies via RD. Same happened to his friends. Everything happened at the SCEA/REA, ED and EA level

Being a white male did not prevent him from these admits. Honestly.

males have a slightly easier time in admissions compared to females, given there are more female applicants and the T20 type schools go for parity.

[Anonymous]

Even schools in the 75-100 range want high scores or TO. My kid with a 33 got rejected from Boulder, Clemson and Auburn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have lost our effing minds

Agree.

I mean…what other option is there?
Admissions process makes it feel like it’s literally not possible to simply be an excellent student and get admitted anywhere anymore.
Now you must have the perfect score or don’t bother! At least—that’s the message we’re getting from Admissions Officers!!
I don’t think we lost our minds. I think we are being pushed over the edge!

You’re leaving out the “top 20” part of OP’s question. There’s simply no reason to be so slavishly devoted to 20 schools rather than, say, the top 50 or 75.

Tee hee. You must be new here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even schools in the 75-100 range want high scores or TO. My kid with a 33 got rejected from Boulder, Clemson and Auburn.

My DD had a 28 and submitted it everywhere (she said she worked hard for it, was proud of it, and was going to submit). Got in to 6/10 schools (rejected 2, waitlisted 2) and got very good merit money at the 6 she was accepted to. All within the 50-100 range. So maybe there was something else at play?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good luck. My kid didn’t get into a top 20 and I haven’t had a good nights sleep since. It’s so embarrassing.

NP. Please say this is sarcasm. Otherwise, it's insane, and insanely entitlted, to be so invested in any magical list of what's "top" anything. If your kid got into a school that teaches the major subject he or she wants, and is happy living there for four years, that's great. If you're truly this stressed over a choice that's already made, is over and done--you need to suck it up and demonstrate to your kid how to be enthusiastic and embrace where they're actually going.

DP. I'm sure PP was tongue in cheek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even schools in the 75-100 range want high scores or TO. My kid with a 33 got rejected from Boulder, Clemson and Auburn.

My kid got into Clemson with merit with at 30 act. Top grades though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even schools in the 75-100 range want high scores or TO. My kid with a 33 got rejected from Boulder, Clemson and Auburn.

Or the score was too high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have lost our effing minds

Agree.

Ok but last year’s incoming class at UVA a 35 at the 75th percentile (meaning 25 percent were higher) a 34 at the median and a 33 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. It is what it is.

DS applied with a 34 and retested to a 36. Also top student in high school and national ECs but white male. He went to UVA

Deferred at SCEA at Princeton, then waitlisted. Got into Purdue and GA Tech during SCEA (also got in rolling for Pitt), all for aerospace engineering.Did not get into any other Ivies via RD. Same happened to his friends. Everything happened at the SCEA/REA, ED and EA level

Being a white male did not prevent him from these admits. Honestly.

males have a slightly easier time in admissions compared to females, given there are more female applicants and the T20 type schools go for parity.

White males was the distinct point, not males in general
Also the number of applications coming from males still far exceeds the number of spots available, especially for non first gen, non international, white males.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has more recent success stories with this score (33) and T25 schools/T10 SLACs.

With this score, would you apply test optional to a school like WashU or Vanderbilt or Emory for ED1 or ED2?

My kids applied with a 33 to a T15 SLAC and was admitted ED1. Had a 35/36 in area of probable major. The rest of the app was strong - 4.0 GPA unweighted, most rigorous courses, excellent ECs. But no national awards, Olympic athletics, or founding of nonprofits or anything like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even schools in the 75-100 range want high scores or TO. My kid with a 33 got rejected from Boulder, Clemson and Auburn.

It’s probably not the test score. These schools are skyrocketing in popularity.

Parents think stats matter the most, and they don’t. There are other aspects to the application that come heavily in to play.

I assure you that many students with a lower score got accepted into those schools, esp Boulder & Auburn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has more recent success stories with this score (33) and T25 schools/T10 SLACs.

With this score, would you apply test optional to a school like WashU or Vanderbilt or Emory for ED1 or ED2?

My kids applied with a 33 to a T15 SLAC and was admitted ED1. Had a 35/36 in area of probable major. The rest of the app was strong - 4.0 GPA unweighted, most rigorous courses, excellent ECs. But no national awards, Olympic athletics, or founding of nonprofits or anything like that.

Which slac?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has more recent success stories with this score (33) and T25 schools/T10 SLACs.

With this score, would you apply test optional to a school like WashU or Vanderbilt or Emory for ED1 or ED2?

My kids applied with a 33 to a T15 SLAC and was admitted ED1. Had a 35/36 in area of probable major. The rest of the app was strong - 4.0 GPA unweighted, most rigorous courses, excellent ECs. But no national awards, Olympic athletics, or founding of nonprofits or anything like that.

Which slac?

Prob Middlebury or Wesleyan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck. My kid didn’t get into a top 20 and I haven’t had a good nights sleep since. It’s so embarrassing.

How could you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scores are not getting your kid into any school. They can keep you from getting into the reject pile. My kid had a 33 and was rejected last year at Boulder, Auburn, Wisconsin and Florida. At a no-AP, tough grading local private (big3). 3.4 GPA

Curious- do you regret sending your kid to the private? Where did they end up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious if anyone has more recent success stories with this score (33) and T25 schools/T10 SLACs.

With this score, would you apply test optional to a school like WashU or Vanderbilt or Emory for ED1 or ED2?

My kids applied with a 33 to a T15 SLAC and was admitted ED1. Had a 35/36 in area of probable major. The rest of the app was strong - 4.0 GPA unweighted, most rigorous courses, excellent ECs. But no national awards, Olympic athletics, or founding of nonprofits or anything like that.

Which slac?

Prob Middlebury or Wesleyan

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