Where are your average kids top picks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anybody posting UVA For kid with stats, even anything under a 4.0 is really dreaming. It is just not gonna happen. Save your money.

I say this as a parent of a kid with higher stats who applied and it was really a pipe dream.

not at private school

[Anonymous]

So far my kid has got into Pitt, Iowa and Mizzou. Waiting on a few more.

[Anonymous]

The person who posted originally about uva had a kid with a 3.8 in fcps. It’s Not happening.

Also, in a thread about average kids, no one should be talking about uva like it’s a possibility, even as a reach.

[Anonymous]

3.7, 1370, just a couple APs (5s)

Delaware
WVU
Tenn
Penn State
Pitt
Rutgers
Loyola MD
Univ Scranton
St Joe's
Fairfield

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far my kid has got into Pitt, Iowa and Mizzou. Waiting on a few more.

Did you watch the Iowa video? That was such a nice touch!

[Anonymous]

Dream school: Penn State

Also liked: West Chester, St. Joe's, Scranton, The College of New Jersey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.

This. And honestly I'm really struggling with this. I feel like my kid is 'below average" because of his for real B average GPA (will be lucky to graduate with a 3.4UW), but SATs are in the 99th percentile, has taken 11 APs, and is an AP Scholar with Distinction. No one seems to know what to do with a kid like this.

Well, that was quite a humblebrag!

Your kid won't get into a Top 20, but I predict plenty of options in the top 40-60 range.

The kid wants a small liberal arts school. He's being steered to really low ranked regional colleges in the 200s (which we are ignoring).

[Anonymous]

Most of the SAT scores posted are not average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.

This. And honestly I'm really struggling with this. I feel like my kid is 'below average" because of his for real B average GPA (will be lucky to graduate with a 3.4UW), but SATs are in the 99th percentile, has taken 11 APs, and is an AP Scholar with Distinction. No one seems to know what to do with a kid like this.

Well, that was quite a humblebrag!

Your kid won't get into a Top 20, but I predict plenty of options in the top 40-60 range.

The kid wants a small liberal arts school. He's being steered to really low ranked regional colleges in the 200s (which we are ignoring).

Just based on schools I have explored with my DC that we really liked, I think your kid would certainly be in the mix at College of Wooster and Bard. They obviously don't have the name recognition of the top 20ish SLACs but they seem like great options with good outcomes and unique cultures. They both offer merit as well.

[Anonymous]

My 3.3 DD (now a sophomore) had these on her list, with good results:

Marquette
Quinnipiac
St. Mary’s of MD
Xavier
Loyola New Orleans
Salve Regina

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far my kid has got into Pitt, Iowa and Mizzou. Waiting on a few more.

Did you watch the Iowa video? That was such a nice touch!

Yes. We liked it a lot. Very well done.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have an average kid who is applying for engineering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.

OP said B students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3.3 DD (now a sophomore) had these on her list, with good results:

Marquette
Quinnipiac
St. Mary’s of MD
Xavier
Loyola New Orleans
Salve Regina

Nice list! Where did she end up going, if you don’t mind answering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The person who posted originally about uva had a kid with a 3.8 in fcps. It’s Not happening.

Also, in a thread about average kids, no one should be talking about uva like it’s a possibility, even as a reach.

That was me. It’s a reach as stated, but taking a gamble on being in-state and holistic review.