Pure curiousity - your kids school stats and where they're going

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

What the hell is a NESCAC?

New England Small College Athletic Conference. The schools in it are mostly SLACs (Selective Liberal Arts Colleges).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is at an FCPS IB school that gets bashed here all the time. 4.1 GPA. Full IB Candidate. Top 5% of his class. 1300 SAT. Team Captain for two years in two different varsity sports. Earned letter in both sports all four years. Marching Band for four years. Section Leader his senior year. Part time job. Eagle Scout. Boys State. No hooks. Excellent letter of recommendation from his English teacher (She let him read it about two weeks ago.) He's going to W&M and will study Economics.

Dang! When does the he sleep?! Congrats to both of you!

[Anonymous]

Md public HS
SAT 1550
NMF
3.9/4.7 GPA
AP scholar with distinction
12 letter Varsity athlete with 5 state championships and 1 state record

Multiple D1/Ivy offers
Harvard class of 2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Md public HS
SAT 1550
NMF
3.9/4.7 GPA
AP scholar with distinction
12 letter Varsity athlete with 5 state championships and 1 state record

Multiple D1/Ivy offers
Harvard class of 2022

Congrats - he's a rare one as that's a lot of pressure! Will he be playing 1 or 2 sports at Harvard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

[Anonymous]

FCPS, 3.9 W, 1300 SAT (took once no prep and explained why in essays, 1 serious EC at high level, strong writer/essays, took honors, 3-4 APs. Applied to and got in VCU honors, JMU, Va Tech (attending here/small competitive major, not engineering), waitlisted at W/M. Applied to 2 of them senior year, 2 during a gap year doing EC and living on own away from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Yep. And PP already said their kid was also recruited D1, so they are probably pretty good. If sport is football, basketball, or at some schools lacrosse or soccer or hockey, then coaches might pull pretty hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS, 3.9 W, 1300 SAT (took once no prep and explained why in essays, 1 serious EC at high level, strong writer/essays, took honors, 3-4 APs. Applied to and got in VCU honors, JMU, Va Tech (attending here/small competitive major, not engineering), waitlisted at W/M. Applied to 2 of them senior year, 2 during a gap year doing EC and living on own away from home.

Why did he "explain why" in essays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

What the hell is a NESCAC?

Something to do with sports - I think is a sports league
I think colleges give preferences to good athletes who can play on college sports teams and are willing to offer admission to these student athletes even if their stats are lower than the norm

Its the sports league that includes top New England LAC. For sports its D3 but v. attractive bc the colleges are good.

Amherst College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
Connecticut College
Hamilton College
Middlebury College
Trinity College
Tufts University
Wesleyan University
Williams College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good stats are necessary but not sufficient for admission. DC is Columbia-bound with As and A-s with 1560 SATs from a Big 3. Just one AP at the start of senior year. Accepted at Brown and Berkeley too. Unhooked, just embarrassingly strong recs from teachers and college counselor.

Thank you for this. Some hope for top privates' kids that are not legacy, African-American, or athletic. Question, was this ED Columbia or regular?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10:41: DC also plays an unusual sport, is president of a school organization, and has over 1,000 service hours.

Jesus Christ.

I want to kill myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is at an FCPS IB school that gets bashed here all the time. 4.1 GPA. Full IB Candidate. Top 5% of his class. 1300 SAT. Team Captain for two years in two different varsity sports. Earned letter in both sports all four years. Marching Band for four years. Section Leader his senior year. Part time job. Eagle Scout. Boys State. No hooks. Excellent letter of recommendation from his English teacher (She let him read it about two weeks ago.) He's going to W&M and will study Economics.

Very nice. Congrats. Assume this is Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is at an FCPS IB school that gets bashed here all the time. 4.1 GPA. Full IB Candidate. Top 5% of his class. 1300 SAT. Team Captain for two years in two different varsity sports. Earned letter in both sports all four years. Marching Band for four years. Section Leader his senior year. Part time job. Eagle Scout. Boys State. No hooks. Excellent letter of recommendation from his English teacher (She let him read it about two weeks ago.) He's going to W&M and will study Economics.

Very nice. Congrats. Assume this is Marshall.

Hoping it's my Alma Mater, South Lakes, which is also bashed a ton... Go Tribe!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10:41: DC also plays an unusual sport, is president of a school organization, and has over 1,000 service hours.

Jesus Christ.

I want to kill myself.

10:41 PP here.

DC is Exhibit A for They Are Who They Are. DC arrived in the world hard-wired to be a hard worker and a high performer. We have done practically nothing in this regard, other than to feed, clothe and house both DC and his sibling (who is nothing like this). Nothing at all.

I sincerely believe that beyond providing a "print-rich" environment and a healthy living environment, the rest is 100% up to our kids and largely based on their natures.

[Anonymous]

1600 SAT, 4.0 UW, published in a acclaimed foreign policy journal, state mock trial awards, model UN national awards, founder of 2 school organizations, 500 service hours, summer internship in D.C.

Going to Harvard but rejected elsewhere (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, top 5 SLACs)