3.9/32 ACT-- school options?

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Anonymous wrote:what about Brandeis, NYU, Wesleyan?

My .02

Brandeis likely. NYU and Wesleyan are a high reach. They're a high reach for everyone.

No they're not. My (no FA) junior at a DC private with 3.9/1500 SAT was told that NYU is borderline safety and Wesleyan is a match.

Oy. NYU a borderline safety? The high school counselor who said that must have a pretty weak definition of safety. A safety should be a school where acceptance is certain, affordability is certain, and the student would want to attend. With a 27% acceptance rate and a middle 50 percentiles of 1350 to 1530, admission is not sufficiently certain even for a 3.9/1500. (For anyone needing financial aid, affordability is never certain, either, as NYU does not have the best reputation for financial aid.) It could be a match.

At our private, no full-pay kid with my DC's stats has ever been rejected from NYU.

You sound awfully entitled, but you better be careful counting your chickens before they hatch. College admissions is an ever changing landscape. Nothing is a sure bet until the letter is in your hand.

I'm not "entitled," just stating what the counselor told us. But our kid has no interest in attending NYU so we'll never get to find out - sorry.

NYU 2019 acceptance rate was 16%. Your not at GDS or Cathedral schools because kids have been rejected. Maybe you have in the last two years. Maybe you have old data. Good luck to you in the application process, it sounds like you might be surprised.

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Anonymous wrote:How about a 34 ACT, straight As, many APs, Wellesley Book award and STEM award as a female?

Such a student would have a chance for admission at virtually any college in the US, though colleges with very low acceptance rates would still be reaches (and that's ok; nothing wrong with applying to reaches, as long as there are matches and safeties on the list). Don't forget to run Net Price Calculators for each college.

Interesting. She was turned down at virtually every college she applied to, and none were ivies. No financial aid needed but had no hooks, and is a white female. Welcome to the real college acceptance experience.

Where did she apply?

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Anonymous wrote:At a Sidwell or Cathedral or GDS or Potomac, this kid is probably competitive (not likely for a <10% acceptance rate but possible) for any school in the country. At a less elite private, you should probably look more in the 20-40% acceptance range, which includes NYU, BC, and SLACs that aren't AW.

Not true that a 32 ACT at Sidwell of Cathedral or GDS or Potomac makes you "probably competitive" for "any school in the country." In fact, with that score you're certain to be rejected by the top schools unless you're a recruited athlete or URM.

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NP. Parent of a senior. This.

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Get a tutor and retake the test to get a higher score