Based on experience - has anyone had DC admitted to a top 20 school with a 3.5 - 3.6 GPA NO HOOKS?

[Anonymous]

Another yes, Colgate & Emory. Private school high school. Many of the top 20 liberal arts schools are not impossible for less than perfect students with high test scores. Bates, Colgate, Grinnell etc., all were pretty common acceptances at my kid's school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have any luck or is this a complete waste of time.

Please no hooks.
No First time to college.
No recruited athletes.
No alumni children.
No URM.

Normal good students.

Please assume top test scores. Think 1500+[/quote No chance at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County high school with grade inflation? Big 3 with grade deflation? Something in the middle?

Big 3 with grade deflation but with easy courses (non-AP courses)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it be a negative that the SAT is so high but the GPA is not comparable?

How is 3.6 not a high GPA?

Isn't it sad that this is the standard we've reached?

I heard a mom at a game the other night stressing because her DS "only" had a 3.9 and just "barely" scored over the 1500 mark.

Look, I suppose that the 3.6 needs to be considered in context, but the OP said 3.5-3.6. A 3.5 means that DC earned as many B's as A's. That's usually not top 20 material. Now, a 3.75 means 3 A's to every B. That sounds better. If I were a top 20 admissions officer, I'd want to see mainly A's. Not ALL A's, but mainly A's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

[Anonymous]

Quite low GPA for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

You are one of the rudest OPs I've seen in a while.
You're asking for free advice.
You're not motivating people to answer you, when you're ordering people around and demanding advice be given in the form you want, and ignoring other people's reasonable questions that would help them give better answers,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

You are one of the rudest OPs I've seen in a while.
You're asking for free advice.
You're not motivating people to answer you, when you're ordering people around and demanding advice be given in the form you want, and ignoring other people's reasonable questions that would help them give better answers,

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No hooks - 2 years ago - GPA unweighted 3.5 with 35 ACT - Tufts, UVA, Michigan, Notre Dame, Wash U. WL at 2 ivies but did not get in.

I do NOT believe you.

NP. This seems about right for our Big 3.

Our school did much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I think the yeses all attended private schools where there is less grade inflation."

There are also some magnet kids who have self-driven research who could pull it off.

Or is that a hook?

Nope.

MCPS for high school, lower grades privates.

Full pay and yes to schools like that. No hooks besides full pay.

Michigan, UVA, UNC and few others. 2 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I think the yeses all attended private schools where there is less grade inflation."

There are also some magnet kids who have self-driven research who could pull it off.

Or is that a hook?

Nope.

MCPS for high school, lower grades privates.

Full pay and yes to schools like that. No hooks besides full pay.

Michigan, UVA, UNC and few others. 2 years ago.

But none of those schools are ranked in the top 20, which was OP question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is that GPA unweighted or weighted?

Unweighted GPA from a top public/private

You need to say whether it is public or private. Important.

Either your kid got in with theses stats or not. If your kid got in, answer the question. Otherwise stop the annoying garbage comments.

You are one of the rudest OPs I've seen in a while.
You're asking for free advice.
You're not motivating people to answer you, when you're ordering people around and demanding advice be given in the form you want, and ignoring other people's reasonable questions that would help them give better answers,

Not the OP. And the questions being asked are irrelevant. The question that was asked was if your kid got in with those stats... obviously yours did not so no need for your post or the other posts from those whose kids did not get in with those stats.

[Anonymous]

Sure it is possible for a kid to get in unhooked to a top 20 with that GPA but the odds are probably 1 in 1000. I've only heard 1 poster so far (the ND admit) who did it. And any kids getting in with a 3.5 would likely have amazing leadership ECs, or worked a demanding job through HS, or had a low freshman year GPA followed by 3 near perfect years, etc.