Colleges for DD with 1350 SAT and 3.9 uw gpa

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s quite a split – did they take easy classes or they are terrible test-taker?

DP. I don't think a kid with a 1350 is ''a terrible test-taker'' by any means! They're not ivy-bound most likely but its a perfectly respectable score. Especially if OP's kid only took it once and didn't prep. There are people who pay for thousands of dollars in prep for their kid to get that score. I've heard of kids having 4.0 UW and less than 1000 sat, but that is none of my business and I don't make snarky comments like you. Enough with the DCUM ''If you don't have a 1550 your grades must be fake'' nonsense.

Thank you. My kid is an above average student who has to work hard to get good grades. There are students who just coast by and get easy A’s in hard classes and great SAT scores. She is not one of them. SAT’s have been tricky for her she is not a good test taker. She has to work hard to get good grades and has been studying for SAT too. Hopefully her score will improve. But I wanted to know her options

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible test taker 😞

Hey, OP, is that you? If so, you just lost the support and sympathcy of a lot of people here, I bet. You have all these people reminding you that 1350 is actually quite good, then you yourself call it terrible. Go away now. You don't deserve the support you got here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s quite a split – did they take easy classes or they are terrible test-taker?

DP. I don't think a kid with a 1350 is ''a terrible test-taker'' by any means! They're not ivy-bound most likely but its a perfectly respectable score. Especially if OP's kid only took it once and didn't prep. There are people who pay for thousands of dollars in prep for their kid to get that score. I've heard of kids having 4.0 UW and less than 1000 sat, but that is none of my business and I don't make snarky comments like you. Enough with the DCUM ''If you don't have a 1550 your grades must be fake'' nonsense.

Thank you. My kid is an above average student who has to work hard to get good grades. There are students who just coast by and get easy A’s in hard classes and great SAT scores. She is not one of them. SAT’s have been tricky for her she is not a good test taker. She has to work hard to get good grades and has been studying for SAT too. Hopefully her score will improve. But I wanted to know her options

If she is struggling with math, go back to the really, really basic stuff even if she’s doing decently and build up from that. The reading might be harder to fix but sometimes remembering possessive rules trips people up. Best of luck to her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Terrible test taker 😞

Hey, OP, is that you? If so, you just lost the support and sympathcy of a lot of people here, I bet. You have all these people reminding you that 1350 is actually quite good, then you yourself call it terrible. Go away now. You don't deserve the support you got here.

You sound crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible test taker 😞

That’s great! I mean it’s better that they’re hard classes and a real GPA rather than easy classes with that GPA. That goa in challenging classes is a much better indicator of success and I wouldn’t be worried at all. Colleges would rather see that then the other split. Meaning when they see a high SAT and a low GPA, they feel the student is “smart” lazy or misdirected.

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Where did she apply? Did she get merit aid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Terrible test taker 😞

Not at all! Thats like 90th percentile.

Agree! That's not a terrible score.

I hate DCUM sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Terrible test taker 😞

That’s great! I mean it’s better that they’re hard classes and a real GPA rather than easy classes with that GPA. That goa in challenging classes is a much better indicator of success and I wouldn’t be worried at all. Colleges would rather see that then the other split. Meaning when they see a high SAT and a low GPA, they feel the student is “smart” lazy or misdirected.

DP but agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like umd will be out. What are some good options?

Safety:
jmu
Umbc

Reach:
Pitt

Target:
Va tech


What else?

If you’re comfortably full-pay, she probably has a great shot at any private university below the Johns Hopkins level. Full-pay is going to be every college’s favorite extracurricular. Maybe she could try George Washington University, Davidson, Washington & Lee, or even Georgetown, if she claims she’ll major in something uncommon and emphasizes that she’s fine with virtual classes. Maybe she’d get merit aid at Hollins and have a lot of fun there.

Even if someone says, “Private school X has an average SAT of 1400,” that was before Covid, and before the international students got chased away. I think admissions officers will look at a flexible full-pay student with good grades very generously this year.

If she really wants a state flagship, my feeling is that the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa, and the University of Indiana are roughly comparable to the University of Maryland but easier to get into. Maybe your daughter would be better off taking a plane to a school like that than going to a private school or a non-flagship public university, if what she wants is a state flagship.

[Anonymous]

Apply early to Maryland. It helps.

I think your child will get into Maryland. If you want more schools, I would add:

Michigan and Wisconsin

For more of a match/ safety: Delaware, Florida or Indiana

Michigan is a reach but your kid's stats are excellent. It's worth a shot.

If you want private:

USC for a reach
GW or American

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like umd will be out. What are some good options?

Safety:
jmu
Umbc

Reach:
Pitt

Target:
Va tech


What else?

If you’re comfortably full-pay, she probably has a great shot at any private university below the Johns Hopkins level. Full-pay is going to be every college’s favorite extracurricular. Maybe she could try George Washington University, Davidson, Washington & Lee, or even Georgetown, if she claims she’ll major in something uncommon and emphasizes that she’s fine with virtual classes. Maybe she’d get merit aid at Hollins and have a lot of fun there.

Even if someone says, “Private school X has an average SAT of 1400,” that was before Covid, and before the international students got chased away. I think admissions officers will look at a flexible full-pay student with good grades very generously this year.

If she really wants a state flagship, my feeling is that the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa, and the University of Indiana are roughly comparable to the University of Maryland but easier to get into. Maybe your daughter would be better off taking a plane to a school like that than going to a private school or a non-flagship public university, if what she wants is a state flagship.

I agree that full pay at a private changes things, especially if you can decide strategically not to send scores.

If full pay, I would add WUSTL.

[Anonymous]

I am confused here. Almost all the colleges have gone test optional so why the OP wants to submit the SAT score? Without submitting the SAT score the girl has a good chance in almost all the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused here. Almost all the colleges have gone test optional so why the OP wants to submit the SAT score? Without submitting the SAT score the girl has a good chance in almost all the schools.

Merit aid, plus colleges can only admit so many TO kids before it affects their USWNR ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused here. Almost all the colleges have gone test optional so why the OP wants to submit the SAT score? Without submitting the SAT score the girl has a good chance in almost all the schools.

Lots of students took the tests in December. Not submitting scores might indicate that DD did not do well as most kids with high scores will submit their scores

[Anonymous]

I bet the college admissions will be more obscure due to covid. Inflated GPA’s (mcps) plus no test scores.