Where do "B" average Big-3 students go to college?
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Anonymous
| The kids with B averages still have pretty good test scores, either because they’re genetically smart or due to prepping. Plus they have strong curriculums and ECs. So they’re able to push the admissions up above a B school. I think the bottom of the class would be Syracuse, Lehigh, Indiana, UMass. Keep in mind some of the lower grades are the recruited athletes, not at Ivys but anywhere else. |
Anonymous
| I would guess you’d have better luck at SLAC than large public state schools. |
Anonymous
Where has your kid been accepted? |
Anonymous
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GDS Class of 22
Barnard College Bates College Bennington College Boston University Bowdoin College Bowie State University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Carnegie Mellon University Clark Atlanta University Colby College Colgate University Colorado College Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Duke University Fordham University Georgetown University Hamilton College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Indiana University, Bloomington John Cabot University Macalester College Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Middlebury College Morehouse College New York University North Carolina A & T State University Northeastern University Oberlin College Pomona College Princeton University Rice University Savannah College of Art and Design Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College Spelman College St. John’s College Stanford University Syracuse University The College of William and Mary The Ohio State University Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of Cambridge University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Maryland Baltimore County University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of St Andrews University of Toronto University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Williams College Yale University |
Anonymous
Figure the average GPA is a B/B+. Lots of B students going to good schools. There are C students at these private high schools. They are in that college list as well. |
Anonymous
That’s weird, our private school had a student accepted with B average and lower test scores, also 2023. What was major? |
Anonymous
If you are full pay, that is absolutely a factor. |
Anonymous
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This is the full list of NCS 2022.
Average GPA is a B. Virginia Tech Syracuse Bucknell Stanford 2javascript:void(0); Chicago 4 Middlebury Spelman Columbia 3 Pomona UCLA Northeastern Georgetown 2 Colby 2 NYU Colorado College McGill Barnard Harvard William and Mary 3 Miami Charleston Cornell 3 Princeton 2 Drexel 2 Penn Davidson Wake Forest Maryland Florida SMU Texas at Austin San Diego State Michigan Boston College 2 Occidental 2 Hampton Rochester Belmont Brown Tulane 4 Utah Penn State Harvey Mudd Dartmouth Fordham Alabama Carelton |
Anonymous
Not even admitted to Exploratory Studies? Was the GPA below 3.0? In state with a 3.0 from a private high school and 33 ACT, CU Boulder would be a clear safety. Sounds as if CU (like other schools) just hasn't figured out how to manage yield for out of state students since apps increased under the current test optional scenario. |
Anonymous
Wow, you sure sound bitter. |
Anonymous
| Thanks PPs who shared the lists. I think it nicely uses data to contradict the drama we see on this board about students "getting shut out." It appears these kids are landing at great schools and I wish all of them well. |
Anonymous
It will be interesting to see how this year (2023) works out but last year seemed to work out across the board for kids at these school despite some early hiccups. |
Anonymous
pls alphabetize and resend - thx in advance cmon folks! |
Anonymous
This list is STA. I would like to see it absent ALL athletic recruits, not just two that PP clearly deemed to be subpar schools (which is not true). In any event, the average GPA last year was about an 88, so a B+. Straight B is 84 or 85, and I know students in 2023 are not getting into Tulane/Wisconsin/Hamilton, or Wake Forest/Bowdoin, etc. with a B average, even with 1500 SAT/34 ACT. |
Anonymous
Is there a major difference between 2022 and 2023 results at STA? How do you even know since 2023 is still TBD? |