Where can 92/93 GPA St. Albans Student Be Admitted For College?

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

What? No.

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This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

This is nonsense. My kid graduated from STA with very slightly above a 93 and had all grades of A/A-/A+ in high school. Not sure how you think you end up with that GPA with Bs and Cs thrown in. FWIW, STA does not weight grades for advanced classes at all and kids with that GPA are absolutely admitted to UVA.

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Generally if you think you're a competitive applicant and you want to ED you try for Penn/Duke/Columbia for ED1, and if you don't get in you go for Chicago/JHU/Vanderbilt ED2.

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Anonymous wrote:BTW, how and when did Chicago go from being the school for nerdy brainiacs to be the go to choice for rich private school students who can't get into any other top 20 school.

UChicago was widely known as a back up school for NCS and STA students when I attended in the 90s. I think UChicago just really likes STA and NCS. UChicago understands grade deflation and wants nerdy gets who work hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally if you think you're a competitive applicant and you want to ED you try for Penn/Duke/Columbia for ED1, and if you don't get in you go for Chicago/JHU/Vanderbilt

On those stats alone, Penn, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins (which is now exceedingly diverse and merit focused, thanks to Bloomberg's money) aren't happening. I kinda doubt Duke as well. Chicago probably, if the kid is full pay. Definitely Vanderbilt (although why?).

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On those stats alone, Penn, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins (which is now exceedingly diverse and merit focused, thanks to Bloomberg's money) aren't happening. I kinda doubt Duke as well. Chicago probably, if the kid is full pay. Definitely Vanderbilt (although why?).

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.

+1. Some people (mamas) simply cannot accept the fact that all schools - including Ivys- don’t fall all over themselves when they see a kid coming out of STA. They are in for a rude awakening.

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If a really strong narrative is crafted it's possible to pull a Columbia, Duke, or Penn in ED with a healthy dose of luck as well. Otherwise maybe aim slightly lower.

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Anonymous wrote:If a really strong narrative is crafted it's possible to pull a Columbia, Duke, or Penn in ED with a healthy dose of luck as well. Otherwise maybe aim slightly lower.

Right. Make up something really good.

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Anonymous wrote:BTW, how and when did Chicago go from being the school for nerdy brainiacs to be the go to choice for rich private school students who can't get into any other top 20 school.

UChicago was widely known as a back up school for NCS and STA students when I attended in the 90s. I think UChicago just really likes STA and NCS. UChicago understands grade deflation and wants nerdy gets who work hard.

It is not just STA and NCS kids, even in NYC UChicago it the choice for kids in privates who don't have the stats for Ivies. Top students from NYC privates don't apply or go there. The above average to average kids go there but they have to apply ED. Nondorf himself comes to the high schools and tells kids to apply ED if they want to be accepted. Looks like they want to beef up their endowment and figured that getting these kids is a good long term strategy.

What’s harder to get into?

Northwestern ED or UChicago ED2??

Northwestern ED is harder to get into.

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Anonymous wrote:If a really strong narrative is crafted it's possible to pull a Columbia, Duke, or Penn in ED with a healthy dose of luck as well. Otherwise maybe aim slightly lower.

Right. Make up something really good.

Maybe an essay on squandering one's privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.

+1. Some people (mamas) simply cannot accept the fact that all schools - including Ivys- don’t fall all over themselves when they see a kid coming out of STA. They are in for a rude awakening.

My unhooked kid is waking up every morning at Princeton. It’s a tough life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

?
I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.

+1. Some people (mamas) simply cannot accept the fact that all schools - including Ivys- don’t fall all over themselves when they see a kid coming out of STA. They are in for a rude awakening.

My unhooked kid is waking up every morning at Princeton. It’s a tough life.

With a 92? I'm guessing no.

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Yup that could happen
92/93 is a very good GOA at STA

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