Which school for this kid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:W&M

This is your answer. Second option GWU.

Disagree. W&M takes top students, not "average" (OPs own assertion). Last year's incoming class at the 75th percentile (where you should be if not hooked) had a 1520, a 34 and a weighted GPA of 4.53. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Last year from my kid’s FCPS HS (which DCUM would regard as lower-tier) the average weighted gpa was 4.3 and the average test score was 1380 for W&M accepted kids (and there were a LOT of them). Those are good students but not what DCUM would call “top students” I am sure.

Ok that's not a good high school. Too much grade inflation.
Im sorry.

WTF are you babbling about? Did you see what I was replying to? The PP said the incoming class at W&M had a 75th percentile gpa of 4.53. And, as it happens, the median gpa is 4.36, which is exactly the average weighted gpa of the kids who got into W&M from my kid's HS.

My kid's HS is exactly in line with what you'd expect from W&M admissions stats. If my kid's HS is "not good" because it has "too much grade inflation" then every single high school from which W&M accepted kids last year is also "not good" and has "too much grade inflation".

Idiot.

See that our "babbling idiot" poster is back.

Very persuasive poster who thinks that insulting others is the way to establish superiority.

To the "babbling idiot" who uses these terms in each of his posts: Why not wait until you reach puberty before posting ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:W&M

This is your answer. Second option GWU.

Again, OP needs to check their own school's stats.
W&M and GW and 3.4 schools from our DC private.

100%
The suggestions made here are for public school kids. Very different beast.

Agree.

This is the most reasonable post in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.8 GPA (which is about avg) at top tier nyc private. 1480 SAT/34 ACT. Debater. Leadership in clubs. Worked summer jobs (this part is kinda interesting). Outgoing and popular but not athletic - concerned about being left out at smaller SLACs with highest # of athletes. Good writer.

No honors or awards.

Humanities - history/philosophy/politics. Movie buff. Maybe wants to teach or law school.

East coast preferred but open.
Size 2k-10k

Full pay if need be.

Okay w ED. He knows the GPA is not great - 9th grade was rough and improved (some) - and he has no
passion project etc

OP: Is your son okay at an ultra liberal school such as Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin, etc. ?

Is he okay attending a school with a dominant religion (as BC & Tulane & Fordham have been suggested by other posters) ?

If worried about being left out at SLACs because he is not athletic, then his preferred school size should be increased from 2,000 to 10,000 students to 3,000 or more students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the generally accepted definition of a "target" school is one where the applicant has a 30-70% chance of admission. Does anyone seriously think OP's kid has either a lower than 30% or higher than 70% chance of admission at W&M?

Oh, was she looking for targets? Not reaches?

Who cares? Is there a better fit for this kid than W&M? People who "reach" for worse fits are living the wrong life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3.8 GPA (which is about avg) at top tier nyc private. 1480 SAT/34 ACT. Debater. Leadership in clubs. Worked summer jobs (this part is kinda interesting). Outgoing and popular but not athletic - concerned about being left out at smaller SLACs with highest # of athletes. Good writer.

No honors or awards.

Humanities - history/philosophy/politics. Movie buff. Maybe wants to teach or law school.

East coast preferred but open.
Size 2k-10k

Full pay if need be.

Okay w ED. He knows the GPA is not great - 9th grade was rough and improved (some) - and he has no
passion project etc

Is he okay attending a school with a dominant religion (as BC & Tulane & Fordham have been suggested by other posters) ?

Frankly I'm skeptical that anyone even notices the "dominant religion" at Catholic colleges.

How many kids regularly go to Mass at these schools? How many kids say Grace before a meal in the dining hall?

[Anonymous]

Know of kids from son’s class who got in ed to Emory, BC & Wake with what I’m guessing were similar profiles to your child. Best of luck.