Help DC Identify Realistic Target and Safety Schools

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Anonymous wrote:What high level sports are at Cornell and Vanderbilt?

Isn’t Vanderbilt SEC and D1?

Yes. Nashville is a very popular destination for Georgia and Alabama fans looking for an easy road win in a fun city.

But to Op's original post, I didn't see any ECs besides three sport non-recruitable athlete. I think Duke, Northwestern, Vandy, and Cornell were mentioned as likely choices for an ED app. Definitely check your high school's recent history with those colleges before using the ED card. Every applicant at those schools has similar or better stats. Be realistic with ED.

Unless interested in engineering, I think Boston College might be a good target/reach. Also Wake Forest and Lehigh. Would seriously consider applying ED to those schools.

For matches/safeties, look at the honors colleges at public universities. Can get an excellent education at a fun, big sport school and perhaps get some merit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This profile just doesn’t exist. Maybe Syracuse?

I think Syracuse is a good option!

+1
Proud Syracuse grad🍊

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What high level sports are at Cornell and Vanderbilt?

Cornell ice hockey

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest, William and Mary

These are targets for some, not safeties for anyone.

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Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

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University of Tulsa. Strong programs in cybersecurity and engineering, small college of 4,000 students and in the middle of Tulsa. If you never been to Tulsa, it's quite surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

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Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

DP: Not according to their data set. Only 26% submit SAT scores (22% submit ACT, the rest go test optional) and the median score is 1450. OP's kid has 1530, which is well above the 75%ile. Only 67% of students are in the top 10% of their class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

DP: Not according to their data set. Only 26% submit SAT scores (22% submit ACT, the rest go test optional) and the median score is 1450. OP's kid has 1530, which is well above the 75%ile. Only 67% of students are in the top 10% of their class.

Test scores don’t carry much weight. GPA needs to be over 75th percentile to be competitive if unhooked.

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Target: 30%-50% acceptance rate
Safety: 60%+ acceptance rate

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Op wants Big sports school….and people recommend Case, Rochester, W&M.

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Anonymous wrote:U of Miami is a target/likely with those stats, in a suburb near Miami, mid-size, good culture for sports.

Might also look at Tulane as a likely with a lot of demonstrated interest. Richmond and Davidson if willing to go smaller. All are tricky at RD, though, so I’d definitely target some larger public universities that are less likely to yield protect a high stats applicant.

Pp here - I meant to write Target, not likely. But analysis still holds. Yield protection will be a big problem. But worth letting them know you’d attend if admitted (if true) when it gets to that stage.

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Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

DP: Not according to their data set. Only 26% submit SAT scores (22% submit ACT, the rest go test optional) and the median score is 1450. OP's kid has 1530, which is well above the 75%ile. Only 67% of students are in the top 10% of their class.

Ok, so approximately 70 percent of kids are in the top 10 percent of the class according to your data.Name a local public school where a 3.8 is in the top 10 percent? At our private known for rigor, it takes a 3.7 minimum for Wake.

Wake doesn’t care much about test scores, they were test optional long before Covid. They care much more about gpa and leadership. Lots of kids who were all school or class presidents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

DP: Not according to their data set. Only 26% submit SAT scores (22% submit ACT, the rest go test optional) and the median score is 1450. OP's kid has 1530, which is well above the 75%ile. Only 67% of students are in the top 10% of their class.

Ok, so approximately 70 percent of kids are in the top 10 percent of the class according to your data.Name a local public school where a 3.8 is in the top 10 percent? At our private known for rigor, it takes a 3.7 minimum for Wake.

Wake doesn’t care much about test scores, they were test optional long before Covid. They care much more about gpa and leadership. Lots of kids who were all school or class presidents.

OP’s kid has a 3.98.

I agree 3.8 would be different.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lehigh alumna here. Also thought of Lehigh, Bucknell, Tulane, Wake and Lafayette. He will need to visit and show a lot of interest for Lehigh and Wake or they may decline because his stats are so high. What about UVA and UNC-CH?

His stats aren’t high for Wake, particularly coming from a public school. Right around median.

DP: Not according to their data set. Only 26% submit SAT scores (22% submit ACT, the rest go test optional) and the median score is 1450. OP's kid has 1530, which is well above the 75%ile. Only 67% of students are in the top 10% of their class.

Ok, so approximately 70 percent of kids are in the top 10 percent of the class according to your data.Name a local public school where a 3.8 is in the top 10 percent? At our private known for rigor, it takes a 3.7 minimum for Wake.

Wake doesn’t care much about test scores, they were test optional long before Covid. They care much more about gpa and leadership. Lots of kids who were all school or class presidents.

OP’s kid has a 3.98.

I agree 3.8 would be different.

OP has a 3.98 *unweighted* which is likely top 1% at any school. With number of APs this would be a weighted 4.5. Their scores and GPA are high for Wake, but I don't think so high they would be yield protected. A lot of public schools only report weighted (because there is more variability in course rigor at a public and someone could take very easy gen-ed courses and get As in them and have achieved far less than someone who took APs and got Bs).