Target schools for high SAT and B+ GPA?
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Anonymous
| What schools would you consider targets for a white male with a 1460 new SAT score, B+ gpa, and few extracurriculars? |
Anonymous
| Plug it into the computer and see what comes up. |
Anonymous
| Public or private? ECs? |
Anonymous
Public school, EC's are model congress and autism awareness club. Will have 4 or 5 AP's total. |
Anonymous
| not enough info op. maybe instate flagship or one step down. |
Anonymous
The student is interested in business or possibly engineering and seems to be fine with the idea of attending medium to large sized schools. |
Anonymous
| UVA |
Anonymous
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Tulane, Colgate, Wake Forest, Miami of Ohio, South Carolina, VA Tech, S. Carolina, Penn State, U GA, Alabama, Union College, Bucknell, Lehigh, College of Charleston, Clemson, Northeastern, Denison, Dickinson, Boston U, Elon, U of Richmond, JMU, Gettysburg.... |
Anonymous
| Not the OP, but what does it signal to schools when a student has a very high SAT score and more regular grades and extracurricular activities (no offense OP!)? |
Anonymous
| B+ average could be viewed as pretty good or really not great, depending on the high school. |
Anonymous
It signals a great intellect, who is not a teacher-pleaser, if appropriately reflected in the essay and recommendations. |
Anonymous
Or a kid who tests well, or a kid who prepped a ton for the SAT, or a kid who doesn't work to his/her potential in school - in short it depends. |
Anonymous
Nope. |
Anonymous
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My white male kid was similar (slightly higher test score) and got into F&M, Dickinson, Case Western, Lehigh, Hamilton. All gave about $20K/year in aid/grants.
If our experience can help inform anyone, it's that a kid can do fine with these stats but won't necessarily get super generous FA unless you go a tier or two down. |
Anonymous
$20k in merit aid isn't super generous? That actually seems pretty high to me. |