It's a crapshoot! Got in stories.

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I know my kid has high scores and a good/unique EC but the GPA is not perfect - and I am worried about how they will stack up against kids with 4.8 from public AND the other high achievers at our school. My school recommended some reaches and I am worried its a waste of time. SO hearing it worked out for some kids is fantastic.

This is fascinating. Your school - which you said in an earlier post is GDS - has already had the CC office give juniors a list of recommended colleges, broken down by category ("reaches")? By February of JUNIOR year? Really??

I find that fascinating, because at DC's school down Wisconsin Ave, the CC office is very clear that they won't meet with juniors 1:1 in the winter. General pointers and access to resources, okay. But 1:1 meetings with juniors to formulate a targeted list, during a frantic period where many seniors are still working out admissions? Nope.

Do all 125 GDS juniors get these personalized meetings with CC before they have their 2nd semester grades? Do parents attend the meetings too?

I don’t think this is that unusual. DD has already had initial meeting with CC at NCS and our parent meeting is scheduled for March. The schedule is not really different than that at GDS. There is not much to do for the Seniors once Apps are in and they are waiting for decisions.

Actually there are still some things for seniors to finish. They have LOCI to write for the deferred schools or sending updated info to schools since January applications were done. Our CC office has been busy with seniors who are still working on this.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian male
SAT 1560
unweighted GPA 4.0
weighted GPA 4.9
admitted to UMD honor CS & GeorgiaTech CS

Great result, and congratulations, but not a crapshoot! Those are great stats!!

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean GT is a crapshoot? What does crapshoot even mean in admissions? TIA for the education.

GT doesn’t market to drive up their application numbers and artificially lower their acceptance rate. They are a tough engineering school and their pool of applicants is pretty self-selecting and highly qualified. Check out the GT thread on Reddit. They turned down lots of kids with very high stats (e.g., 1550+ SATs). I know an in-state legacy with a 3.9 UW and 34 ACT that got deferred.

Yeah, I can confirm this. My son was rejected with a 3.9/4.4 1560, tons of APs and impressive ECs. It was a surprise and makes us fear ivy day. My son is in the top 10 kids of a 3500 kid school and is having a hard time in admissions. It's unreal.

GT turned down my very high stats kid, but she got accepted to another T10 college, so don't despair. It will work out. GT is tough.

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Anonymous wrote:3.3 28 ACT private school and full pay fwiw

In at Penn State, Clemson, which were both surprises. A bunch of other schools too but were a little more in range.

It's Penn State and Clemson. Not a surprise.

Don’t be an ass. Do you feel better trying to put down my child who is very happy about his acceptances? Good grief. I need to get off these boards.

Congrats! I’m from PA and it was very hard to get into PSU main campus even 20 years ago. I was one of 3 that got into main campus from my graduating class and 25+ kids went to PSU satellite schools. PSU was where I met my best friends, my husband, had the best experiences of my life. Happy Valley is truly the most special place. Good luck to your kid deciding!

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Anonymous wrote:In at Clemson which was a reach. 3.2 and 1000 SAT but did not include in application. DC private. We are thrilled. It was a total surprise. Rejected at many schools and in at a few.

Congrats!!

Thanks so much! We are thrilled since it was a reach. I guess it can happen. Lots of mean people on this forum so I do appreciate your congrats.

Pay no heed to the people who think they know what goes on in the heads of Admissions officers. Unless you work in Admissions, it is exceedingly hard to know what the process is. Clemson is great!

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Anonymous wrote:3.3 28 ACT private school and full pay fwiw

In at Penn State, Clemson, which were both surprises. A bunch of other schools too but were a little more in range.

It's Penn State and Clemson. Not a surprise.

Don’t be an ass. Do you feel better trying to put down my child who is very happy about his acceptances? Good grief. I need to get off these boards.

Congrats! I’m from PA and it was very hard to get into PSU main campus even 20 years ago. I was one of 3 that got into main campus from my graduating class and 25+ kids went to PSU satellite schools. PSU was where I met my best friends, my husband, had the best experiences of my life. Happy Valley is truly the most special place. Good luck to your kid deciding!

Second this! Only the top kids in my PA high school got main campus.

Clemson is wonderful too and outside DCUM, people know this. Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:Asian girl
Upper Middle Class
solid EC, but nothing national and no major awards
No hooks
high GPA
strong SAT (NM semifinalist)
but very round, not pointy, so its such a rarity to get in.

Princeton, early.

Thanks for sharing.

PPP, Why do you think your DD got in? She sounds like dozens of other high stats kids without hooks. She's not really a "crapshoot" with high GPA and NMSF. More like she won the lottery.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian girl
Upper Middle Class
solid EC, but nothing national and no major awards
No hooks
high GPA
strong SAT (NM semifinalist)
but very round, not pointy, so its such a rarity to get in.

Princeton, early.

Thanks for sharing.

PPP, Why do you think your DD got in? She sounds like dozens of other high stats kids without hooks. She's not really a "crapshoot" with high GPA and NMSF. More like she won the lottery.

I’m the OP of this post. I think my DD is incredibly sparkly and charismatic (mother’s bias here) so even though she’s not pointy and has no hooks, she’s just a very memorable person. So perhaps her letters reflected that? Or maybe her interview? But her stats are perfect so she was not starting out at zero. More like she started out at 95/100 and luck and sparkle got her the other 5 points. Who knows!

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Where are the actual crapshoot stories??

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the actual crapshoot stories??

Right? Apparently no one hear looked up the definition.

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1550/ 4.5, Eagle Scout, Captain of Basketball team, and more. Deferred at MIT and UVa, wait listed VT, in at GMU.

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Anonymous wrote:1550/ 4.5, Eagle Scout, Captain of Basketball team, and more. Deferred at MIT and UVa, wait listed VT, in at GMU.

This is not a crapshoot.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the actual crapshoot stories??

Right? Apparently no one hear looked up the definition.

Haha, owning the typo, hear should be here

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Anonymous wrote:3.3 28 ACT private school and full pay fwiw

In at Penn State, Clemson, which were both surprises. A bunch of other schools too but were a little more in range.

That is wonderful. But what else? Lots of other things come into play outside of stats - and I suspect there is another shoe to drop. A true crapshoot would be these stats and really - the kicker is no other hook.

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Anonymous wrote:1550/ 4.5, Eagle Scout, Captain of Basketball team, and more. Deferred at MIT and UVa, wait listed VT, in at GMU.

This is not a crapshoot.

Got into GMU!!! Let me guess, Asian male.