3.4 uw (no APs) & 1300 SAT - where can he get in?
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Anonymous
HAH! |
Anonymous
Would Clemson work with these stats? (Non-engineering/CS) |
Anonymous
Would Clemson work with these stats? (Non engineering/CS) |
Anonymous
Rochester's SAT 25% is 1340 and 3.8 gpa. So no, those stats make Rochester a high REACH school, not a target or safety. You asked for "where can he get in". He might get in at Rochester, but it's not very likely with those stats. |
Anonymous
| Worth looking at the bridge to Clemson - basically a year at CC type thing, with a guarantee into Clemson if grades ok. |
Anonymous
Covid grade inflation in publics. Private schools weren’t as susceptible. It means lower GPAs from privates can get in where they can’t from public. |
Anonymous
| What about some of the west coast SLACs? |
Anonymous
2 yeas ago yes but not now. |
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Anonymous
Your credible evidence/data for this sweeping generalization? But what any one person thinks on this subject doesn't matter -- colleges will see the profile for each applicant's school with overall grade distribution, and will thus know to what extent a particular public OR private has grade inflation. |
Anonymous
Shrug. Get offended if you want, but it’s true that in the last admissions cycle, lower GPAs from privates got in where the same GPA from public didn’t. Colleges looking for rigor know where to look. |
Anonymous
Again, your empirical data for your assertion? Plus, it doesn't matter if, in general, private schools suffer less grade inflation. What matters is the grade distribution in the profile of an individual applicant's high school and how that applicant's GPA falls within it. The admissions offices don't treat all private and all public high schools the same, for goodness sake -- they know which ones give out As like candy and which ones don't. If your kids went to a rigorous private school with no grade inflation, well good for you. But there are plenty of middling privates I would never send my kids to. |
Anonymous
Disagree. Kids in publics are taking APs, getting good grades and 5s on the AP exams. You can shout grade inflation, but the students with the APs & 5 scores reveal that the A was indeed, earned. (and no, I did not pay for my kid to prep for the exams) |
Anonymous
In an UMC public high school, there will of course be multiple high achievers with top grades and many AP courses for cumulative GPAs well above 4.0. And those kids will have earned those GPAs. But even in those schools, there will be plenty of students who aren't taking lots of APs, as well as students who choose not to put forth much effort or otherwise struggle academically. It those in the latter category are still getting As and Bs (i.e., very few kids in the school get a C grade), then yes, there is grade inflation. But even then, what matters is how your kid's GPA falls within the school's overall grade distribution. If the school has overall grade inflation BUT your kid is nonetheless at the top of its grade distribution range, s/he's in good shape. |
Anonymous
Well, we had to pass everyone for the last two years even when they didn't attend school (online or in person). My DS worked his ass off for his two C- grades at his private school. He wasn't cut any slack at all and yet he still ended up with the same grades as kids in my public school who never attended class. I couldn't have picked these students out if they were standing right on front of me. |