Where do "B" average Big-3 students go to college?

[Anonymous]

Compare Tulane's ED and RD admit rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the full list of NCS 2022.
Average GPA is a B.

Virginia Tech
Syracuse
Bucknell
Stanford 2javascript:void(0);
Chicago 4
Middlebury
Spelman
Columbia 3
Pomona
UCLA
Northeastern
Georgetown 2
Colby 2
NYU
Colorado College
McGill
Barnard
Harvard
William and Mary 3
Miami
Charleston
Cornell 3
Princeton 2
Drexel 2
Penn
Davidson
Wake Forest
Maryland
Florida
SMU
Texas at Austin
San Diego State
Michigan
Boston College 2
Occidental 2
Hampton
Rochester
Belmont
Brown
Tulane 4
Utah
Penn State
Harvey Mudd
Dartmouth
Fordham
Alabama
Carelton

pls alphabetize and resend - thx in advance

cmon folks!

NP. Just do it yourself in Excel.

[Anonymous]

Not in DC but here are a few matriculation lists from California schools that are comparable to the Big 3 and that will have a lot of B students. Harker in particular will have a lot of B students because it does not grade inflate and is notoriously difficult in STEM (probably one of the most competitive STEM schools in the country). These lists are West Coast focused, but it might be helpful to you anyhow.

https://www.harker.org/upper-school/support-services/college-counseling/college-acceptances
https://www.hw.com/about/HW-at-a-Glance/Matriculation
https://www.college-prep.org/list-detail?pk=75495

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are last year's admits from one of these schools. Average GPA is no higher than a B+ and probably more like a straight B.
And yet almost every kid is into a competitive college.

They make a large difference in admissions for the kids who would not have been at the top of the class in public.
Those kids probably have worse outcomes from private. The rest have better.


Amherst 3
Arizona State
Bates
Boston College 2
Brigham Young
Berkeley
Chicago 11
Claremont McKenna
Colby
Colgate
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Davidson
Duke 2
Elizabeth City State (Sports)
Emory
Florida
Grinnell
Hamilton 2
Harvard 2
Howard
Macalester
Morehouse 2
Mt St. Mary's (Sports)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn
Penn State
Pomona
Princeton 2
Richmond
St. Andrews
Sewanee (Sports)
USC
SMU
Syracuse
Tulane
Naval Academy
Vanderbilt
UVA 3
Wake Forest 2
Wesleyan 2
Whittier
William and Mary
Wisconsin 2
Yale 5

This is STA's 2022 list. Don't be fooled. Most students are not straight B students, they are A students with a few Bs (3.7-4.0). Straight B students (3.0-3.5) are not getting into top 50 or even top 100 schools. This year STA students have been rejected from a good number of schools and students and parents are shocked. Basically top A students are getting into top schools, but everyone else does just as well as kids from other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our Big 3 many of the B students went to UMiami, Tulane, Northeastern, Colgate, Colby.

Not anymore. A solid B student would be lucky to get into CU Boulder these days.

Did things change this year (2023?)
Because they were getting in last year (2022).

How do you even know since decisions aren't all out yet?

EA Boulder is out. A students getting in, not straight B students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are last year's admits from one of these schools. Average GPA is no higher than a B+ and probably more like a straight B.
And yet almost every kid is into a competitive college.

They make a large difference in admissions for the kids who would not have been at the top of the class in public.
Those kids probably have worse outcomes from private. The rest have better.


Amherst 3
Arizona State
Bates
Boston College 2
Brigham Young
Berkeley
Chicago 11
Claremont McKenna
Colby
Colgate
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Davidson
Duke 2
Elizabeth City State (Sports)
Emory
Florida
Grinnell
Hamilton 2
Harvard 2
Howard
Macalester
Morehouse 2
Mt St. Mary's (Sports)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn
Penn State
Pomona
Princeton 2
Richmond
St. Andrews
Sewanee (Sports)
USC
SMU
Syracuse
Tulane
Naval Academy
Vanderbilt
UVA 3
Wake Forest 2
Wesleyan 2
Whittier
William and Mary
Wisconsin 2
Yale 5

This is STA's 2022 list. Don't be fooled. Most students are not straight B students, they are A students with a few Bs (3.7-4.0). Straight B students (3.0-3.5) are not getting into top 50 or even top 100 schools. This year STA students have been rejected from a good number of schools and students and parents are shocked. Basically top A students are getting into top schools, but everyone else does just as well as kids from other schools.

last year everyone but about 5 kids matriculated to top 50 schools. Were there no Kids under a 3.7 last year? Or are admissions this year vastly harder? where is the disconnect?

[Anonymous]

B students from STA getting rejected from schools like Wake, Tulane, UVM, etc. Things have changed. If you are a B student you have to look lower on the list or hope your school has a good connection with an admissions office at SLAC. Colleges are overwhelmed with applications and often (especially at the larger popular schools) eliminate first round based on GPA. Kids are competing against public school kids with straight As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From our Big 3 many of the B students went to UMiami, Tulane, Northeastern, Colgate, Colby.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are last year's admits from one of these schools. Average GPA is no higher than a B+ and probably more like a straight B.
And yet almost every kid is into a competitive college.

They make a large difference in admissions for the kids who would not have been at the top of the class in public.
Those kids probably have worse outcomes from private. The rest have better.


Amherst 3
Arizona State
Bates
Boston College 2
Brigham Young
Berkeley
Chicago 11
Claremont McKenna
Colby
Colgate
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Davidson
Duke 2
Elizabeth City State (Sports)
Emory
Florida
Grinnell
Hamilton 2
Harvard 2
Howard
Macalester
Morehouse 2
Mt St. Mary's (Sports)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn
Penn State
Pomona
Princeton 2
Richmond
St. Andrews
Sewanee (Sports)
USC
SMU
Syracuse
Tulane
Naval Academy
Vanderbilt
UVA 3
Wake Forest 2
Wesleyan 2
Whittier
William and Mary
Wisconsin 2
Yale 5

This is STA's 2022 list. Don't be fooled. Most students are not straight B students, they are A students with a few Bs (3.7-4.0). Straight B students (3.0-3.5) are not getting into top 50 or even top 100 schools. This year STA students have been rejected from a good number of schools and students and parents are shocked. Basically top A students are getting into top schools, but everyone else does just as well as kids from other schools.

last year everyone but about 5 kids matriculated to top 50 schools. Were there no Kids under a 3.7 last year? Or are admissions this year vastly harder? where is the disconnect?

More than 5 of those schools are below top 50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:B students from STA getting rejected from schools like Wake, Tulane, UVM, etc. Things have changed. If you are a B student you have to look lower on the list or hope your school has a good connection with an admissions office at SLAC. Colleges are overwhelmed with applications and often (especially at the larger popular schools) eliminate first round based on GPA. Kids are competing against public school kids with straight As.

But aren't there quite a few B students? Someone posted up thread that last year's average GPA was 88. that means 1/2 the class had a B+ or lower GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GDS Class of 22

Barnard College
Bates College
Bennington College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowie State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark Atlanta University
Colby College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Indiana University, Bloomington
John Cabot University
Macalester College
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
McGill University
Middlebury College
Morehouse College
New York University
North Carolina A & T
State University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Savannah College
of Art and Design
Scripps College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Spelman College
St. John’s College
Stanford University
Syracuse University
The College of William and Mary
The Ohio State University
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of California, Davis
University of California,
Los Angeles
University of Cambridge
University of Chicago
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of St Andrews
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Villanova University
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University
Washington University
in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University

Figure the average GPA is a B/B+.

Lots of B students going to good schools.

There are C students at these private high schools. They are in that college list as well.

How many are recruited athletes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are last year's admits from one of these schools. Average GPA is no higher than a B+ and probably more like a straight B.
And yet almost every kid is into a competitive college.

They make a large difference in admissions for the kids who would not have been at the top of the class in public.
Those kids probably have worse outcomes from private. The rest have better.


Amherst 3
Arizona State
Bates
Boston College 2
Brigham Young
Berkeley
Chicago 11
Claremont McKenna
Colby
Colgate
Cornell 2
Dartmouth 2
Davidson
Duke 2
Elizabeth City State (Sports)
Emory
Florida
Grinnell
Hamilton 2
Harvard 2
Howard
Macalester
Morehouse 2
Mt St. Mary's (Sports)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn
Penn State
Pomona
Princeton 2
Richmond
St. Andrews
Sewanee (Sports)
USC
SMU
Syracuse
Tulane
Naval Academy
Vanderbilt
UVA 3
Wake Forest 2
Wesleyan 2
Whittier
William and Mary
Wisconsin 2
Yale 5

This is STA's 2022 list. Don't be fooled. Most students are not straight B students, they are A students with a few Bs (3.7-4.0). Straight B students (3.0-3.5) are not getting into top 50 or even top 100 schools. This year STA students have been rejected from a good number of schools and students and parents are shocked. Basically top A students are getting into top schools, but everyone else does just as well as kids from other schools.

last year everyone but about 5 kids matriculated to top 50 schools. Were there no Kids under a 3.7 last year? Or are admissions this year vastly harder? where is the disconnect?

More than 5 of those schools are below top 50.

You have about 5 above 50 plus the random sports recruit schools plus the HBCUs and BYU (niche choices)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our Big 3 many of the B students went to UMiami, Tulane, Northeastern, Colgate, Colby.

Not anymore. A solid B student would be lucky to get into CU Boulder these days.

Did things change this year (2023?)
Because they were getting in last year (2022).

How do you even know since decisions aren't all out yet?

NP. This is true. My B student at a big3 with a 33 ACT was rejected from Boulder this year (2023).

Not even admitted to Exploratory Studies? Was the GPA below 3.0?

In state with a 3.0 from a private high school and 33 ACT, CU Boulder would be a clear safety. Sounds as if CU (like other schools) just hasn't figured out how to manage yield for out of state students since apps increased under the current test optional scenario.

Flat out rejected. Not offered Exploratory Studies. Did not apply to a competitive entry major. We heard through a parent in another state with a similar result that this year Boulder ran the apps through some sort of AI screening system initially and maybe that is why there are a lot of unexpected rejections. Seems like a weird rumor though. Two other classmates (one with a higher gpa) were also rejected. Pretty sure Boulder has never rejected anyone from our school in the last 5 years, so it was a definite shock!

[Anonymous]

We can revisit when results are final but I suspect final lists will look similar to last years despite the doomsayers.

[Anonymous]

Arizona State
BYU
Elizabeth City State
Howard
Morehouse
Mt. ST Mary's
Penn State
Sewanee
SMU
Syracuse
Whittier
and some of the other liberal arts schools could be considered lower as well.