B Students at St Albans and NCS - where end up?

[Anonymous]

^^^agree with this poster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 3.7 from my HS was an A- average. Is that what we're talking about? If so, I was unhooked, but with a perfect 2400 SAT, and got into one of HYP early with that GPA (which put me at just below the top 1/3rd of my class, for context). I had other good things on my resume, obviously, but nothing that would remotely qualify as a "hook." (White female with lawyer parents from NYC.)

A 3.7, perfect Sats, no hooks won't get you into HYP today. You'd be very lucky to get into one top 10, and two or three more in the 10-25 range.

I just graduated. I realize it gets harder every year, but the process has not changed entirely in 5 years. I thought I wouldn't get into HYP to be honest, but my guidance counselor approved my list of H/Y/P, H/Y/P, Brown, MIT, UChicago and Michigan without concern (we're only allowed to apply to 5 privates), so clearly didn't share your doom and gloom philosophy. I came from a very competitive HS that sends about 15-20 to HYPS every year, FWIW.

Which school limits your applications to only 5 private colleges?

Our oldest child's (2015) private school limited their total number of college applications to six for most students, and seven or eight only for students on the bubble.

How the hell can I school limit the number of colleges a student applies to?

[Anonymous]

Tulane. Tulane. Tulane

[Anonymous]

William and Mary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS.

At STA, for those with 3.5, WM is a "foundation" (i.e., safety).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS.

At STA, for those with 3.5, WM is a "foundation" (i.e., safety).

Until you post a screenshot of the STA naviance scattergram for WM, I'm going to say you are lying, or delusional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The 3.7 thread was very sobering. Where do the B students at the Cathedral schools end up?

There is no such thing as a B student at these schools-oh my how dare you

Haven't read the rest of the thread but wanted to add that I got into Georgetown, penn, and Amherst with a 3.66 from NCS. No hooks at all, just strong essays and a bunch of interesting extracurriculars. Nobody has graduated with a 4.0 in the last few decades so there's none of this 5.3 weighted bs to deal with.

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Anonymous wrote:The 3.7 thread was very sobering. Where do the B students at the Cathedral schools end up?

There is no such thing as a B student at these schools-oh my how dare you

Haven't read the rest of the thread but wanted to add that I got into Georgetown, penn, and Amherst with a 3.66 from NCS. No hooks at all, just strong essays and a bunch of interesting extracurriculars. Nobody has graduated with a 4.0 in the last few decades so there's none of this 5.3 weighted bs to deal with.[/quote

Should add this was in 2012

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The 3.7 thread was very sobering. Where do the B students at the Cathedral schools end up?

There is no such thing as a B student at these schools-oh my how dare you

Haven't read the rest of the thread but wanted to add that I got into Georgetown, penn, and Amherst with a 3.66 from NCS. No hooks at all, just strong essays and a bunch of interesting extracurriculars. Nobody has graduated with a 4.0 in the last few decades so there's none of this 5.3 weighted bs to deal with.

5.3 weighted BS isn't a thing anyway. Colleges always look at unweighted averages. However, many of the top colleges have their own, proprietary weighting schemes (they give your A in rock climbing a lower weight than your A in AP Calc B/C).

[Anonymous]

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William and Mary

3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS.

At STA, for those with 3.5, WM is a "foundation" (i.e., safety).

Until you post a screenshot of the STA naviance scattergram for WM, I'm going to say you are lying, or delusional.

Agree. Take a look at the average GPA for incoming freshmen. A 3.5 won't cut it, not even from your snooty private school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
William and Mary

3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS.

At STA, for those with 3.5, WM is a "foundation" (i.e., safety).

Until you post a screenshot of the STA naviance scattergram for WM, I'm going to say you are lying, or delusional.

Agree. Take a look at the average GPA for incoming freshmen. A 3.5 won't cut it, not even from your snooty private school.

I'm the poster who said 3.5 and above to realistically get into W&M from NCS. I also had a son at STA. W&M is not a safety school for 3.5 STA students. W&M is a match school for both STA and NCS 3.5 students.

[Anonymous]

3.5 is an A-/B+ average. 3.0 is B.

[Anonymous]

My son who has since graduated from college was wait listed at Michigan and Wake Forest, got into both eventually and graduated from Wake Forest. A solid B student who is well rounded at a highly rigorous school stands a decent change to attend a top school, don't let anyone tell you otherwise (no hooks here either).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son who has since graduated from college was wait listed at Michigan and Wake Forest, got into both eventually and graduated from Wake Forest. A solid B student who is well rounded at a highly rigorous school stands a decent change to attend a top school, don't let anyone tell you otherwise (no hooks here either).

Two points: One, it really depends on what a "solid B student" means. There is a big difference in admission results nowadays between a 3.0 and 3.5. Two, the "nowadays" part is important. If your son has already graduated from college, then presumably he was admitted 5 or more years ago. Things have gotten more competitive since then.

In any event, it is great that he had such wonderful choices!