So where are the 3.5W students getting in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake, Tulane, Bates, U Miami, WL

DC is at a “Big 3”

Ain't getting into any damn one of those schools with a WEIGHTED 3.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trade schools. HVAC and Plumbing leading the way right now.

Did that make you feel better PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is a CTLC school?

[url]https://ctcl.org/category/college-profiles/

Any mention of these schools on DCUM brings the rabid criticizers out of the woodwork. There are many wonderful schools on this list; I'm not sure why so many DCUMer's love to hate them. It's also amusing that these same people will sometimes criticize CTCL schools while recommending schools like Bard or Denison or Wooster (that are, wait for it, CTCL schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a CTLC school?

[url]https://ctcl.org/category/college-profiles/

Any mention of these schools on DCUM brings the rabid criticizers out of the woodwork. There are many wonderful schools on this list; I'm not sure why so many DCUMer's love to hate them. It's also amusing that these same people will sometimes criticize CTCL schools while recommending schools like Bard or Denison or Wooster (that are, wait for it, CTCL schools).

I admit that I have not read the "Colleges That Change Lives" book. However, some of the "Colleges That Change Lives" schools are expensive and can adversely change lives by causing a ton of debt, if students are borrowing a lot of money to attend and not receiving a lot of aid, merit or otherwise. Yes, this is true whether it's a CTCL school or not; however, look at ROI.

[Anonymous]

The CTCL schools tend to give large merit scholarships

[Anonymous]

It REALLY depends on the high school you are coming from.

[Anonymous]

FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Thank you for sharing! Where are they leaning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Thank you for sharing! Where are they leaning?

So sad. A kid from MA is not getting anywhere close to UMASS with a 3.6w unless they are majoring in underwater basket weaving. They are using the OOS kids for the tuition and screwing the in staters. Sucks all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Thank you for sharing! Where are they leaning?

So sad. A kid from MA is not getting anywhere close to UMASS with a 3.6w unless they are majoring in underwater basket weaving. They are using the OOS kids for the tuition and screwing the in staters. Sucks all around.

Back when a couple of my buddies went there UMASS just required a pulse and the ability to pull student loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Thank you for sharing! Where are they leaning?

It’s between CNU and UNCC. We are going to take a weekend and go walk around both campuses again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these threads on students getting rejected from schools like Vanderbilt, Emory and other big names make me wonder where are the students getting in that have say a 3.5 weighted GPA and 1200 SAT? I have a younger highschooler and this will probably be where she falls.

SEC schools other than Vandy, UF and UGA; CTCL schools; Jesuit schools other than Georgetown and BC; High Point U, the life skillz university.

Don't waste your money on CTCL schools.

Please say more. Do you have children attending any of these schools?

Please don’t feed the trolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Thank you for sharing! Where are they leaning?

It’s between CNU and UNCC. We are going to take a weekend and go walk around both campuses again.

Look forward to hearing your impressions of both. What majors is your child considering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS HS, 3.6w 1230 SAT
No hooks
In at VCU, CNU, UNCC, UMass Amherst, Delaware, UMBC

Waitlisted at VT
Rejected at UMD

Congrats - my Jr. has just a little lower stats and has a very similar list. Crossing fingers!

[Anonymous]

3.4 uw gpa. In at Miami of Ohio, st Joe’s, Marquette, CU Boulder, college of Charleston, UNCC, and Syracuse. Merit at first 3. WL at UVM and penn state.