Smart kid wants a party/sports school (ugh)- Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, U Florida?

[Anonymous]

OP your title is pretty awful. 1300's not great either.

Pick some safeties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not getting into UCLA with this stats.

Wisconsin is the best academically of the schools listed, but 1300 may still be tough to gain admission.

My 33 ACT big 3 kid was WL at Wisconsin this year.

Omg, you are s**ting me? Hope your kid got into better school. Wow. From Big 3, I would have thought a 28 would get you into Wisconsin. Crazy.

I don’t think he necessarily got into better schools, but definitely equivalent schools in the same ballpark as Wisconsin. Unfortunately, son really wanted Wisconsin. Accepted at Wake Forest, VT, Richmond, Syracuse, Tulane, U Florida. Headed to Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on here will clutch their pearls but Baylor gives good merit aid for kids with your DS' stats. They have huge sports scene, enough parties, and lots of fun traditions. At 14K undergrads it's big enough but not huge.

Excellent for hyper-religious weirdos.

And pearl clutcher #1 has already shown up. DCUM never fails to disappoint.

Read their website. Jesus everywhere. Weird.

Yeah, really weird that a Christian school would include Jesus. In other shocking news, there' a Catholic chapel at Georgetown Univ and they require 2 theology courses as part of their core curriculum. How weird is that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP your title is pretty awful. 1300's not great either.

Pick some safeties.

I don't think there's anything wrong with a parent being concerned that their student is more interested in parties than academics. I feel the same way. "I like X school because it has a great Chem Department" sounds way better to me as a parent than "I like X school because it's got a great party scene." -- signed, a Wisconsin grad who never partied but was super happy there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:not OP but note they said high 1300s, not 1300. But not sure that will make a difference. My kid scored 1380, but didn't submit it when doing applications as he felt it didn't reflect his capabilities (did better on pre-SAT). Still got into Wisconsin. But this past year has been a crazy admission season. Who knows?

I'm not sure Wisconsin as #1 US Party school is really the best fit for him, but figure it is a big school and he is likely to find his people. He has requested a dorm that are NOT considered a loud party dorm. Perhaps your kid will do the same. Fingers crossed, but also knowing transferring out is always an option!

They have come down in the rankings. When I was there, they had an asterisk that they didn't rank professionals.

Just because it is a party school doesn't mean EVERYONE parties all of the time. There are a lot of very serious students there and they all work hard. The town and the college spirit because of the sports are second to none.

Right - no one should mistake “party school” for “slacker school” when it comes to Wisconsin or similarly situated colleges. Wisconsin is the definition of a “Work Hard Play Hard” school. It has a great party scene, but people also take their academics seriously (or else they’ll flunk out).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on here will clutch their pearls but Baylor gives good merit aid for kids with your DS' stats. They have huge sports scene, enough parties, and lots of fun traditions. At 14K undergrads it's big enough but not huge.

Excellent for hyper-religious weirdos.

And pearl clutcher #1 has already shown up. DCUM never fails to disappoint.

Read their website. Jesus everywhere. Weird.

Yeah, really weird that a Christian school would include Jesus. In other shocking news, there' a Catholic chapel at Georgetown Univ and they require 2 theology courses as part of their core curriculum. How weird is that.

At Baylor it’s everywhere on the website. Bizarre.

[Anonymous]

To the poster comparing Baylor and Georgetown for religiosity, you have to be kidding.

[Anonymous]

I know several classmates who got into Purdue last year and the year before with 1200-1300 SAT scores. Pretty cheap for OOS! (w/o merit aid)
- University of Kentucky and Alabama are pretty generous with merit.

[Anonymous]

I went to one of your schools listed and haven't lacked for jobs during my career. Yes it was a party school, but with 50k kids, surely you realize that there's A LOT of students not partying. I personally had the best 4 years of my life, lots of football championships and partied. Still got an excellent education. I would encourage my kids to go to a large state college because there's something for everyone.

BTW, I graduated 10 years ago and no one got in with only a 1300s SAT. I had a 1480 and that was the low end.

[Anonymous]

Really? My neighbor got into Wisconsin and Penn State with a 1260 a few years ago. maybe you were just hanging out with the smart kids? High 1300's is 75th percentile for Penn State, 50th % for the other schools listed-- but high GPA could offset that.

[Anonymous]

My nephew (with good but not grades/test scores) wanted a big sports experience and His parents agreed to send him to any school where he enough aid that the final cost was similar to being in state. He applied to multiple SEC and Big 10 schools to see where he would get the best package. He ended up going to the University of Kentucky honors college, but was also weighing offers with a lot of money for the University of South Carolina, Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? My neighbor got into Wisconsin and Penn State with a 1260 a few years ago. maybe you were just hanging out with the smart kids? High 1300's is 75th percentile for Penn State, 50th % for the other schools listed-- but high GPA could offset that.

Those days are gone - a 1260 won’t cut it at Wisconsin. But kid could now go test optional and get in if GPA is high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? My neighbor got into Wisconsin and Penn State with a 1260 a few years ago. maybe you were just hanging out with the smart kids? High 1300's is 75th percentile for Penn State, 50th % for the other schools listed-- but high GPA could offset that.

My nephew got into penn state last year. He barely scraped through high school with mediocre grades and test scores. His final GPA was just over 3.0 and ACT was 26.

[Anonymous]

Not to state the obvious (surprised no one has mentioned it more than once) but Virginia Tech has a massive alumni network in the DC area, name recognition, sports, great for STEM, etc. I have never lacked for jobs or connections and had such a blast there. Truly don’t know anyone who didn’t love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? My neighbor got into Wisconsin and Penn State with a 1260 a few years ago. maybe you were just hanging out with the smart kids? High 1300's is 75th percentile for Penn State, 50th % for the other schools listed-- but high GPA could offset that.

My nephew got into penn state last year. He barely scraped through high school with mediocre grades and test scores. His final GPA was just over 3.0 and ACT was 26.

Which campus?