Top Stats students that had difficult admissions last year

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Anonymous wrote:My high stats nephew applying for Chemistry (white male) with a 3.9 UW GPA and 35 ACT along with some great ECs (including paid research) did not get into a single UC they applied to (7 of them).

This is why people should want schools to require test scores. Your nephew looked like every other applicant because the UCs never saw the 35 ACT. That score sets him apart from the all the other kids with 3.9 GPAs (and there are a lot of them). Oh well.

Wrong. 35 ACT did not help my kid one bit.

And it definitely didn't hurt. Your kid was rejected for other reasons. 35 is outstanding and should alway be submitted

So wait. Is the 35 a critical differentiator or not?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

Thank you, that is helpful

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My high stats nephew applying for Chemistry (white male) with a 3.9 UW GPA and 35 ACT along with some great ECs (including paid research) did not get into a single UC they applied to (7 of them).

This is why people should want schools to require test scores. Your nephew looked like every other applicant because the UCs never saw the 35 ACT. That score sets him apart from the all the other kids with 3.9 GPAs (and there are a lot of them). Oh well.

Wrong. 35 ACT did not help my kid one bit.

And it definitely didn't hurt. Your kid was rejected for other reasons. 35 is outstanding and should alway be submitted

So wait. Is the 35 a critical differentiator or not?

No just saying that it does not set you apart like the PP said. The kids with low scored just go TO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

Where did he end up going? Enjoying this thread as I always wonder if we did something wrong. Hopefully this gives 2024 parents a more realistic view.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

The UVA wL is annoying because it’s an in state option but otherwise I don’t see this as a disappointing outcome at all. Those are great schools. The Ivies are long shots for anyone and NEU has become bizarrely popular.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

The UVA wL is annoying because it’s an in state option but otherwise I don’t see this as a disappointing outcome at all. Those are great schools. The Ivies are long shots for anyone and NEU has become bizarrely popular.

PP. Thank you. Of course his initial first and second choices were NEU and UVA. I think it turned out very well and is all but forgotten now. Hard to complain about choices! (Sorry. I misinterpreted the thread topic.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

The UVA wL is annoying because it’s an in state option but otherwise I don’t see this as a disappointing outcome at all. Those are great schools. The Ivies are long shots for anyone and NEU has become bizarrely popular.

He would have gotten in to NE no problem ED, they yield protect in RD, and take most of their class ED.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HS Teacher

My top students with multiple waitlists/rejections were all asian males. They ended up at (good) state schools but by and large were rejected by privates.

raise hand.. that was my CS Asian male. Very high stats. Now at a state flagship with merit.

This country revels in discrimination against Asians.

Every top school in this country is packed to the gills with Asian students.

Asians are waaayyy over represented at the best schools and STEM programs. The problem is a numbers one: there are enough Asians here and abroad who want to study at America’s top schools and STEM departments to fill every seat. American schools have a duty beyond just educating Asians.

+1

+100. Go to Carnegie Mellon and see this first hand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat surprisingly, my black daughter with a 4.0 and 35 ACT (one sitting) didn't get into Berkeley OOS for engineering, albeit the ACT score wasn't submitted.

4.0 weighted GPA is low for top 25 schools.

Her school doesn't weight and is on 100 scale. She graduated with 98 ave and took the most rigorous classes available including AP Calc BC and AP Physics C. Got 5s on both exams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta love those kids who got shut out of top schools & weren’t too proud to settle for Georgetown & Boston College.

Obvious troll. Georgetown is a top school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Among by dd’s friends, kids with top stats that were shut out wound up at Georgetown and Boston College. Another with incredible extracurriculars (won the school service award) and great grades shut out everywhere but Maryland.

Nonsense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat surprisingly, my black daughter with a 4.0 and 35 ACT (one sitting) didn't get into Berkeley OOS for engineering, albeit the ACT score wasn't submitted.

They stopped practising AA years ago.

Shouldn't matter for those stats, right?

One would think but you will always have racist a$$holes who still just assume every black kid on these campuses are there because of affirmative action. Yet all the other kids who get a boost (athletes, faculty kids, donor kids, etc.) don't have the joy of experiencing such BS...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love those kids who got shut out of top schools & weren’t too proud to settle for Georgetown & Boston College.

Obvious troll. Georgetown is a top school.

Yep. Scores are required. It’s one of the only merit-based universities left. Kids with low scores or no scores don’t apply. It’s very selective and it already weeds out unqualified applicants by requiring scores so it’s a false “11%” acceptance. It would be much lower if on common app and test optional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure numerous posters will comment that my kid wasn't top stats, typical DMV, etc but anyway...
White male from NOVA public. CS (big surprise!)
3.98/4.5, 9 APs, 3 Dual E;
1560, NMSF;
Varsity athlete, leadership in two CS related clubs (started one);
Self taught musician;
Intern (CS related) at small non profit;
PT job
Rejected H and Penn
WL UVA and NEU

Where was he accepted? That would help some of us...

With merit: BU, Lehigh, CWRU, UMD, Ohio St., UMN
No merit: WM, Pitt

The UVA wL is annoying because it’s an in state option but otherwise I don’t see this as a disappointing outcome at all. Those are great schools. The Ivies are long shots for anyone and NEU has become bizarrely popular.

Nothing bizarre about it if you actually know the facts and have been there.
Great location, Urban but still good campus, great outcome, quality peers, etc.
Depending on fields of study, but outside of T20/25, not many better alternative choices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love those kids who got shut out of top schools & weren’t too proud to settle for Georgetown & Boston College.

Obvious troll. Georgetown is a top school.

+1. No kidding. So obvious.