Where does the bottom half of the class go to college? (Big 3-5)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. All that stress and those sacrifices for a 50/50 chance to end up at U of Richmond? The shame, the shame

Bethesda Magazine reports an acceptance rate under 20 percent for W school applicants to Richmond...would you rather have that or 50/50?

I'd rather my child not attend a middling U of Richmond, and I wouldn't pay $300,000 and put them in a pressure cooker for 4 years to improve their chances by just 30%. If they really need that much help to get into such an average school, they need to look into car sales or a trade (as painful as that would be for their over-educated parent).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. All that stress and those sacrifices for a 50/50 chance to end up at U of Richmond? The shame, the shame

Bethesda Magazine reports an acceptance rate under 20 percent for W school applicants to Richmond...would you rather have that or 50/50?

I'd rather my child not attend a middling U of Richmond, and I wouldn't pay $300,000 and put them in a pressure cooker for 4 years to improve their chances by just 30%. If they really need that much help to get into such an average school, they need to look into car sales or a trade (as painful as that would be for their over-educated parent).

It's a top 25 LAC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon
SMU
Tulane
High Point
SEC schools
JMU
College of Charleston
Syracuse

Tulane? Must be ED

no one getting in Tulane with those stats unless a super elevated schedule. Many SEC schools also hard this year.

Tulane ED acceptance rate is 68%. Some of you really have no idea what you’re talking about.

Doesn't work for a kid who doesn't want a big school or to be a plane ride away though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As an example, student with a 3.4/29 ACT, from a school likeSFS/GDS/Holton. Not an URM nor a legacy.

They all get into Michigan with ease. Tulane and SMU too. And huge SEC party schools.

IF you want a big school that is far away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average ACT at my DC’s Big3 is 34. So an average GPA of 3.4 is also likely to have a 34 ACT not a 29.

+1 our kid with a 3.4 had a 1490 SAT. Bottom half of the class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC with GPA below 3.4 (probably bottom half of class), 33 ACT at a big 3 admitted to most NESCAC schools except for top ones (like Amherst and Williams and Bowdoin).

we asked and these were the lowest GPAs accepted to these schools in the past 3 years from our school
Amherst College 3.9
Bates College 3.3
Bowdoin College 3.7
Colby College 3.4
Connecticut College 3.5
Hamilton College 3.9
Middlebury College 3.7
Trinity College 3.4
Tufts University 3.6
Wesleyan University 3.6
Williams 3.9

Not sure which big 3 you’re talking about bc my DC with the GPA around 3.4 got into several of these schools.

Which is entirely consistent with what PP posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having a 3.3 to 3.5 at these schools is solid. But, no - not anything great. Many of these students were accepted to the schools when they were 4 or 5 years old.

Not the same type of vetting that occurs when applying to 9th grade.

Not true. Mine switched in 9th and went from straight As to As Bs and Cs even though they did well on exams and the SAT. GPA was tanked by the end of 9th..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. All that stress and those sacrifices for a 50/50 chance to end up at U of Richmond? The shame, the shame

Bethesda Magazine reports an acceptance rate under 20 percent for W school applicants to Richmond...would you rather have that or 50/50?

I'd rather my child not attend a middling U of Richmond, and I wouldn't pay $300,000 and put them in a pressure cooker for 4 years to improve their chances by just 30%. If they really need that much help to get into such an average school, they need to look into car sales or a trade (as painful as that would be for their over-educated parent).

You would deny your child a college education rather than have them go to a “middling” college? (And I don’t think a college can be middling if it doesn’t accept the middle, can it?) So if you kid didn’t live up to your standards no Towson or Salisbury or whatever instate truly “middling” university for them? Wow. That’s some snobbery you’ve got going on. Which I guess you admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. All that stress and those sacrifices for a 50/50 chance to end up at U of Richmond? The shame, the shame

Bethesda Magazine reports an acceptance rate under 20 percent for W school applicants to Richmond...would you rather have that or 50/50?

I'd rather my child not attend a middling U of Richmond, and I wouldn't pay $300,000 and put them in a pressure cooker for 4 years to improve their chances by just 30%. If they really need that much help to get into such an average school, they need to look into car sales or a trade (as painful as that would be for their over-educated parent).

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon
SMU
Tulane
High Point
SEC schools
JMU
College of Charleston
Syracuse

Tulane? Must be ED

no one getting in Tulane with those stats unless a super elevated schedule. Many SEC schools also hard this year.

Tulane ED acceptance rate is 68%. Some of you really have no idea what you’re talking about.

Nope.You have no idea what you are talking about. It was 68% in 2022. New admissions director last year (2023) and the ED acceptance rate to Tulane was 31%.

What is ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC with GPA below 3.4 (probably bottom half of class), 33 ACT at a big 3 admitted to most NESCAC schools except for top ones (like Amherst and Williams and Bowdoin).

we asked and these were the lowest GPAs accepted to these schools in the past 3 years from our school
Amherst College 3.9
Bates College 3.3
Bowdoin College 3.7
Colby College 3.4
Connecticut College 3.5
Hamilton College 3.9
Middlebury College 3.7
Trinity College 3.4
Tufts University 3.6
Wesleyan University 3.6
Williams 3.9

Not sure which big 3 you’re talking about bc my DC with the GPA around 3.4 got into several of these schools.


So did ours and our SIL’s DC so doable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. All that stress and those sacrifices for a 50/50 chance to end up at U of Richmond? The shame, the shame

Bethesda Magazine reports an acceptance rate under 20 percent for W school applicants to Richmond...would you rather have that or 50/50?

I'd rather my child not attend a middling U of Richmond, and I wouldn't pay $300,000 and put them in a pressure cooker for 4 years to improve their chances by just 30%. If they really need that much help to get into such an average school, they need to look into car sales or a trade (as painful as that would be for their over-educated parent).

I have no connection with U of Richmond, but you don’t know what you are talking about. I hope you are a troll because otherwise you are pretty pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Michigan is money hungry and loves full pay rich kids from DMV.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon
SMU
Tulane
High Point
SEC schools
JMU
College of Charleston
Syracuse

Tulane? Must be ED

no one getting in Tulane with those stats unless a super elevated schedule. Many SEC schools also hard this year.

Tulane ED acceptance rate is 68%. Some of you really have no idea what you’re talking about.

LOL No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan is money hungry and loves full pay rich kids from DMV.

You still aren’t getting in OOS without top GPA and test scores. They have too many top students to choose from. We will see how it plays out in RD but so far very very few early DMV admits.