So where are the 3.5W students getting in?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

Yes. She will be fine. I had a very similar student and she had a lot of success in this admission year. I feel like I worried a lot for kind of nothing.

[Anonymous]

Some flagship , mostly regional universities and SLAC.

[Anonymous]

Towson. JMU.

[Anonymous]

The entering classes at some of these 2nd tier schools are going to be truly phenomenal as a result of this weird admissions season.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

The biggest question will be whether you can pay for private or OOS college in full. If yes, your DC will have tons of options.

If not, make sure she has some in-state publics that are safeties for a student like DC on the list. If you're in Maryland, UMBC, Salisbury, maybe St. Mary's. In Virginia, Longwood, ODU, Radford, Mary Washington. JMU, GMU, VCU, and CNU would not be safeties.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

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.

OP, are you in Maryland? If so, have your DD look at St. Mary's College of Maryland. It's a small, public liberal arts college with many devoted alum.

[Anonymous]

I don't think those stats would get a student into UGA or Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think those stats would get a student into UGA or Florida.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Not JMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think those stats would get a student into UGA or Florida.

Agree.

Actually, the PP said SEC schools other than Vandy, Florida or UGA.

[Anonymous]

Va Tech probably