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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will not matter how rigourous your child's curriculum is, nor how stellar their ECs, how brilliantly written their essays or how high their SATs or ACTs. What will matter most is their GPA. And it won't matter whether, as the schools will tell you, whether that GPA has been on an upward trajectory or whether their is a solid explanation why you worked hard for that 3.7 GPA vs. someone with that 4.3. Looking at the stats of the schools that rejected my DD, she was easily above their average SAT/ACT scores, but below the apparently weighted GPAs of most of those accepted. [/quote] The gap between her high test scores and her lower grades apparently illustrated to the colleges that your DD was not trying. They should take into account the difficulty of your school and your DD's relative rank there. If not I'd yell at the college counselors at DD's school. [/quote]
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