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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT’s the obvious one

UMD ??? The MD folks folks could tell you better on the stats.  Likely might be strong.

After that, Purdue would be great and likely, but it’s more like 10 hours.  DMV people I know drive it though.

Ohio State would be likely
Penn State would be likely
RPI  would be likely 
NC State would be likely 
Pitt would be likely

Rochester and CWRU are probably matches and do good merit aid.

[b]I’m assuming the number are not from TJ. [/b]
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Would your response be any different if it were TJ?[/quote]

Yes. One of my kids is a TJ grad. One is base school.  TJs GPA range is different because the AP landscape is different and they have grade deflation.  TJ kids compete with each other for the same STEM slots (bad) but some schools have preferences for TJ kid (good).

The SAT is actually low for TJ (average is 1520-1530).  The GPA is very high after junior year-[b] probably top 10%.  That’s Ivy territory. [/b]

Mostly, liklies would become safeties, matches would become safeties.  Cornell might not be likely, but it would be a match.  But CWRU is single entry for engineering and Arts and Sciences amd has the Cleveland Clinic affiliation, so it would be harder from TJ than a base school because pre-med and engineering are competing for slots with CS.  It’s just a different admissions landscape. I was trying to put the numbers in context. [/quote]

Thanks!  Where do you get this information from "top 10%, etc".?   The school does not share this.  DC is 4.35, strong APs (BC, AP Physics, etc) and 1580 SAT but strongly believes that there's no shot at ivys and hence not applying.  Good ECs but not exactly the "solving world peace" kind.[/quote]

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