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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are seriously underestimating the caliber of student coming out of top DMV publics.  All schools weight differently.  Colleges take away the weights and recalculate using their own super special formula.

College admissions are brutal all over unless you are hooked. Look at the thread about the 4.6W GPA from McLean (2nd best HS in FCPS) who was denied at UVA and WL at VT.

I have done this twice.  If your kid has started HS, don’t move him midstream without an actual problem. If not, figure out which environment is better for your particular kid, academically and socially.  Consider ECs, advanced APs, etc. The subteam captains from my kids robotics teams had fantastic results this year (Georgia Tech, UVA, VT, Michigan CMU, UMD Honors, Cornell) is CS and Engineering.  No hooks. But very smart and very talented.  In STEM, a DMV public may have more options. Humanities is a tougher call.

My kids both punched above their weight (25-50% GPAs with no hooks) by finding their niche and going all out in HS and applying ED to good match colleges that were a good fit for them and their interests. They had a narrative about what they did in HS, where they were going, and how this specific college will get you there.

And toss USNWR. The T30 emphasis doesn’t help. Your kid will be more successful out of #45 than #25 if #45 is stronger in their major, has more opportunities specific to their future goals and they have a good social fit.

TL;DR: assume your kid would have the exact same college results coming out of the Big 3 and DMV public. Which one better allows them to run with their strengths.  And where will they be happier?[/quote]

And OP's post is so sad to me.[/quote]

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