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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public school grades have become so inflated it’s really hard to say.  A target would be UVa, VaTech, William &Mary or Maryland CP, depending what state you are in.  [b]I think T20 will be unrealistic[/b], but there is no harm applying if your dd understands it is an extreme long shot.  It’s very hard for girls in particular right now.[/quote]
A 3.95 UW gpa is near perfect. They have great SATs and ECs with leadership. If T20 is out of reach for this kid, then it's out of reach for any kid. [/quote]

You have no clue how common these grades are these days.  More than 20 percent of the class will have similar grades.[/quote]

Do you have any data to back up that claim? [/quote]

20% of kids will have 1550? BS[/quote]

NP: I agree that at a typical suburban HS or private school, 20% of students will not have 1550 on the SAT, but the PP is correct that in many schools, [b]up to 40% of students have a 4.0+[/b] (especially at suburban public high schools). However, in the larger applicant pool, there are many more kids than most people realize that apply to highly selective colleges with an SAT score greater than 1500 or a 34+ on the ACT due to superscoring and taking the exam multiple times. During the 2022 admissions cycle, 76,000 kids applied to college with an SAT score of &gt;1500 (including ACT equivalent). Source: Common App report (https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ca.research.publish/Research_Briefs_2022/2022_12_09_Apps_Per_Applicant_ResearchBrief.pdf)[/quote]

Wait, unweighted? 40% of the class has straight A's? What are these teachers doing?! There has to be so much coddling and low standards for almost half the class at any school to not even have 1 B or A-. [/quote]

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