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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was 2 years ago but my similar stat kid (3.3 GPA 1560 SAT) was rejected by every reach and target they applied to, including CMU, Hopkins, UVA, VaTech, and Purdue. Please talk to a college counselor and apply to at least three true safeties.[/quote]

You misunderstood what is special about OP.  SAT score is a small part of OP’s profile, and can be ignored.  It’s the level of raw math talent OP possesses that makes her stand out.  So yes your -dissimilar- kid was rejected at the above institutions.  But not OP.

I don’t think it’s likely Stanford would take this kid.  I think it’s even less likely any ivy would look at her application.  But she has a real chance at CMU Hopkins Purdue.  OP is not interested in lac, if she was, I would recommend Wellesley.  These are institutions that are more willing to look beyond the numbers (though the standard is higher in terms of substance).[/quote]

Here is a sumac kid, now at cmu as a freshman.
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/profile/in/raunakmondal1
- speaks 4 languages (so already higher than Op’s kid in language)
- high sat
- math awards
- volunteering
- coca cola semi finalist
-16 APs

OP: how does this kid stack up to yours? 
[/quote] They're obviously more accomplished, but considering OP's gender and the fact that they're applying to math rather than CS, this doesn't prove CMU is out of the question.

Also, cherry picking an exceptional student says nothing about the floor, only the ceiling. Ankan Bhattacharya was a US IMO member who went to OSU. Does that mean OSU is out of OP's DD's league as well?[/quote]

No one will know more than the private school counselor which OP hasnt even asked yet. That said, a kid in the bottom half of any class is unlikely to get into most top schools, inc CMU.

And I didn’t cherry pick the example-kid. I googled Linkedin  sumac (and maybe cmu but not sure) and this was the first kid who popped up.

Let me give you an example:

My kid was recruiting but is also a very high stats/whole package type of kid. When recruiting, kid had a preread over the summer at a time when no one else in kid’s year was applying (apps not open yet) BUT when preread results were shared with kid, coach said admissions said you have an incredibly high GPA for your HS. That means that kid is not just compared against kids applying that year to that school but to what they have historically seen from that school.

Unless OP has directly heard from the private HS that unhooked HS kids are accepted to top schools like x, y and z, I think it would be highly unlikely OP’s kid gets in [/quote]

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