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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seiously, got a kid with 3.8 UW in a challenging schedule, 33 ACT, and good academic ECs that was rejected from ivy ED. Accepted EA to a private. Aiming higher but RD round is brutal so little nervous.  Full pay…do they really care? Not legacy, URM, or athlete.  Diverse in terms of middle eastern but had to check white. [/quote]

Your kid isn't an A student with a 3.8 and a 33 is not gonna cut it for the Ivy League.  Your kid is average at a top private at best. [/quote]

First, you are wrong that Ivy won't take a kids with a 3.8 (even lower). This is why GPA's are pointless.

Glad the UK doesn't use them. If you get 5 on all the APS and ace the standardized test, why should anyone care if your gym teacher gave you a B in 10th grade or if you bombed one semester of history in 9th grade? If you know it all, it really doesn't matter that you made mistakes while learning the material along the way.[/quote]

The statement “GPAs are pointless” is incredibly untrue and dangerous to believe.

Every admission officer on the planet will tell you your 4-year performance, in the context of your course rigor and HS quality is the primary academic principle on which you are judged.[/quote]

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