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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything in this thread about grades is wrong if you look at Naviance data. The applicant pool from our high SES school to the top 10 (hypsm and any other 5 you want) [b]are centered on roughly a 3.92/1500. [/b]That’s 4 semester B grades over 3.5 years so still very strong. That doesn’t mean you’ll get admitted with those stats but it does mean that you’ll be solidly in the strongest group. So no your kid doesn’t need to cure cancer or whatever. The advice to take the most demanding courses is good. And it’s worth studying for the standardized tests. [/quote] The Naviance data has to be taken with a huge shaker of salt because many of those admits (perhaps as many as 50%) are probably recruited athletes, ED applicants, URM, legacy, first generation etc. For kids without any of those hooks, the average is probably a 4.0/1550. [/quote]
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