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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not an alum of a super selective school, either. Purdue, class of 1999, engineering, OOS. 4.8 weighted GPA, 3.4 unweighted. 1205 SAT, 33 ACT.

My kids are freshman and 8th grade, so we have time, but the things I've been reading lately are scary - namely, that I would be unlikely to be accepted into the program I graduated from with my unweighted GPA. And that's from back when PE, health class, the arts, and whatever else weren't factored in, so my unweighted GPA would be much lower today! (I got D's in PE and C's in mandatory art/music)

Is there hope anymore for kids with stats like mine? Do I really need to harp on them for straight A's? I can't handle four years of anxiety, so please ease my mind or tell me they'll be fine at a less selective school.[/quote]

Actually the great news is that there are now large numbers of schools that offer the kind of solid education that Purdue offered last century, and with many more capable students going to college, bright kids will find peers at all of them.  If your kids end up with 3.4 UW, and 1205 SAT they will have plenty of choices, and their education will be a solid as yours was.

Having said that, getting a D in PE is a sign of being a spoiled brat.  And colleges will see that, so while you don't need to harp on them for straight A's, you do need to communicate that that's not acceptable.  Because colleges care a lot more about character now than they did then.  [/quote]

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