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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3.8uw is kind of the minimum……rigor isn’t as important as everyone thinks [/quote]

Minimum for what? Many kids get into college with lower GPAs than a 3.8uw. The problem seems to be that OP’s kid applied to 2 safeties and bunch of reaches. Why would he apply to VCU and GMU but not JMU? Is OP trolling?[/quote]

Op here.

Highly regret not having applied to JMU.

UVA came through as a deferral first round at ED results and we then had hope for some positive results for the other colleges then. [/quote]

It was dumb to waste ED on UVA with that gpa. I always feel like I could be doing more as a parent, then I read things like this and figure I’m doing alright. At least I knew enough to not have my kid do a throw away ED app.

I see people on here ignoring the advice of— whole package, essays, sat, grades, targeted ECs, 4 years math, science, English, history, language over and over again. If you want your kid in at top schools, YES this is all necessary. If you don’t care, that’s fine, just stop wasting everyone’s time whining about how your kid can’t get into a top schools with his crap grades.

[b]And yes, his recs were probably crap. No teacher is excited to write a rec for a kid who underperforms.[/b][/quote]

Are you this nasty in real life or only on anonymous message boards? Her kids could be super engaged and curious and all sorts of wonderful things that aren't reflected in his grades. [/quote]

HS math teacher here.  I don’t think about grades at all when I write recommendations.  Don’t listen to this poster.  I don’t go back and look to see if the student earned an A or a C.  Sure, I write about how they performed in my class and try to write something personal about them.  The actual grade is irrelevant.  I’ve written personal and fantastic recommendations for students who earned very low grades. Not everyone is an A student, despite what DCUM thinks.  [/quote]

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