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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private HS kid here with this GPA (3.8uw).
Non-stem female (social sciences or English major)
How did these kids do last year?[/quote]

looking for more data on a kid like this - humanities major, female, selective private with 3.8uw.[/quote]

it depends on the precise high school. 
It also depends on what the B grades were in: all A in humanities and the B grades in stem is much better for someone chasing humanities than B grades in humanities areas. 
3.8uw from our HS that is private, top but not big3, sends 30% to T30s and over 20% get into UVA in state: 3.8uw with highest rigor but not aiming for STEM will get a student into UVA in state, WM, clemson, Wake forest, maybe BC, but not Top15/ivies. 3.8uw with average rigor(the median rigor is about 5 AP's total and a highest math level of AB calc in 12th grade) will get rejected at UVA and WL or rejected at WM but could get into VT. They would also get into UGA but not Clemson. The "humanities" interest is not really a boost, and female is a negative especially at WM and UVA. 
The "better" private which is a Big3 would have better results for a 3.8uw because that is a relatively higher gpa at that school than it is at ours, plus that school has a higher median SAT so a 3.8uw student at that school likely scored higher than one at ours.

TLDR: just ask the counselor they do not mince words at privates, if they say a school is a reach it is. [/quote]

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