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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you really not know the answer? [/quote]

Original Poster here: Its not easy to make such a list.  Why make such a comment?  The SAT is high IVY HYPMS.  The GPA is low top 25.  So please have something to offer or move along.

DC is open to all college experiences. [/quote]

I am not being snarky, but have DC read this book over the summer and start making their own list. [/quote]

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Colleges-2019-Universities/dp/1524757942[/quote]

Theyve read all the guidebooks.  Weve met with the college counselor.  Its difficult when the GPA doesnt match the SAT.  So Im asking the board - any other anecdotes of high SAT and great but not top 1% GPA - outcomes with Top 10 schools.  Is that worth the time.  Assume no other hooks.[/quote]

My child with similar stats went big state U because of  the free ride and personality match.  Did not even try for competitive schools-went for scholarship money. We appreciated this and respect the smart decision to enter law school in a few years debt free. [/quote]

My DC with 3.7 and 34 ACT from top private was rejected from UVA, UMCP and WL/rejected from Ohio State.  [b]It is really hard when you don't have the weighted GPA.[/b]  They did get into all of the privates, even reaches and some big merit packages on the targets/safeties.

They could have gotten full ride at some OOS, but none they were interested in.  [/quote]

Don't know about OSU, but [b]UVA[/b] and UMCP recalculate GPAs to their own scale so the unweighting makes no difference.

And, OP, your DC's SAT won't get your kid into "Top 10" schools, unless you have a boy and are looking at SLACs. If you're full pay, look at schools like NYU, Wash U, USC, Tulane, Wake - they like full pay, DC private school kids. [/quote]

Unfortunately the unweighted GPA for OP's kid is very low for UVA.  UVA says flat out that they value GPA more than anything else, especially for in-state.  Perhaps for out-of-state they will accept a lower GPA but the 3.65 quoted by OP would not attract UVA's attention.

There also is merit to the point made by a PP elsewhere that the wide gap between the SAT and the GPA would be problematic for many upper tier schools.  I think OP and child need to spend some time with the guidance counselor and begin doing some assessments.

It is odd that the child hasn't expressed any preferences about the school.  By the time most kids take the SATs they have a pretty good idea of urban v rural, big v small, geographic location, etc.[/quote]

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