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At admissions time, STA has recently started giving parents a spreadsheet of all the previous STA applicants who applied, their GPA/SAT and results. This is not a Naviance but something STA keeps internally. And from looking at those numbers, I’d say the answer to your question is “unknowable”

There is no GPA where HYP admission is guaranteed. On the 100 scale that STA uses (95 being an A+), there are kids over 95 who are rejected from top schools, and there are kids under 90 who are admitted. Last year’s top student went to Harvard, so you have to assume somewhere in the high 90s, but the year before I think the top student went to Williams. It just depends on who is applying where and what the rest of their application looks like.

If I were to guess, you would need a 95+ to be a serious contender at all the top schools unhooked, but even that wouldn’t be a sure thing.
 
I'd agree with other posters though--the school that fits your kid best is better than the one you 'think' might fit the admissions game in college. [/quote]

STA does not give out this spreadsheet.  Why are you making things up? [/quote]

DP-admissions has this information in their office. It’s absolutely available. [/quote]

It's available in their "book" but it's not given by the year or as any sort of spreadsheet.  That's such a weird thing to make up.  [/quote]

The book they have is a spreadsheet of all the schools that lists every kid who applied there. It has all the kids over the last three years, anonymous, with their GPA, test scores, admissions round (early, regular, etc) and whether they go in or not. It is absolutely available to STA parents and sits on the coffee table in the college counsellors office for any parent to review. They can't take it home but they are allowed to look at it. It's not made up. If you are an STA parent, go to the college admissions office and ask to see it. [/quote]

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