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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That GPA is not competitive for engineering especially if based on freshman and sophomore year (junior year classes are harder!). Will be up against many students with close to 4.0 UW in rigorous classes. You are right to aim lower.[/quote]

This is untrue... A 3.5-3.6 UW GPA coupled with 1500-1550 SAT and AP physics and calculus is super competitive at all but the best colleges. Again, I can only speak from experience through this past admission cycle.

Furthermore, if I put OPs weighted GPA and SAT in my kids Naviance, I struggle to find a school outside of the Ivies and the UNC, UC type schools that heavily tilt towards in-state, where there is a rejection. Likely, a different high school, but worth noting for need perfect grades set.[/quote]

My student had a 1500/3.95UW gpa/8 AP--all STEM except for AP Psychology
1 A- in freshman history (ex APUSH teacher who tried to teach it like an AP course, kid missed an A by 0.02%) and a B in AP Calc BC first semester (hard teacher, but everyone in class earned a 5 on the AP test, so material was learned).  Otherwise all As and many hard STEM courses

And my kid did not get admission to any T30 (Deferred/rejected at a T10, Rejected at 2 T20, WL at T30, accepted everywhere else above ~30).   But most places they will be competing with kids who took similar courses and have a 3.8UW+, not a 3.5 UW.

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