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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are being overly harsh as the academic performance is very good. Not Ivy good, but very good. Need to pull up the SAT. Get it to 1450 even and a lot of very good schools are in play. Again, not Ivy, but better than the names being thrown around here.

What state are you in?[/quote]

This is a public school student with an unweighted B plus average in the ange of grade inflation  and SAT below 1400.  It really isn’t helpful to be unrealistic.  [/quote]

3.5 is a B+/A- where I come from. All AP classes. It isn't stellar but not horrible. Agree that the SAT needs to be well into the 1400 range to get more traction but if they can do that, they are a decent candidate. Public vs. Private doesn't matter depending on the public - they were kind of vague in how they characterized the school. More specificity on that front would be helpful.[/quote]

I don’t know where you come from, but it’s standard in the real world that a 3.7 is a A minus and a 3.5 is a B plus on a 4.0  said it wasn’t a top tier public.
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At the schools I know a 3.7 is A- and 3.3 is B+ so a 3.5 is half A-, half B+. Different people define "not top tier public" differently. If it truly is kind of mediocre, then I am more apt to agree. If they are saying "no, this isn't Scarsdale, Millburn, Bronxville but it is just below those" then it is more impressive. Nuance is key.[/quote]

I agree. I have never heard of B+ being 3.5. It is 3.3 or 3.33 depending on how specific they want to be. Not sure where the other poster lives.[/quote]

A 3.5 GPA, or Grade Point Average, is equivalent to a B+ letter grade on a 4.0 GPA scale, and a percentage grade of 87–89.https://gpacalculator.io/gpa-scale/3.5/[/quote]

Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton (among others) feel differently - I could go on but I think I've proven my point - still curious what school you are referring to:

https://infoforfaculty.fas.harvard.edu/book/grade-point-averages

https://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/yale-college/honors/

https://studentservices.stanford.edu/my-academics/evaluations-exams-grades/grades/how-do-i-calculate-my-grade-point-average-gpa

https://registrar.princeton.edu/student-and-alumni-services/transcript-and-verification-services/calculate-your-gpa[/quote]

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