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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try being an applicant from a "big 3" private where the schools grade deflate, don't have APs, don't rank the class, and don't have traditional "weighted" GPAs. These schools have relied the notion that colleges know who they are and respect their rigor. No longer.  Result: plenty of high achievers who are getting sub-par results.[/quote]

+2 Colleges are much more interested in seeing a 4.6 GPA and 8 AP classes, then my DC’s measly 3.3 GPA and no APs (even with a 34 ACT). The colleges just don’t care about the test scores and the deflated grades at the big3 schools are doing a huge disservice to these kids. My DC is striking out at schools that would have been safeties pre-pandemic. [/quote]

Your DC is not competing against the public school kids.  [/quote]

I get what you are saying, but in a way they are competing against public school kids. Take Wisconsin, for example. This used to be a likely for a kid at the Big3 with a high score (ACT 32-35 or 1450+ SAT) and lower GPA (3.1-3.4). But Wisconsin is now flooded with applications from kids that have crazy high GPAs and low test scores that they don’t have to submit. 3 years ago these kids would not have even bothered applying to Wisconsin because their test scores were too low. Now these kids are applying and getting admitted. As a result, the previous likely school for a private school student with the stats described above is now a reach. There just aren’t that many spots and the big state schools like the APs and high GPAs way more than a high test score. So the Big3 kid is striking out at these schools and having to look a tier lower, which seems crazy when these are very strong students. [/quote]

PP here again. This is not a dig at the public school kids getting in TO. Good for them! It is more a dig at the private schools that are crippling these kids with low GPAs from deflated grading systems and no APs. [/quote]

This 100%

My DD has friends in FCPS with strong GPAs but low SATs in the 1100-1250 range. Didn't submit scores, got into Wisconsin and similar level schools. Others, Big 3 with good (for Big 3) GPAs (3.5-3.75) and high SATs who were shut out. The kids who got in laugh and say that they wouldn't have gotten in a few years ago.

That's why this year makes no sense.[/quote]

You keep insisting on comparing public school kids to private school kids when the real competition in among these groups, not between them.

Focus on the private school cohort that wisconsin is admitting.  Is your student competitive in this group?  Wisconsin is not going to only take public oos or only private oos.  They will admit some of each.  You have to understand your competition.[/quote]

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