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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my 3.2 gpa "big 3" DD just outright rejected from CU Boulder. I am flabbergasted. This is the most messed up college admissions cycle we have experienced yet. What a mess.[/quote] I'm so sorry. This must be stressful. Did DD submit SAT or ACT scores? I do wonder if at these large schools it's harder for Big-3 students to complete bc of the lack of grade inflation, and so students need to submit standardized test scores. Did DD apply to any schools early?[/quote] She did submit. It was not a high ACT, but was above the 50th% range, so counselor said definitely submit. It's all about GPA now that TO is the norm. With so much grade inflation everywhere else, anything lower than a 3.7, no matter the school, is automatically out at large universities. I wish my kids had never attended the school they did. Not just because of college acceptances, but because they never felt anything other than [b]like they were the stupid kids[/b] and end their senior year feeling ilke failures because the majority of their classmates are attending top 30 colleges and universities. I wish they had just had normal childhoods, surrounded by normal people who don't judge based on college matriculation.[/quote] yikes - $160k on hs to come out feeling like the stupid kid - empathize with you and totally agree that it was a mistake - hard pass on the private route for me. [/quote] NP here. My DC went to a big3 and always felt stupid as well (3.4 GPA and 32 ACT for reference). DC is now several years into attending a top 50 college. My DC finally feels smart. Getting amazing grades and opportunities. Her friends even refer to her as a “genius” because she gets very high grades, which we laugh about after her experience in high school. Her success in college is actually because of her high school experiences: she is regimented in her daily studying schedules, she routinely goes to office hours, meets with professors for feedback on papers early on in the process and writes really, really well thanks to her brutal Big3 english classes. She wishes she went somewhere else for high school, but I can see that it shaped her into a great student. [/quote] Yes! They do an amazing job teaching the habits that make a student successful. All schools should learn from them. I love how they weave the skills across the curriculum. [/quote]
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