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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have questions for PPs who say GPA is king and stay close to Naviance/Scoir gpa patterns.

Our DC has a lower GPA than top kids bc he coasted during 9th grade and got a couple B+, but has since stepped up big time and been straight As since 10th on most rigorous course load. In fact some top kids (GPA wise) are not taking all of these most rigorous courses in order to maintain their 3.95ish GPA (unweighted and our school doesn’t assign higher GPA to tougher courses). Only about 18-24 get into each of these courses, you can count on one hand kids who are in all of the hardest tracks and getting As (my DC is). Question here is: would our DC still be looked at as a lower tier applicant from our school even when he is currently (in 11th grade) a top student? Should he plan to avoid popular schools the top GPA kids will apply to during ED round? SAT is very high if that matters in this context. [/quote]

Can you ask senior parents? Anyone been there done that? Look at your school profile as well and maybe schedule a meeting with the college counselor?

What’s the end of 11th uw gpa? Scores? Major?

Also consider schools that discount freshman grades like Stanford or Emory.[/quote]

Is a regular smart kid with no VIP parents or Olympics resume possible at Stanford or is that throwing the SCEA/ED away? [/quote]

Start a new thread but imo it’s throwing it away bc early goes to hooked.[/quote]

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