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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Top local private."

This makes a difference.  What do her grades actually look like?  Does she always get A's in certain subjects? Are the B's grouped in other certain subjects?  Or does she randomly get As and Bs?

If she has a strong group of subjects and if she takes the most rigorous courses in that group, getting Bs in her weak subjects even if they are basically "on grade level" won't matter.  If she applies to every top 50 SLAC she will get in somewhere.

If she culls through the top 50 for the 20 or 25 that she likes best (read DO NOT just apply to the top 20 or 25) making sure to have the same number in each group of 1-10/11-20/21-30, she will get in somewhere.

If she has a strong suit where she stands out, the schools will know she can do the work and if OP you can pay the bill, it will work out.[/quote]

LOL top local private makes no difference. Colleges/universities have many applicants who with stronger stats from other private and public schools. [/quote]

This is just not true. DD got into Amherst (four yrs ago, but still pretty recent) with a 3.68 gpa and nearly perfect  test scores from top local private. She was top 15% of her class with the most rigorous coursework. [b]No way would she have gotten in from a local public[/b] even with the same relative stats (aka grade weighting for aps, etc).[/quote]

How on earth would you know that? [b]Idiotic comment.[/b][/quote]

DP here with a kid at Amherst. That is NOT an idiotic comment. Amherst likes certain schools - the top local privates and the public magnets, and the only way a kid from a regular public school is getting in with those numbers is if they're a URM, recruited athlete or legacy.

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