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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If by Big 3 you mean StA/NCS, Sidwell, Potomac, GDS, Holton,  or Maret, then an A-/B+ student is well positioned for those colleges. Assuming your DC took some decent academic electives, those grades are above average at those high schools. SATs matter a lot since the scores of out-of-staters pull up the college averages a lot. UCLA will be harder since the UC system has a 20% limit on nonresidents. Your list represents pretty good target schools. You are being far more realistic than the parents who think those grades are good enough to get into a top SLACs or "lower Ivy."[/quote]

My kid is a senior at a Big 3 with a 3.9+ (all A/A-'s with one B)/1560 and according to counselor OP's schools are matches for her, with UCLA being a match/reach and Michigan a match/safety. I'd think they'd be closer to reaches for a B+ kid.[/quote]

I am not kidding, I didn’t even think a 3.9+ was possible at my Dc’s big 3. Sincerely there is no weighting of grades, that is very impressive![/quote]

Thank you for sharing that - this DC is our only one in private so we have no idea how they compare to the other kids. DC also has no Ivy legacy and we're not "connected" DC types who can get friends to pull strings, so DC is relying a lot on the counselor for making the college list. Counselor did say that any school is a "possibility" but as another PP said, any college with <15-20% acceptance rate (which I think applies to every top 20 college/SLAC) is considered a reach.

College admissions *has* changed a great deal in the last few years, and there are various stories floating around about kids with great stats who didn't apply to any safety schools getting shut out. So DC has 2 solid safeties, 2 more safety/matches, and then every other school is below 15% admission rate. DC has worked very hard in HS (both in academics and ECs) so we'll see if colleges see it the same way.[/quote]

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