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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of these threads on students getting rejected from schools like Vanderbilt, Emory and other big names make me wonder where are the students getting in that have say a 3.5 weighted GPA and 1200 SAT? I have a younger highschooler and this will probably be where she falls.[/quote]

SEC schools other than Vandy, UF and UGA; [b]CTCL schools[/b]; Jesuit schools other than Georgetown and BC; High Point U, the life skillz university.[/quote]

Don't waste your money on CTCL schools.[/quote]

[b]Please say more. Do you have children attending any of these schools?[/b][/quote]

No, I don't.  One of my kids applied to a couple of them and she was high achieving and got merit money but went to a top 10-15 LAC instead.  CTLC schools are more for underachievers with wealthy parents who tell themselves these schools are special when they're not.  They typically have low graduation rates, etc. [/quote]

So you don't really know anything about them, is what you are saying?

The CTCL do not have "low" graduation rates. Many of them have graduation rates that are quite a bit higher than the average for all private, non-profit colleges, which is 67% (that's a 6-year graduation rate, which is what is tracked). Yes, highly selective private colleges have higher graduation rates than most CTCL schools. At colleges that admit fewer than 25% of their applicants, the 6-year graduation rate is 90%. But that's exactly what you would expect for schools that strictly limit who they let in the door. There's a huge selection bias there.

I'll also add that few of the kids I've know who've gone to CTCL-type schools were likely candidates for a top 10-15 LAC. It's great that your kid had that option, but not everyone does. Where would you like kids who want a SLAC environment to go if they don't get into Amherst?

[b]My own kid went to a CTCL school because he wanted a SLAC environment and he got a scholarship that brought the cost down to what it would have cost us to send them to our in-state public. Their college has a graduation rate that is similar to JMU's and better than CNU's, Mary Washington's, and VCU's, the public schools that were on the table.[/b] My kid was a stand-out at the college, which was great because the connections with professors led to all kinds of opportunities that probably wouldn't have been as easy to come by at bigger (or more selective) schools. Graduated in 4 years, received several honors and awards that look very nice on the resume, and is now working a well-paying job in a chosen field. That's special enough for me.
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What school?[/quote]

I feel like I've given too much identifying information, but whatever. Clark.[/quote]

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