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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The post was for medium to large southern schools easier than UGA. [b]U of South Carolina, Auburn, Clemson,  Baylor, TCU, Ole Miss[/b].

Wake is big on ED. With ED and interest in political science as major (not pre med or business which WF gets a lot of) there might be a chance with demonstrated interest and entire application considered. [/quote]

Good options.  Would add University of Tennessee (ranked 103 in National Universities by USNWR). [/quote]

What is a good cut off GPA and ACT/ SAT for the schools listed above since from this thread it appears that’s all they care about. [/quote]

Clarification - for these schools:

U of South Carolina, Auburn, Clemson, Baylor, TCU, Ole Miss. [/quote]

Unfortunately, it’s hard to say for sure without seeing this year’s numbers, since some schools got an unprecedented number of applications this last year. You also have to know the break out for OOS vs. IS.  As a rule of thumb, for OOS, I’d say you need to be in the top 25% stats-wise for it to be a sure thing. For example, there were kids who were solidly in the middle 50% for Auburn last year who didn’t get in OOS (Auburn applications were up 150% over two years ago). There were some threads on this board about it. Also, many schools seem to have a greater yield than expected this fall and may take fewer students next year to compensate. 
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My DC has U of South Carolina, Auburn, Clemson and Ole Miss on their list. ACT is 31. Do they need to retake? [/quote]

OOS? Without knowing the GPA, I’d say a 31 would make most of those schools a “match,” but not a “safety.” Ole Miss could be a safety? Clemson’s middle 50% ACT last year was 27-32.  I think Auburn’s average ACT was 29 for EA last year, but that would include a large number of in state applicants. There were quite a number of OOS applicants on line who were saying they were deferred from Auburn EA with higher scores and the overall EA acceptance rate was 24%.  :shock:

The thing is not to put too much stock in web sites that have data that’s not from last year. Who knows why? Is there a “trickle down” effect as other schools get harder to get into, or are some of these schools just having a moment? Whatever the reason, many of these schools that were viewed as “safeties” got a big bump in applications last year. [/quote]

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