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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://d2e3a5v56wj8r4.cloudfront.net/files/SchoolProfile2023-2024.pdf

Was surprised Virginia Tech wasn't anywhere and that SMU and Tulane were on the 3 year list.[/quote]

Only 1 to Cal Tech and none to Harvey Mudd is more disappointing than none to Virginia Tech. The students looking at STEM aren’t focused on SMU or Tulane …Virgina Tech is likely a safety for the 7 going to MIT [/quote]

There are geographic reasons at play.  There is a definite bias towards east coast schools, except for Stanford and UChicago.  Very few to Berkeley, UCLA, etc.[/quote]

So why no Virginia Tech & UMD?[/quote]

Coddled private school kids  tend to not thrive at large universities. [/quote]

Andover is the opposite of a school that coddles. The unofficial motto is “sink or swim.”

I remember literally collapsing on the floor of the library after finals during my upper (junior) year, from pure exhaustion.

I also remember my European History teacher telling us in the fall that all of us would get no more than a 3 (equivalent of a C) that term. I was never so happy to finally earn a 5 that spring (equivalent to an A).

My English teacher told us “The only way anyone will get a 6 (equivalent to an A+) on a paper in my class is if I read it and wish I had written it.”[/quote]

Oh, Andover grad, you were doing so well until now. Your problem: the link on this thread to the college matriculation list also shows the grading scale and grade distribution for the Andover class of 2023, and according to it the average GPA of the class was well over a 4.0 on the standard 4.0 scale - and, even on Andover 6.0 scale 6.0 being absolutely perfect the average is a 5.5.  So you have been caught in your exaggeration. [/quote]

Would it make you feel better for someone to tell you that Andover is an overrated school that coddles rich kids? Go ahead and believe it. It won’t make it true, but I’m sure it’ll help you feel somehow vindicated. [/quote]

It's obviously an excellent school but the poster did reference some data that suggests Andover does in fact hand out a lot of high grades. Most schools do these days, even the top ones.[/quote]

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