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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]B students from STA getting rejected from schools like Wake, Tulane, UVM, etc. Things have changed. If you are a B student you have to look lower on the list or hope your school has a good connection with an admissions office at SLAC. Colleges are overwhelmed with applications and often (especially at the larger popular schools) eliminate first round based on GPA. Kids are competing against public school kids with straight As.[/quote]

This shows a basic misunderstanding of how admissions works. Admissions officers are generally very familiar with each school’s particular profile, which they use to evaluate students. A student from a top 3 private isn’t going to be compared at face value to a student from a large public school. It’s not all about GPA and rigor. It’s about whether and how the student used the resources available to them. I think we all know that grade inflation is a major trend at public schools; that’s just not true at elite private schools. Sorry. [/quote]

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