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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If DC is willing to commit early decision, Penn or Cornell may be possibilities.  With good recs, essays, and ECs, DC could probably get into 1-2 of the following: Northwestern, Duke, Chicago, Vanderbilt, Rice, Wash U, Emory, USC, Georgetown, Michigan, or any number of Top 10 SLACs.[/quote]

[b]You're not getting into Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, or a few others with those grades. Big three or not, you need nearly all A grades. [/b]Same with schools like Williams and Swarthmore. Unless this kid has some hook, look further down the list. And there really would have to be some good reason for high scores and meh grades. Maybe some kind of personal distress that was being worked out?   Otherwise, looks like a kid who coasts or has some more significant problems. Talk to your college counselor.   But Penn ain't happening. [/quote]

This is simply not true. At my kids school, there are plenty of kids with similar stats who are going to Ivys, Northwestern, tufts, WUSTL and so on. There are very few straight A students, but if you are on one of the advanced Math/Science tracks and have that kind of GPA, pretty much anything is on the table except HYPS and MIT.[/quote]

Very doubtful. Or they're recruited athletes and/or legacy.

Best bet - especially if you're full pay - is to apply ED to a liberal arts college. Or maybe ED to WUSTL. Ivies, Duke, Northwestern are not happening. So if he wants a bigger school, look at Emory, Northeastern, etc. [/quote]

Simply not true. Maybe for your kid, but there are plenty at my kids school with similar stats, not college athletes or other hooks who are going to these schools.[/quote]

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