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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are still not able to comprehend that with a mid-year GPA from TJ 4.4X, SAT close to 1600, very good ECs, my child got rejected from all Ivies applied, waitlisted in a few T20 schools mostly private and UVA. We are trying to understand what went wrong. Really bothering us for the last couple of months how this can happen with this profile. Was GPA too low?. Did rigor matter at all?. They take the hardest courses but kids from other schools get into T20 schools with less grade or rigor.[/quote]

Colleges calculate their own GPAs and those calculations include their own perceived rigor of the high school. But GPA is not the only factor, it never has been. [/quote]

NP do colleges look at senior year (1st semester), junior then sophomore and freshman year transcripts in that order? Asking bc my DC has straight As in 11th and 10th but a couple B+ in 9th. Wondering about chances at T20. Other top kids (classmates) who had straight As in 9th now typically have 1-2 A- in 11th, but their GPA is still higher than my DC who is doing better in 11th in most rigorous course load. Who will be viewed as the stronger applicant academically? [/quote]

If you apply before the year ends (ea, rolling, ed), they are looking at jr year and below. Very few exclude freshman year grades[/quote]

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