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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top 4 or so boys at STA typically get into Ivies without necessarily having a hook. That’s going to be a 94ish GPA (plus very high SAT/ACT score and good ECs.) A 91 GPA is probably top quarter of the class and without a hook, those boys are typically getting into non-Ivy top 25 universities or top 15 SLACs. U Chicago seems to be happy to have STA boys with an 88ish or better GPA if they are willing to ED.  The rest of the Ivy admits have strong but not necessarily top grades and are athletes, URM, or have VIP parents. Those are my observations from having HS boys at STA over the past few years. [/quote]

Times have changed rapidly with Covid, common app, test optional, and everyone applying to same top schools ranked by USNWR. All popular name brand schools are receiving record numbers of applications. Countless schools report receiving 20% more than last year and acceptance rates have plummeted at those schools. Things are very different than they were a few short years ago.

The smaller schools may be able to pay attention to a 3.6 or 3.7 kid from STA and know his rigor was higher than a public school kid, but most of the bigger popular schools just see the lower gpa and put the application in the reject pile. They don’t care about STA’s rigor or even know what it is. [/quote]

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