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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, my WJ graduate was accepted in their Honors college (PPE major) with a 4.67gpa, 35 ACT, 12 APs, thoughtful essays, etc. We visited his Honors dorm, ate at the dining hall, spoke to some of his professors, and found it all pretty solid. He ended up at GW because they had exactly the major he wanted, and UMD didn't.

I know certain of his classmates who were rejected outright even though they had a 4-something gpa and had taken AP courses, which in my mind is outrageous. I don't know what majors they'd picked, though, and as PP said, that makes a difference. Computer Science is in high demand, for instance.

I conclude that the bar is pretty high these days. [/quote]

Awesome scores!  Wow!   
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A 4 something GPA in MCPS is not necessarily high. In my child’s school, 19% have a 4.51 or better.  Many schools have double that. And “taken AP classes” doesn’t tell us much as we don’t know if they took a couple or 10+.

It seems that the 50% per high school thing is about right. Were they in the top 50% of kids who applied?   [/quote]

PP said 12 APs.[/quote]

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