Anonymous
Post 07/04/2024 03:37     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Anonymous wrote:People are commenting Elon and UMiami when the original poster said northeast not southeast ...



Typical DCUM posters. Somebody will suggest University of Tasmania before it’s over.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2024 00:15     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Denison
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:58     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Anonymous wrote:Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount
Bucknell
Miami
Fordham

Santa Clara has gotten a lot harder now that Apple pulls from there for CS & Finance. In California, they've become more of a reach for traditional high achieving students, because admissions has gotten a bit whackey.
Miami is very difficult to get into in general, even for a top stats student.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:55     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount
Bucknell
Miami
Fordham
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:42     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
OK with 6-7 APs that A- average will go up!
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:40     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Look at GW, American, Rutgers, Syracuse, Loyola Marymount, Pitzer, Reed.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:38     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
People are commenting Elon and UMiami when the original poster said northeast not southeast ...

Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:34     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
OP here to clarify on rigor. He has 2-3 APs per year in junior year, and another 2-3 APs in senior year (so 6-7 total).
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:29     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Not a lot of rigor there, so when you see average unweighted GPAs for any school, figure his as lower.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:26     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Unless he has near perfect test scores he sounds pretty average to me.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:24     Subject: Re:Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Elon is worth a look
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:20     Subject: Re:Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Use College Vine. You can input the appropriate data and get ideas.

Can’t help you much without data.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:19     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
UMiami
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 23:18     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
Harder to say without test scores
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2024 22:59     Subject: Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
My son is a good student, but not top of his class. His school is pretty rigorous and not grade inflated, his unweighted average is solidly A-. He has 2-3 APs in junior and senior year. He does one sport pretty well (won't be recruited), writes for the school newspaper and has a few other strong but not amazing ECs. He wants to study poli sci or economics or english in college and then grad or b-school down the line.

We're struggling to understand strong target/safeties for him beyond his public flagship. We've saved enough in 529 for full pay for 4 years (but not grad school). Due to family location, he is open to West Coast or Mid-Atlantic/North east. He needs to be near an airport.

Ideal size of college would be 5000-15000 undergrad.