Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:41     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.


This. And honestly I'm really struggling with this. I feel like my kid is 'below average" because of his for real B average GPA (will be lucky to graduate with a 3.4UW), but SATs are in the 99th percentile, has taken 11 APs, and is an AP Scholar with Distinction. No one seems to know what to do with a kid like this.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:38     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anybody posting UVA For kid with stats, even anything under a 4.0 is really dreaming. It is just not gonna happen. Save your money.

I say this as a parent of a kid with higher stats who applied and it was really a pipe dream.

Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:30     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 3.4 and 1200 sat Fcps dc is looking at:

Jmu
Cnu
Longwood
Vcu
Pitt
Penn state
Elon
Tennessee
College of Charleston
U South Carolina
Indiana
U Mary Washington
Lafayette, Susquehanna Gettysburg

Goal is to be under $60k after merit aid. Some of these are more reaches than others. Do does not know their major yet but likely not stem.


This is a very good list. You are doing it right.

I agree except Lafayette. That one seems unlikely for these stats.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:28     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 3.4 and 1200 sat Fcps dc is looking at:

Jmu
Cnu
Longwood
Vcu
Pitt
Penn state
Elon
Tennessee
College of Charleston
U South Carolina
Indiana
U Mary Washington
Lafayette, Susquehanna Gettysburg

Goal is to be under $60k after merit aid. Some of these are more reaches than others. Do does not know their major yet but likely not stem.


This is a very good list. You are doing it right.


Following this. 3.88W, 1250, 5 APs, DC catholic. Similar list to the above with more reachy schools: UVA, Wisco, Tulane, Clemson, Miami, Richmond. Non-STEM major.


How about Catholic University?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:28     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:Using an example outline from above for mine:
FCPS kid, 3.8w with 1300 SAT (mostly TO on applications), these are some applied to:
UVA
Pitt
Penn state
UDel
UMD
WVU
UNCG
College of Charleston
Bama
Auburn
UCF
Still may do other applications for VCU, Old Dominion, Randolph Macon, or Marymount, if needed.

Goal is to be under $30k after merit aid. I don't want to spend this even, but more merit or needs based grants are probably unlikely and this is a 4 year max I think we can live through on both pay as we go and repayment loan.


DCUM: Where are your average-stat kids applying to? Let's hear some suggestions for students who don't have a 3.8

Also DCUM: Here are the competitive schools my kid with a 3.8 is considering.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:26     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 3.4 and 1200 sat Fcps dc is looking at:

Jmu
Cnu
Longwood
Vcu
Pitt
Penn state
Elon
Tennessee
College of Charleston
U South Carolina
Indiana
U Mary Washington
Lafayette, Susquehanna Gettysburg

Goal is to be under $60k after merit aid. Some of these are more reaches than others. Do does not know their major yet but likely not stem.


This is a very good list. You are doing it right.


Following this. 3.88W, 1250, 5 APs, DC catholic. Similar list to the above with more reachy schools: UVA, Wisco, Tulane, Clemson, Miami, Richmond. Non-STEM major.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:23     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Using an example outline from above for mine:
FCPS kid, 3.8w with 1300 SAT (mostly TO on applications), these are some applied to:
UVA
Pitt
Penn state
UDel
UMD
WVU
UNCG
College of Charleston
Bama
Auburn
UCF
Still may do other applications for VCU, Old Dominion, Randolph Macon, or Marymount, if needed.

Goal is to be under $30k after merit aid. I don't want to spend this even, but more merit or needs based grants are probably unlikely and this is a 4 year max I think we can live through on both pay as we go and repayment loan.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 10:08     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Anonymous wrote:My 3.4 and 1200 sat Fcps dc is looking at:

Jmu
Cnu
Longwood
Vcu
Pitt
Penn state
Elon
Tennessee
College of Charleston
U South Carolina
Indiana
U Mary Washington
Lafayette, Susquehanna Gettysburg

Goal is to be under $60k after merit aid. Some of these are more reaches than others. Do does not know their major yet but likely not stem.


This is a very good list. You are doing it right.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 09:57     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Loyola MD
McDaniel
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 09:50     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
My 3.4 and 1200 sat Fcps dc is looking at:

Jmu
Cnu
Longwood
Vcu
Pitt
Penn state
Elon
Tennessee
College of Charleston
U South Carolina
Indiana
U Mary Washington
Lafayette, Susquehanna Gettysburg

Goal is to be under $60k after merit aid. Some of these are more reaches than others. Do does not know their major yet but likely not stem.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 09:39     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 09:36     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Roll Tide
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 09:30     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Miami University
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 08:38     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Op, try to look past typo in title! Cringe
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 08:37     Subject: Where are your average kids top picks?
Curious to see what schools the B students are excited about this year. The top coveted school list is steady, so always interesting to see geographic locations or particular schools that become “hot” year to year.