Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 13:42     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 3.0 GPA kid, 1 AP class, 23 ACT, is happy at McDaniel with good merit aid.

He looked at other small liberal arts schools with similar profiles but got into McDaniel early so he was one and done.


Bless you for sharing!! This is us exactly. I am continually puzzled at why a B average is not seen as "good enough" anymore!


Good enough for what?

McDaniel is a fine place, someplace I would say is plenty "good enough." Congrats to your kid.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 13:40     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:My 3.0 GPA kid, 1 AP class, 23 ACT, is happy at McDaniel with good merit aid.

He looked at other small liberal arts schools with similar profiles but got into McDaniel early so he was one and done.


Bless you for sharing!! This is us exactly. I am continually puzzled at why a B average is not seen as "good enough" anymore!
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 13:27     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Out of state colleges like University of Delaware, Penn State, Indiana University, Ohio State.....


Tell me a bit more about why this works? Is it that they are looking for kids out of their own state?


Some schools use OOS kids for revenue.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 13:08     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Out of state colleges like University of Delaware, Penn State, Indiana University, Ohio State.....


Tell me a bit more about why this works? Is it that they are looking for kids out of their own state?


Out of state students pay more. That’s why. Of these OSU will be hardest to get into.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 12:59     Subject: Re:The normal kid
My 3.0 GPA kid, 1 AP class, 23 ACT, is happy at McDaniel with good merit aid.

He looked at other small liberal arts schools with similar profiles but got into McDaniel early so he was one and done.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 12:56     Subject: The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:Please share where your "normal" kid went to college. 2 years in a non AP school so no weighting but As and Bs. Now in public school where it feels like everyone is loaded with APs. DC is not. So average schedule for this year at least, and a B/A student.


The colleges will know the first school didn't have APs and won't hold that against them.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 12:54     Subject: The normal kid
There are 4000 colleges in this county and only about 30 of them are talked about on here.

Click on the first option in the filter menu (Test Scores and Selectivity) on this website
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search

Select some criteria. See the huge list of schools that shows up for every single one.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 12:35     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Our 1290 SAT, 3.5 unweighted public school DC with only a couple APs got into 7 out of 7 engineering schools ranked from about #60 to just over #300.

Not URM but did have an EC that might have turned the heads of the #60 school.

Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 11:56     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:Out of state colleges like University of Delaware, Penn State, Indiana University, Ohio State.....


Tell me a bit more about why this works? Is it that they are looking for kids out of their own state?
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 11:55     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:I was the same and I went to Salisbury. Lots of normal students there plus in state tuition if you live in MD. The admissions people will know that your child's school doesn't offer APs so they cannot expect the same high GPA. Does his school offer any honors classes?


In the private no APs or honors but everything was sort of offered at the honors level. No matter what level you are. In the public high school we are in now, of course there are a ton of APs. But at least for this year we have not pursued that except for one. Maybe more next year. Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming!
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 10:58     Subject: Re:The normal kid
I was the same and I went to Salisbury. Lots of normal students there plus in state tuition if you live in MD. The admissions people will know that your child's school doesn't offer APs so they cannot expect the same high GPA. Does his school offer any honors classes?
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 10:45     Subject: Re:The normal kid
Out of state colleges like University of Delaware, Penn State, Indiana University, Ohio State.....
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 10:14     Subject: The normal kid
Anonymous wrote:
I never took an AP class but went to a good high school and got As. Besides theater, no extracurriculars.

The secret was applying to the right college for me.

It was an "artsy" college and instead of an essay, I made a word collage in the space they had on the paper for you to type in your application. Yes, I'm an Old.


Not relevant. College has changed a lot.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 10:13     Subject: The normal kid

I never took an AP class but went to a good high school and got As. Besides theater, no extracurriculars.

The secret was applying to the right college for me.

It was an "artsy" college and instead of an essay, I made a word collage in the space they had on the paper for you to type in your application. Yes, I'm an Old.
Anonymous
Post 09/29/2019 09:56     Subject: The normal kid
Please share where your "normal" kid went to college. 2 years in a non AP school so no weighting but As and Bs. Now in public school where it feels like everyone is loaded with APs. DC is not. So average schedule for this year at least, and a B/A student.