Anonymous wrote:I'm in my third cycle of getting a 3.0 to 3.2 kid from Big 3 to college. This year is absolutely nothing like the other years. I really believe the increasing grade inflation from publics, along with the 50% plus increase in applications to so many schools, has made all schools except the LACS out of reach for the 50th percentile and lower kids this year. My 3.2 kid has been deferred from everywhere and I think is about to get rejected from Tennessee tomorrow, then later Boulder--his top two choices. I do think he'll get into some PA LACs, which is not what he wants. But this cycle is even worse than 2021. I really wish I had sent my kids to public. They would have had fun and had better oppotunities.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My big3 B student with a 32 ACT rejected from Auburn this year.
That is interesting Auburn accepted 20,000 applicants under EA, average ACT was 28.2. Acceptance rate was 44 percent.
https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2023/02/081400-record-number-of-applicants.php
If your kid is an honors level B student then maybe you could use ED to get into a Lehigh, Washington and lee, bucknell, trinity or conn college level school. Otherwise more realistic options would be elon, st Lawrence, Dickinson, JMU.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, there may be a big difference in results between a 3.0 and a 3.4. Can you be more specific?
GPA is around 3.4, all inclusive (meaning, school includes grades for music, art, PE, etc., in GPA).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A good sized group of STA seniors who likely have mostly As and a few Bs (think 3.7-3.8 gpa) are all going to Boston College. Good school, but 10+ years ago this group would have expected to be accepted to top 20 schools. Times have changed.
If they already got in, they applied ED, which I'm sure helped their chances a lot.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From our Big 3 many of the B students went to UMiami, Tulane, Northeastern, Colgate, Colby.
Not anymore. A solid B student would be lucky to get into CU Boulder these days.
Did things change this year (2023?)
Because they were getting in last year (2022).
How do you even know since decisions aren't all out yet?
NP. This is true. My B student at a big3 with a 33 ACT was rejected from Boulder this year (2023).
That’s weird, our private school had a student accepted with B average and lower test scores, also 2023. What was major?
Anonymous wrote:A good sized group of STA seniors who likely have mostly As and a few Bs (think 3.7-3.8 gpa) are all going to Boston College. Good school, but 10+ years ago this group would have expected to be accepted to top 20 schools. Times have changed.
Anonymous wrote:My big3 B student with a 32 ACT rejected from Auburn this year.
Anonymous wrote:OP, there may be a big difference in results between a 3.0 and a 3.4. Can you be more specific?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My big3 B student with a 32 ACT rejected from Auburn this year.
Because Auburn knew your kid wouldn't go there. See these lists - Big 3 kids don't go to Auburn.[/quote
Yield protection is not real.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So where are the B students going to go this year? Are the college advisors at Sidwell, STA, etc having kids scramble to send last minute apple to the next tier down? Places like Towson and West Va? What's actually happening?
Do your kids go to any of these schools? If, so , you would know.
My kids do but they're not seniors. I have a junior and sophomore.
Your CCO should be able to give you a much better picture than the anonymous posters here.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So where are the B students going to go this year? Are the college advisors at Sidwell, STA, etc having kids scramble to send last minute apple to the next tier down? Places like Towson and West Va? What's actually happening?
Do your kids go to any of these schools? If, so , you would know.
My kids do but they're not seniors. I have a junior and sophomore.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So where are the B students going to go this year? Are the college advisors at Sidwell, STA, etc having kids scramble to send last minute apple to the next tier down? Places like Towson and West Va? What's actually happening?
Do your kids go to any of these schools? If, so , you would know.