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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I’ve seen Cornell and Dartmouth for ivies. Also the other schools mentioned above for T25.
Also, lots of other schools like Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, Wellesley, Tufts, Georgetown & Claremont McKenna.

There are lots of options.
Evaluate ED1 and ED2 choices strategically.

NP- You can have two ED schools?

No, students can apply ED2 if rejected from ED1 choice. ED2 deadlines are later.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I’ve seen Cornell and Dartmouth for ivies. Also the other schools mentioned above for T25.
Also, lots of other schools like Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, Wellesley, Tufts, Georgetown & Claremont McKenna.

There are lots of options.
Evaluate ED1 and ED2 choices strategically.

NP- You can have two ED schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I’ve seen Cornell and Dartmouth for ivies. Also the other schools mentioned above for T25.
Also, lots of other schools like Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, Wellesley, Tufts, Georgetown & Claremont McKenna.

There are lots of options.
Evaluate ED1 and ED2 choices strategically.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^Depends on school they are coming from and the rigor…kids with 3.7 GPA at Big 3 are getting into Wash U, Emory and UChicago ED.

Is this true this year??

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Anonymous wrote:Has there always been this discrepancy btw public school and private school GPA? What accounts for it?

Grade inflation?
Size of class?

Both. Mainly class size. If you have 500 kids in a class, you can give As to 100 students without looking like grade inflation, even if it is. If you have a class of 125, then giving As to 100 students looks like grade inflation, even if it isn't. You have to have a distribution of grades; everyone can't get As, so in a small school, you end up seeing kids with 3.5 GPA and 1490 SAT.

Anonymous wrote:^^^Depends on school they are coming from and the rigor…kids with 3.7 GPA at Big 3 are getting into Wash U, Emory and UChicago ED.

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Anonymous wrote:We are at a NYC private and these stats can be very misleading. Yes the kids are very bright and work hard, but nearly all of the kids getting into Ivy+ schools are legacy, famous parents (think Seinfeld, SJP) or URMs. My 3.9 uw 1510 legacy DC got into my Ivy in 2022 but I can tell you the ONLY kids who got into Ivy+ that year were legacies and URMs. That’s it.

which high school?

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Anonymous wrote:How did these private school 3.8s fare last week?

Are they also stuck in waitlist city?

Unhooked 3.8s will are probably on a bunch of T10-T25 waitlists, unless they went ED and got lucky.

If they are lucky they are on WL.
Lots of USC rejections.

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Anonymous wrote:Has there always been this discrepancy btw public school and private school GPA? What accounts for it?

Grade inflation?
Size of class?

Both. Mainly class size. If you have 500 kids in a class, you can give As to 100 students without looking like grade inflation, even if it is. If you have a class of 125, then giving As to 100 students looks like grade inflation, even if it isn't. You have to have a distribution of grades; everyone can't get As, so in a small school, you end up seeing kids with 3.5 GPA and 1490 SAT.

Keep telling yourself that. The kids I know in public have landed at just as competitive schools as those in private. In many cases, well beyond. It's not what it used to be, but I understand that's a hard pill to swallow if you've paid private tuition for many years.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought this was interesting. Results from a New York City private school last year? Anyone know which school this is?

Clearly 3.8 here would appear to be doing just fine

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/6NODO2IldZ

I think this is a private in NE not necessarily NYC. Here are the results at Dalton and Spence from last year.

https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23/
(Class size around 120)
https://www.instagram.com/spence23niors/
Class size 60

I think its Trinity.

Trinity has MUCH better numbers. All what UB (rip) would call “TT” has better numbers.

So this is a tier 2 hs in nyc. Which is crazier

That can’t be right! If so it’s insane.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thought this was interesting. Results from a New York City private school last year? Anyone know which school this is?

Clearly 3.8 here would appear to be doing just fine

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/6NODO2IldZ

I think this is a private in NE not necessarily NYC. Here are the results at Dalton and Spence from last year.

https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23/
(Class size around 120)
https://www.instagram.com/spence23niors/
Class size 60

I think its Trinity.

Trinity has MUCH better numbers. All what UB (rip) would call “TT” has better numbers.

So this is a tier 2 hs in nyc. Which is crazier