Anonymous wrote:OP here: the original post was when DC was a Junior at LHS, DC is now a Sophomore in college. I have a senior at LHS this year that has higher grades but lower SATs. DC 2 has gotten in just about everywhere in VA except UVA. Also got in to Penn State, UMD, USC and a few more. The original post was based on PSATs and grades at that point. DC 1 buckled down and is a nearly straight A college student at a top VA college. LHS provides great preparation for college.

Why so reluctant to say which school? At least twice someone asked. Seriously doubt you can be "outed" from that info. Odd.

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Anonymous wrote:You need a 3.7 out of Langley to get into GMU. also, selectivity has really changed. Also the days of 30% getting in are long gone too. Only 17% of applicants get in and that's including all the international and OOS students, so from NoVA and especially Langley and MLean, it's much more difficult.

Booster, GMU is a fine college, but, it is nowhere near as selective as you are claiming. The 2013 admission rate was 62%. Most applicants get accepted. But, the vast majority (77%) of students who get admitted choose NOT to attend GMU. Only 23% of the admittees choose to attend.

NP here. Looking right now at Naviance data for GMU at McLean HS. The average GPA of admitted students over the past five years has been 3.64; average SAT was 1850 (1873 super scored). That doesn't tell you what you "need" to get into GMU. It's just the average.

About 70% of the applicants from MHS get in every year and that the percentage of admitted students who've enrolled has ranged from 16 to 36"%. Naviance does not tell you the average GPA or SATs of the students who actually pick the school.

If I pull up the data for Virginia Tech, it's a different story, as you definitely need much better than average stats from McLean to get into VT. I assume the same is true at Langley.

Anonymous wrote:You need a 3.7 out of Langley to get into GMU. also, selectivity has really changed. Also the days of 30% getting in are long gone too. Only 17% of applicants get in and that's including all the international and OOS students, so from NoVA and especially Langley and MLean, it's much more difficult.

Booster, GMU is a fine college, but, it is nowhere near as selective as you are claiming. The 2013 admission rate was 62%. Most applicants get accepted. But, the vast majority (77%) of students who get admitted choose NOT to attend GMU. Only 23% of the admittees choose to attend.

You need a 3.7 out of Langley to get into GMU. also, selectivity has really changed. Also the days of 30% getting in are long gone too. Only 17% of applicants get in and that's including all the international and OOS students, so from NoVA and especially Langley and MLean, it's much more difficult. From Mason's page: Freshman Admission Requirements

We are excited that you are considering joining the Mason Nation, a dynamic and diverse community of scholars, leaders, and innovators. "Mason receives over 22,000 applications for undergraduate admissions each year for its incoming freshmen class of approximately 3,100 students. Admission is competitive and is done using a holistic approach - all aspects of a student's application, including high school transcripts, standardized test scores, essays, and letters of recommendation, among other supplemental documents, are reviewed by the admissions committee."

Anonymous wrote:To the person that suggested Tulane, are you on crack? 1100 SAT is that for just 2 sections or 3? I would also like to point out that C of C and Tulane are not the same type of student. You could be mildly retarded and go to C of C. I went to Tulane and a large portion of my freshman class was either in the top 10 of their class or at least top 10%

You sound really defensive, PP. Tulane is not THAT competitive, though it is a good school. OP, have you talked to the guidance office for some suggestions? They'll probably have a breakdown of which kids with which stats got in which schools.

Anonymous wrote:Re: Eagle Scout. I talked with an admissions officer this morning. She says she definitely looks for Eagles because of the drive, initiative, planning it takes to make it through the program plus the time and effort it takes to run an acceptable Eagle Project. She says no one would ever look down on an Eagle because of politics in Boy Scouts USA and she made a comparison to something else (which, of course, i can't remember now) but it was along of the lines "we won't penalize your kid just because his parents are Republican." Of course, I'm a Republican but she already knew that so we got a good laugh.

Kind of sad this even has to be discussed.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, I hope he picked JMU! I had so much fun there.

Not the OP, but my DC picked JMU and loves, loves, loves it!! Great school.

Oh, I hope he picked JMU! I had so much fun there.

USC South Carolina or Southern a Cal?

OP here: the original post was when DC was a Junior at LHS, DC is now a Sophomore in college. I have a senior at LHS this year that has higher grades but lower SATs. DC 2 has gotten in just about everywhere in VA except UVA. Also got in to Penn State, UMD, USC and a few more. The original post was based on PSATs and grades at that point. DC 1 buckled down and is a nearly straight A college student at a top VA college. LHS provides great preparation for college.

So OP was asking 3 1/2 yrs years in advance.

Stats, info that was 3 1/2 yrs old.

geeeezzzzz

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. DC grades got up to a 3.5 and the SATs got way better too around 1400 on the 2 parts. DC got into lots of good schools including Penn State, JMU, USC and many others.

Glad to hear it, OP! I also have a DC from Langley who had similar stats and also got into a bunch of good schools. I don't know who these people are who insist that if a student doesn't have a 3.8 or above, they're destined for community college. Anyway, good job to your DC!

Sure but 1400 is way better than 1100 and 3.4 is way better than 3.2

Anonymous wrote:OP here. DC grades got up to a 3.5 and the SATs got way better too around 1400 on the 2 parts. DC got into lots of good schools including Penn State, JMU, USC and many others.

Nice!

Where did he end up going?

Anonymous wrote:OP here. DC grades got up to a 3.5 and the SATs got way better too around 1400 on the 2 parts. DC got into lots of good schools including Penn State, JMU, USC and many others.

Glad to hear it, OP! I also have a DC from Langley who had similar stats and also got into a bunch of good schools. I don't know who these people are who insist that if a student doesn't have a 3.8 or above, they're destined for community college. Anyway, good job to your DC!