Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 18:01     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
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 Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.


The thing is that does happen at our private.
ED for Vanderbilt though.

The 3.9+ going to Yale/stanford/Princeton/harvard/duke
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 17:58     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
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 Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 17:55     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:Definite admit to Chicago and WashU ED.


Ridiculous. No such thing as a sure admit to either of those colleges.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 17:54     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:Private school doesn't mean your kid has better odds for admission... it can work the other way. Grades can be inflated to appease the parents shelling out tuition money, and colleges want kids that aren't privileged in every way. Good luck to your kid, I just find the private school call out annoying.


Above quote is correct. A lot of private school parents delude themselves into thinking the private gives a college admissions advantage, but this is no longer the case, even for a Big 3.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 17:52     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:Look at your schools Naviance.

Cornell/Emory/Vanderbilt/Wash U/USC could be good possibilities



It would definitely be unusual for an UNHOOKED kid to get into Vanderbilt with those stats.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 16:19     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Good for him!

But there's plenty of research in this field.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:46     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?


usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research


Np. And recs from Latin teachers/classics teachers


Research isn't necessary, but be active in the Classics Club, preferably president. Study Ancient Greek for several years in addition to many years of Latin. Gold medals on the national exams, preferably with some perfect scores.


And I know kids with research and no clubs and no perfect scores. There’s Not one recipe here


These kids do not usually publish research. I know a boy who publish an article, and he went to Penn.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:41     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?


usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research


Np. And recs from Latin teachers/classics teachers


Research isn't necessary, but be active in the Classics Club, preferably president. Study Ancient Greek for several years in addition to many years of Latin. Gold medals on the national exams, preferably with some perfect scores.


And I know kids with research and no clubs and no perfect scores. There’s Not one recipe here
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:34     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?


usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research


Np. And recs from Latin teachers/classics teachers


Research isn't necessary, but be active in the Classics Club, preferably president. Study Ancient Greek for several years in addition to many years of Latin. Gold medals on the national exams, preferably with some perfect scores.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:31     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?


usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research


Np. And recs from Latin teachers/classics teachers
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:23     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?


usually greek/latin that pre-dates high school years and medals in those areas. plus research
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:18     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Tell me more about the classics majors. How do you get Harvard or Yale to take you as a classics major? Have those kids done original research or published writing in their area of interest?
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 15:14     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
Anonymous wrote:Private school doesn't mean your kid has better odds for admission... it can work the other way. Grades can be inflated to appease the parents shelling out tuition money, and colleges want kids that aren't privileged in every way. Good luck to your kid, I just find the private school call out annoying.


Private schools are better.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 13:24     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
your naviance/scior will tell you a lot.

Georgetown, Harvard, and UChicagao love our HS for example. A 3.8 ED to Chicago would be pretty much a lock. Stanford, Northwestern, and Yale hate us.

Who knows why. Why ask questions.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2024 13:00     Subject: 3.8 uw private school gpa/odds
And few LACs - Swartmore, Barnard, Wellesley, Hamilton, Macalester, Haverford, Vassar, Grinnell to name few. Some are single digit acceptance rates, but I have seen some kids getting in with those stats (but you probably recognize that stats are not everything).