Anonymous
Post 10/19/2024 15:24     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
CMC has a PPE track. And it’s fun.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 20:33     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:Boy in 11th grade
Humanities major, PPE kinda thing
Private school
3.8, dragged down by 9th grade
1520 SAT - but just a junior so will take again.
Debate kid
a lot of in-school involvement
weak outside school ECs, summer stuff (hoping for a better summer after junior year)
not super compelling story, but a good writer
very best LOR from known-to-top-colleges teacher
not an athlete

Open to small to medium sized schools, willing to do ED, full pay


Pitt Honors College. Pitt is well known for philosophy, likes to send kids on study abroad (England sort of invented PPE). Honors degree (can be in any liberal arts major) is a B. Phil for Major XX. Pitt's liberal arts college feels smaller than it is once you get past 101 courses. A kid with lots of APs can probably skip past a lot.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 19:43     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Boy in 11th grade
Humanities major, PPE kinda thing
Private school
3.8, dragged down by 9th grade
1520 SAT - but just a junior so will take again.
Debate kid
a lot of in-school involvement
weak outside school ECs, summer stuff (hoping for a better summer after junior year)
not super compelling story, but a good writer
very best LOR from known-to-top-colleges teacher
not an athlete

Open to small to medium sized schools, willing to do ED, full pay


In no particular order:

Wake Forest
Rhodes College
Tulane
Reed College
Trinity College



Wake only if they ED or get some leadership positions.


Not at all true from our mcps public high school. OP’s kid would be a straightforward admit, as are kids with lesser ECs and no leadership.



Interesting, Wake tends to value extracurriculars, particularly class or all school president, and gpa over test scores, having been test optional long before covid. Can’t imagine why your school would be an exception but guess it’s possible. RD acceptance rate is less than 10 percent.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 15:25     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Boy in 11th grade
Humanities major, PPE kinda thing
Private school
3.8, dragged down by 9th grade
1520 SAT - but just a junior so will take again.
Debate kid
a lot of in-school involvement
weak outside school ECs, summer stuff (hoping for a better summer after junior year)
not super compelling story, but a good writer
very best LOR from known-to-top-colleges teacher
not an athlete

Open to small to medium sized schools, willing to do ED, full pay


In no particular order:

Wake Forest
Rhodes College
Tulane
Reed College
Trinity College



Wake only if they ED or get some leadership positions.


Not at all true from our mcps public high school. OP’s kid would be a straightforward admit, as are kids with lesser ECs and no leadership.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 15:21     Subject: Re:looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:Boston College

the have E2 also, in case the ED1 us denied elsewhere
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 15:20     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Haverford.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 15:18     Subject: Re:looking for an ED for this junior
Boston College
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 14:28     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:No way Georgetown is an option with that gpa.


It is more than fine from a Dc private. They routinely take 3.5s from ours.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 14:18     Subject: Re:looking for an ED for this junior
9th grade won’t factor IMO. But greater minds on this board will know better.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 13:47     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
No way Georgetown is an option with that gpa.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 13:35     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Middlebury
Hamilton
Colby
Wesleyan
Emory
Wash U
Tufts
Grinnell
Carleton
Davidson
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 13:05     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
My kid (very similar profile to OP’s kid, no hooks) looked at all of them and is at one of them (RD). You never know!

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Georgetown


I agree that this is a good list, in part because they are culturally very different schools. My kid looked at two of them and attends one, and I know one very well professionally.

He needs to visit and figure out what he wants and ED *only* if the school is his absolute first choice.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 12:41     Subject: Re:looking for an ED for this junior
Can he graduate early?
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 12:40     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:Emory
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Georgetown


I agree that this is a good list, in part because they are culturally very different schools. My kid looked at two of them and attends one, and I know one very well professionally.

He needs to visit and figure out what he wants and ED *only* if the school is his absolute first choice.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2024 12:30     Subject: looking for an ED for this junior
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:very best LOR from known-to-top-colleges teacher

this makes me LOL. Every college knows him? I'm sure some do but all top colleges? so ugggg

good luck to your son, he will get in a great school


I wouldnt LOL at this. Our school has one of these people. Known to top means known to top 10. Not all top 100. It's one of the super specific benefits of some top tier private high schools. getting a letter from this person, at our school, is not easy. I think they write just a couple a year. our HOS also writes a couple that are basically a golden ticket.

I mean, LOL if you want to, but these people are playing on a different field than you or me.


I agree with this. Our HOS writes and makes calls (esp for WL) and it does help.