Anonymous
Post 04/17/2025 16:03     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
My kid with similar stats and 32 ACT applied EA and was accepted to U of SC, UTK, Miami of Ohio, College of Charleston, Clemson, Elon, and Auburn.

Deferred from UGA and Tulane, rejected UVA (not in state)
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2025 15:58     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What state? Md I’m guessing from the weighted gpa.

What size school?
What’s your max budget?

My similar kid but in VA is considering:

JMU
UMW
U Tampa
College of Charleston
Pitt
Penn state
U Delaware
CNU
Loyola MD
Xavier
Dayton
U South Carolina
UTK
College of Charleston


OP. Yes, we're at MCPS and she wants a large university with a good mix of great academics, fun/vibrant college town, and big sports in the East Coast or Midwest. Budget no more than $60K a year but of course the more merit the better.


Forget test optional. Get her in a good SAT/ACT prep.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2025 15:57     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
I meant these schools seem out of reach:



UVA
Boston College
Michigan
USC
University of Miami
Wake Forest
NESCACs
Emory
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2025 15:55     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:All of those colleges seem out of reach h with that level of unweighted gpa.


CNU seems out of reach?

Pitt?

Delaware?

those seem like targets to me.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 15:43     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Clemson
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 15:26     Subject: Re:Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
3.7 and 4.5, test optional, 11 AP classes

Accepted ED2 to a t30 slac
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 14:36     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
South Carolina
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 14:27     Subject: Re:Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
what's SC?
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 14:25     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:For Indiana, SC, uva, Pitt, VT, etc, applying for business is a tougher admit than another major. The first two in particular are much easier admits if you are not business.


Incorrect for UVA - you don't apply for a major (except nursing and kinesiology) and you apply to business school after your first year.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 14:10     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
For Indiana, SC, uva, Pitt, VT, etc, applying for business is a tougher admit than another major. The first two in particular are much easier admits if you are not business.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 13:50     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
In-state DD applied to UMD with a 3.9/4.7 TO with strong performing arts ECs. Rejected. Her counselor said UMD really likes test scores despite being TO. At her W school, the GPA cut off was around 4.8 this year. She was accepted at GWU with good merit ($29K) and W&M.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 13:27     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
A lot of these schools suggested are no longer test option for kids applying this fall. Like Miami. OP said her kid wants TO.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 13:20     Subject: Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have a HS junior with a 3.84 unweighted and 4.58 weighted GPA who will likely go test optional unless it's required. She's taking the highest level classes at her HS and is in a bunch of ECs including a varsity sport since her freshman yr. Looking to maybe major in business/finance. Would love to hear where your seniors with a similar profile got accepted to and where they decided to commit. Thanks!


UVA
Boston College
Michigan
USC
University of Miami
Wake Forest
NESCACs
Emory

I'd have her work on the testing.



lol, no.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 13:18     Subject: Re:Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:the best chances of being accepted are going ED at Tulane, UMiami, BC but also all expensive and roll of the dice on financial aid. (I think BC said it had over 75% submitting test scores this year - so that is definitely trending up but I don't know its effect on admission chances)
What about going for UMD, UVA, VaTech, UGA, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pitt, Penn State, etc?



A 3.8 is not a guarantee for UGA- not even for in-state

Nothing is a guarantee. Nothing. No one on this forum suggests otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2025 11:22     Subject: Re:Where did your TO, 3.8 unweighted & 4.6 weighted GPA kid get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:the best chances of being accepted are going ED at Tulane, UMiami, BC but also all expensive and roll of the dice on financial aid. (I think BC said it had over 75% submitting test scores this year - so that is definitely trending up but I don't know its effect on admission chances)
What about going for UMD, UVA, VaTech, UGA, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pitt, Penn State, etc?



A 3.8 is not a guarantee for UGA- not even for in-state