My kid got in with 4 B also. School doesn’t do +/-
Large urban public school
Arts focused EC

2024 RD acceptances at all 3 of H/Y/S. No Bs, but two or three A- from a private school known for their rigor. Unhooked in every way.

My child got in with 6 B's

No grades below A, mostly A+

11 APs

2 years of math post BC calc

Daughter got into an Ivy unhooked this year from a magnet public school with 5 B's. Took highest curriculum available in all subjects, all 5's in AP classes and a 36. The Bs were in either in random non-AP classes or really hard classes (beyond AP ones).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our experience, Ivy admittance is not based on grades. Kids with worse grades and less rigor from my child’s school got into Ivies while those at tippy top on both did not. Ivies care more about other aspects once the minimum threshold is met.

Usually the kids with lowet grades apply ED whereas the tippy top kids do SCEA. You can get ED into Cornell with lowet grades but not in RD usually.

Not true.

This is what I have seen in our school. ED acceptances to Cornell, Columbia and Dartmouth have lower gpas. Cornell kids even have lower SAT scores. Our school sends about 25 to 30 kids to Cornell with more accepted. Its a specialized HS.

A friends son I think got in maybe to an ivy with maybe one or two B+

Grades are just one data point.

2024 - all A/A+, perfect test score

Anonymous wrote:Can people just answer OPs question?

4 people have answered so far. Many can’t help but provide general info based on what they believe.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our experience, Ivy admittance is not based on grades. Kids with worse grades and less rigor from my child’s school got into Ivies while those at tippy top on both did not. Ivies care more about other aspects once the minimum threshold is met.

Usually the kids with lowet grades apply ED whereas the tippy top kids do SCEA. You can get ED into Cornell with lowet grades but not in RD usually.

Not true.

Anonymous wrote:Ivy acceptances do not just depend on grades.

You have to look at the whole application.

This.
And it always depends on your high school.
People who don’t realize that are clueless idiots. Wasting time.

^no ED. No hooks. Multiple RD accepted in the top 12, attends a top10 ivy

Zero. 5 As and 22 A+ grades. Valedictorian, great private, but not a top-50 US day school

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our experience, Ivy admittance is not based on grades. Kids with worse grades and less rigor from my child’s school got into Ivies while those at tippy top on both did not. Ivies care more about other aspects once the minimum threshold is met.

Usually the kids with lowet grades apply ED whereas the tippy top kids do SCEA. You can get ED into Cornell with lowet grades but not in RD usually.

My kid’s first choice was an ED Ivy. Uw 4.0/36ACT