Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:50     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Anonymous wrote:Poor kid isn't even half done her junior year and her mother is on here lamenting a B and talking about the Ivy League.

Sad.


+1.

Sad is understating the case.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:49     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, it doesn’t matter. it matters more if that aligns with his intended major. But even still. They aren’t looking for robots. That said he’s competing with kids who are 3.9 and up! I really wouldn’t worry that much. Just let him pick the school he wants to and let the chips fall where they may!


How did you conclude he is a robot?


DP.

The parent is a prestige-bot. Might be heritable.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:43     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
We are at a tier 2 NYC, 3.8 unhooked is generally competitive for Penn level ivy school. 3.7 is competitive for Cornell. Our tier 2 sends very few unhooked to HYP. MS possible for 3.9 kids.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:39     Subject: Re:At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
ED Cornell is still viable, and the very top students from their school will likely not also be applying.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:31     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Anonymous wrote:DC is a junior at a top private in NYC (Horace Mann/Collegiate/Dalton/Brearly equiv). All As in STEM classes, but gets B to A- in English/History. Overall GPA is about 3.8. SAT is 1560 (800M). will be applying as math or cs major. No legacy. URM.

Any chance at Ivys with this type of profile?


Sounds like he has a killer profile. Talk to you wonderful college counselors that you no doubt have and seek guidance on results for his profile at your SPECIFIC SCHOOL. We know nothing about top tier NYC privates on this board.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:43     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Cornell
CMU
JHU
Carleton
Harvey Mudd
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:38     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Anonymous wrote:Having been through this with a DC at one of these schools who applied for math. I would say you should look to ED Chicago or Cornell. It gets very tough in RD because you DC has to compete with those with higher gpas. Maybe Rice is another option but RD for STEM will be very tough with that gpa unless one of the olympiads are in the mix.


I want to add that the SLAC are a much better bet from these schools. They know what a B in humanities from these schools mean. ED to any of the WASP schools is also good.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:38     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What do you expect us to say? That your kid has a 10% less likelihood of getting into an Ivy because he got a B in a humanities class? Hire a college counselor if you want someone to throw generalizations at you.


OP: Just want to set expectations for ourselves. If it's not possible, then fine. If there's a shot, DC will def give it a try. that's all


Among NYC privates, Cornell is a state university. It's definitely a possible ivy option.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:37     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Poor kid isn't even half done her junior year and her mother is on here lamenting a B and talking about the Ivy League.

Sad.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:36     Subject: At top private HS, how much does lower humanities grades hurt?
Having been through this with a DC at one of these schools who applied for math. I would say you should look to ED Chicago or Cornell. It gets very tough in RD because you DC has to compete with those with higher gpas. Maybe Rice is another option but RD for STEM will be very tough with that gpa unless one of the olympiads are in the mix.