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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

3.5uw from a Northern VA public school is not getting into any of those schools. Not a single one. PP is living in 1985 or completely out of their mind.

OP claims it is a well-respected public with grade deflation. If that's true, then these schools are all possible but hard. 1500+ SAT also helps their case. Did your precious child get rejected from one of the aforementioned schools with better stats?

No grudge here. I have one kid in college and another gearing up for the admissions process. Most of the schools suggested by the PP are/were on one or both kids' lists. Oldest had a 3.8uw/4.5w and many of those schools were beyond reach at those stats. Current kid has a 4.0uw/4.8w and still I wouldn't consider almost any of those schools a target (except Madison and Fordham).

There are a lot of well-meaning DCUMs who haven't been through the admissions process in decades and have very skewed ideas of what are good schools for good, but not great, students. "Grade deflation" is in the eye of the beholder but even if this is a TJ student, they will be competing against other students with higher GPAs. A 3.5uw from a DMV public doesn't get you to schools that accept less than 15% of applicants, which is most of the schools on the PPs list. Fordham is the outlier of course. OP's kid would almost certainly be competitive there.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

3.5uw from a Northern VA public school is not getting into any of those schools. Not a single one. PP is living in 1985 or completely out of their mind.

What uw gpa do you need?

From a VA public? 3.85+ uw to not get binned immediately at T30.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

That’s tough.

That's why I ask. Some leadership and a few awards but nothing crazy.

Also full pay with legacy to multiple top 20 schools. We can ED.

Name the schools and whether it is direct parent undergrad (as opposed to grad) legacy. Donations? Involvement?

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

3.5uw from a Northern VA public school is not getting into any of those schools. Not a single one. PP is living in 1985 or completely out of their mind.

OP claims it is a well-respected public with grade deflation. If that's true, then these schools are all possible but hard. 1500+ SAT also helps their case. Did your precious child get rejected from one of the aforementioned schools with better stats?

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

3.5uw from a Northern VA public school is not getting into any of those schools. Not a single one. PP is living in 1985 or completely out of their mind.

What uw gpa do you need?

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

3.5uw from a Northern VA public school is not getting into any of those schools. Not a single one. PP is living in 1985 or completely out of their mind.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

Thanks for the suggestions. Of the two, would W&M or NYU ED be easier?

W&M for sure, as you are in-state and their ED acceptance rate is higher than NYU ED. It is seriously good for history and english so it is an excellent option. I would also look at your child's SCOIR/Naviance data to see the GPA + stats in context.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

Thanks for the suggestions. Of the two, would W&M or NYU ED be easier?

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

That’s tough.

That's why I ask. Some leadership and a few awards but nothing crazy.

Also full pay with legacy to multiple top 20 schools. We can ED.

Rule out T20. Legacy won't help.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

That’s tough.

That's why I ask. Some leadership and a few awards but nothing crazy.

Also full pay with legacy to multiple top 20 schools. We can ED.

No ED is happening.

Maybe Emory Oxford college?
Thst gpa is too low

Anonymous wrote:Kenyon

This ^^ Kenyon is awesome for english.

Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

UVA ED might be tough. If the public is TJ or McLean it will be harder in ED given your in-house competition. Chicago could be a good use of ED only if poor grades are in rigorous classes and ECs are excellent, but that's a crapshoot. UCs are also good if poor grades are in freshman year, as they don't consider those. I would also recommend UW-Madison, W&M, Tufts (ED), Boston College, Fordham, NYU (ED). If they like LACs, look at (mostly talking about ED) Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Davidson, Carleton, Middlebury.

Kenyon

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

That’s tough.

That's why I ask. Some leadership and a few awards but nothing crazy.

Also full pay with legacy to multiple top 20 schools. We can ED.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 unweighted, highly regarded Virginia public, grade deflation

That’s tough.

That's why I ask. Some leadership and a few awards but nothing crazy.