Anonymous wrote:How many apps did your 3.8 private school kid submit?

Anonymous wrote:How many apps did your 3.8 private school kid submit?

Anonymous wrote:How many apps did your 3.8 private school kid submit?

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a look at Harvard Westlake's unhooked college acceptance data, 3.8 / 4.5 gets you in many top universities, including ivies.

Are you an HW parent? How does a 3.8 UW turn into a 4.5 WG? NO WAY! As someone who has spent 12 years as an HW parent and seen countless HW kids, I can tell you that a 3.8 UW won't cut it for top Ivies. Around 50 students have a 3.9 UW or higher, and so many students cluster around the 3.9-3.8 range. With a 3.8, the school will likely push hard for the University of Chicago, and perhaps Cornell (as an ED option). For Regular Decision, it's going to be tough. The likely range would be schools like Notre Dame, WashU, Johns Hopkins, or Georgetown.

HW does not weight GPA. 3.8 / 4.5 means 3.8 out of 4.5 scale.

There is a link provided by HW, listing unhooked applicant acceptance by GPA range.

You are obviously not familiar with HW.

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Anonymous wrote:no one can answer this withoyt know test scores, rigor, rank in class, ECs, LOCs, hooked, etc

yes they can! They can simply answer the question! sure, it can't be extrapolated to every 3.8 kid but that is not what is being asked.

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a look at Harvard Westlake's unhooked college acceptance data, 3.8 / 4.5 gets you in many top universities, including ivies.

Are you an HW parent? How does a 3.8 UW turn into a 4.5 WG? NO WAY! As someone who has spent 12 years as an HW parent and seen countless HW kids, I can tell you that a 3.8 UW won't cut it for top Ivies. Around 50 students have a 3.9 UW or higher, and so many students cluster around the 3.9-3.8 range. With a 3.8, the school will likely push hard for the University of Chicago, and perhaps Cornell (as an ED option). For Regular Decision, it's going to be tough. The likely range would be schools like Notre Dame, WashU, Johns Hopkins, or Georgetown.

HW does not weight GPA. 3.8 / 4.5 means 3.8 out of 4.5 scale.


OP was talking about unweighted GPA. So I mentioned UWG. That said, I do know one student with a 3.8 weighted GPA who got into Columbia about seven years ago.
HW used to WG (4.5)then DID UW(4.0 scale) next then went to those scale(4.5) later. I think you don't know HW GPA history.










There is a link provided by HW, listing unhooked applicant acceptance by GPA range.

You are obviously not familiar with HW.

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a look at Harvard Westlake's unhooked college acceptance data, 3.8 / 4.5 gets you in many top universities, including ivies.

Are you an HW parent? How does a 3.8 UW turn into a 4.5 WG? NO WAY! As someone who has spent 12 years as an HW parent and seen countless HW kids, I can tell you that a 3.8 UW won't cut it for top Ivies. Around 50 students have a 3.9 UW or higher, and so many students cluster around the 3.9-3.8 range. With a 3.8, the school will likely push hard for the University of Chicago, and perhaps Cornell (as an ED option). For Regular Decision, it's going to be tough. The likely range would be schools like Notre Dame, WashU, Johns Hopkins, or Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I’ve seen Cornell and Dartmouth for ivies. Also the other schools mentioned above for T25.
Also, lots of other schools like Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, Wellesley, Tufts, Georgetown & Claremont McKenna.

There are lots of options.
Evaluate ED1 and ED2 choices strategically.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you may find the stats for Horace Mann in NYC interesting. There was one 4.0 last year, and that’s not unusual.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1728397429/horacemann/szq8dkzflvd840kzdvo3/HMSchoolProfile2024-25F.pdf

A 3.8 at a rigorous school puts you in a VERY good position to gain admission to the most selective colleges. Scroll down for a list of where these kids end up:

https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/college-counseling

Looks like ten between 2022-2024 went to Harvard which is less than I would have thoughts. This school has as high a percent of hooked kids/mega donors as anywhere in the country.

Didn't see any Harvard admits?

You have to scroll sideways on the one chart. There were 10.

Anonymous wrote:If you take a look at Harvard Westlake's unhooked college acceptance data, 3.8 / 4.5 gets you in many top universities, including ivies.

Anonymous wrote:Some of you may find the stats for Horace Mann in NYC interesting. There was one 4.0 last year, and that’s not unusual.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1728397429/horacemann/szq8dkzflvd840kzdvo3/HMSchoolProfile2024-25F.pdf

A 3.8 at a rigorous school puts you in a VERY good position to gain admission to the most selective colleges. Scroll down for a list of where these kids end up:

https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/college-counseling

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you may find the stats for Horace Mann in NYC interesting. There was one 4.0 last year, and that’s not unusual.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1728397429/horacemann/szq8dkzflvd840kzdvo3/HMSchoolProfile2024-25F.pdf

A 3.8 at a rigorous school puts you in a VERY good position to gain admission to the most selective colleges. Scroll down for a list of where these kids end up:

https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/college-counseling

Didn't see any Harvard admits?

You have to scroll sideways on the one chart. There were 10.