Anonymous wrote:My 3.2, test optional kid ED’d to St Mary’s College of Maryland. He likes it a lot, it’s in state. I just hope he gets in.

My DC is there and loves the school. Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:Loyola MD
McDaniel

Excellent choices!

My DD got good money at Iowa honors that brought it just under 30k

My 3.2, test optional kid ED’d to St Mary’s College of Maryland. He likes it a lot, it’s in state. I just hope he gets in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody posting UVA For kid with stats, even anything under a 4.0 is really dreaming. It is just not gonna happen. Save your money.

I say this as a parent of a kid with higher stats who applied and it was really a pipe dream.

This is patently incorrect [b]and depends 100% on the school your child attend. Look at your school's Naviance. I have one at UVA now and thought the other had no chance, until I looked at the high school numbers in Naviance. My kids attended a diverse DMV public HS, and you absolutely do not need a 4.0 to get in from this HS.

It's not "patently correct" (clearly false) because it is a true statement for 95% of the readers here. The SCHEV results clearly state that the 75th percentile of last year's entering class at UVA had a 4.5, median had a 4.40 and bottom 75th percentile had a 4.2. These are facts and true for VA students competing for UVA at the better FCPS schools. Now if you are URM, hooked or attending a school that is not rigorous or has few students applicants to UVA you may get lucky but for almost any unhooked non URM reading this you need GPA of 4.5, a 1510 SAT and a 35 ACT, top rigor, great LOCs and great ECs and be in top 6% of class to have a shot.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Using an example outline from above for mine:
FCPS kid, 3.8w with 1300 SAT (mostly TO on applications), these are some applied to:
UVA
Pitt
Penn state
UDel
UMD
WVU
UNCG
College of Charleston
Bama
Auburn

Goal is to be under $30k after merit aid. I don't want to spend this even, but more merit or needs based grants are probably unlikely and this is a 4 year max I think we can live through on both pay as we go and repayment loan.

The only one of these that might be under 30 K with merit aid Might be Bama. Every other one of these is going to be about 50 to 60 K oos and 35-45k With tuition and room and board in-state.

If you really want to be under 30k Tuition and room and board, in Virginia in-state you should consider gmu, cnu and maybe umw. Jmu all in is $32k. All the flagship schools will be higher

With that SAT, they don’t get much at Alabama anymore. Merit there is transparent, and has shifted up to require higher GPAs / test scores.

Instate GMU is well
over $30k (Tuituon + housing + fees + transportationn+ health, etc. )

Anonymous wrote:3.51 GPA, 1440 SAT (hoping the SAT will help offset the GPA). Son wants warm weather!

Reaches
Umiami
Tulane
UT Austin

Target
SMU
Trinity (TX)
Clemson

Accepted
Auburn

I guess so! Nice variety...My kid had Ohio St., BU, Lehigh and WM (among others)!

School data says target for Clemson, so who knows. It's not his top choice, so he won't be upset if he is rejected. He is really smart, but Freshman year was awful! Hopefully it is a balanced list and he gets some more acceptances!

Anonymous wrote:3.51 GPA, 1440 SAT (hoping the SAT will help offset the GPA). Son wants warm weather!

Reaches
Umiami
Tulane
UT Austin

Target
SMU
Trinity (TX)
Clemson

Accepted
Auburn

Clemson was a target for my kid with a 1430 sat and a 4.4 gpa

Anonymous wrote:Anybody posting UVA For kid with stats, even anything under a 4.0 is really dreaming. It is just not gonna happen. Save your money.

I say this as a parent of a kid with higher stats who applied and it was really a pipe dream.

This is patently incorrect and depends 100% on the school your child attend. Look at your school's Naviance. I have one at UVA now and thought the other had no chance, until I looked at the high school numbers in Naviance. My kids attended a diverse DMV public HS, and you absolutely do not need a 4.0 to get in from this HS.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone considering NY state schools? Binghamton would be a reach (or fully out of range) but maybe U Buffalo, which has good sports and school spirit.

Same question re Rutgers. I never see it mentioned on this board.

(Our friend’s DS with similar stats chose Delaware with money, though I’m not sure how much. First semester, and he loves it so far.)

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3.51 GPA, 1440 SAT (hoping the SAT will help offset the GPA). Son wants warm weather!

Reaches
Umiami
Tulane
UT Austin

Target
SMU
Trinity (TX)
Clemson

Accepted
Auburn

Anyone considering NY state schools? Binghamton would be a reach (or fully out of range) but maybe U Buffalo, which has good sports and school spirit.

Same question re Rutgers. I never see it mentioned on this board.

(Our friend’s DS with similar stats chose Delaware with money, though I’m not sure how much. First semester, and he loves it so far.)

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Anonymous wrote:What are average kids? DCUM usually means something absurdly high, as in, a 1420 and a 3.85 with "only" 8 APs.

This. And honestly I'm really struggling with this. I feel like my kid is 'below average" because of his for real B average GPA (will be lucky to graduate with a 3.4UW), but SATs are in the 99th percentile, has taken 11 APs, and is an AP Scholar with Distinction. No one seems to know what to do with a kid like this.

Well, that was quite a humblebrag!

Your kid won't get into a Top 20, but I predict plenty of options in the top 40-60 range.

I don't believe "average" students are going to find much success at UMCP.