Anonymous wrote:13.31 PP - wouldn't your kid from a Big 3 with a 3.9+ and a 1560 be in consideration for Ivy's or Duke/Northwestern/Chicago? My kid graduated from GDS/Sidwell/St. Albans 3 two years ago and his friends with those statistics ended up at top schools. My DS ended up at Michigan with a much lesser GPA and a 31 ACT. He was also admitted to UCLA. Berkeley was a denial and UVA was a waitlist which he didn't pursue because he preferred Michigan.

Anonymous wrote:Would she consider UT-Austin or UW-Madison?

Anonymous wrote:A simple check of naviance will show you PP is wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:If by Big 3 you mean StA/NCS, Sidwell, Potomac, GDS, Holton, or Maret, then an A-/B+ student is well positioned for those colleges. Assuming your DC took some decent academic electives, those grades are above average at those high schools. SATs matter a lot since the scores of out-of-staters pull up the college averages a lot. UCLA will be harder since the UC system has a 20% limit on nonresidents. Your list represents pretty good target schools. You are being far more realistic than the parents who think those grades are good enough to get into a top SLACs or "lower Ivy."

My kid is a senior at a Big 3 with a 3.9+ (all A/A-'s with one B)/1560 and according to counselor OP's schools are matches for her, with UCLA being a match/reach and Michigan a match/safety. I'd think they'd be closer to reaches for a B+ kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Public Ivy is not a thing.

Take it to the other thread, will ya?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/821873.page

Anonymous wrote:If by Big 3 you mean StA/NCS, Sidwell, Potomac, GDS, Holton, or Maret, then an A-/B+ student is well positioned for those colleges. Assuming your DC took some decent academic electives, those grades are above average at those high schools. SATs matter a lot since the scores of out-of-staters pull up the college averages a lot. UCLA will be harder since the UC system has a 20% limit on nonresidents. Your list represents pretty good target schools. You are being far more realistic than the parents who think those grades are good enough to get into a top SLACs or "lower Ivy."

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD is a junior at one of the Big 3 schools. After visiting colleges she is leaning heavily towards the big state universities that have strong academics and school spirit. She says she would love to attend something like UMich, UVA, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill. There is no clear preference within that list. We are D.C. residents so no in-state preference for UVA. We would be full pay.

We will start meeting the counselors next semester and will get their feedback and naviance information. In the meantime it would be great if other parents whose kids graduated from a similar private and are attending one of the above colleges could let me know whether a solid B+ student (most grades are B+s with several As and A-s and one C) would be competitive at the public ivies. We don't have any test scores as yet but practice tests indicate that she will be in the 50th percentile for accepted student test scores. It's the GPA that concerns us because with a B+ average, her unweighted GPA is probably around 3.4.

I'm asking now because if Michigan, UCLA, UVA are out of her reach then we'd like to spend some time over Christmas exploring other options and visiting more schools.

TIA.

From OOS those universities are 1) about as expensive as privates 2) tougher admits than in state and 3) not necessarily better choices than other options you may have for undergraduate education at the same cost. Yes they are good schools, but certainly not the most undergraduate focused. I'd suggest moving ahead quickly to look at alternatives with your counselors.

Anonymous wrote:Our DD is a junior at one of the Big 3 schools. After visiting colleges she is leaning heavily towards the big state universities that have strong academics and school spirit. She says she would love to attend something like UMich, UVA, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill. There is no clear preference within that list. We are D.C. residents so no in-state preference for UVA. We would be full pay.

We will start meeting the counselors next semester and will get their feedback and naviance information. In the meantime it would be great if other parents whose kids graduated from a similar private and are attending one of the above colleges could let me know whether a solid B+ student (most grades are B+s with several As and A-s and one C) would be competitive at the public ivies. We don't have any test scores as yet but practice tests indicate that she will be in the 50th percentile for accepted student test scores. It's the GPA that concerns us because with a B+ average, her unweighted GPA is probably around 3.4.

I'm asking now because if Michigan, UCLA, UVA are out of her reach then we'd like to spend some time over Christmas exploring other options and visiting more schools.

TIA.

Anonymous wrote:Our DD is a junior at one of the Big 3 schools. After visiting colleges she is leaning heavily towards the big state universities that have strong academics and school spirit. She says she would love to attend something like UMich, UVA, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill. There is no clear preference within that list. We are D.C. residents so no in-state preference for UVA. We would be full pay.

We will start meeting the counselors next semester and will get their feedback and naviance information. In the meantime it would be great if other parents whose kids graduated from a similar private and are attending one of the above colleges could let me know whether a solid B+ student (most grades are B+s with several As and A-s and one C) would be competitive at the public ivies. We don't have any test scores as yet but practice tests indicate that she will be in the 50th percentile for accepted student test scores. It's the GPA that concerns us because with a B+ average, her unweighted GPA is probably around 3.4.

I'm asking now because if Michigan, UCLA, UVA are out of her reach then we'd like to spend some time over Christmas exploring other options and visiting more schools.

TIA.

Anonymous wrote:Public Ivy is not a thing.