Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:41     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


Yes when I graduated in 1997 it seemed anyone could get in!! Lol


Not really.

Kids on Naviance at my kids school are solidly in the green with a 3.3.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:34     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Last year DD 3.45, ACT 33 Accepted with Merit Aid:

Oberlin (attends - well half on campus)
SMCM - in state
Gettysburg
CNU

Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:30     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Are these weighted or unweighted GPAs being discussed? I'm new to the process so just trying to figure it all out.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:22     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:Title says it all.

Where did they go? How did it work out?


VA Tech - last year
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:12     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


Yes when I graduated in 1997 it seemed anyone could get in!! Lol
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:10     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Fordham too.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:08     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Jesuit schools will give your kid merit aid, Xavier, providence, Loyola MD, Fairfield, Dayton, St Joe’s. Towson is a great choice. Also look at McDaniel, Dickenson, Bucknell, U Mary Washington, Christopher Newport, Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, U Delaware, Trinity, Connecticut College.


A 3.25 gpa is probably too low for at least these two. The average gpa for CNU is a 3.5-4.0 on a 4.0 scale


Those two are decent reaches for this kid.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 09:05     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:Oldest son had a 3.3 or 3.4. Went to Indiana University. Failed out.

No light switch goes off at college. You know how you ride him now for the 3.3? Well, you can't at college, he can do literally anything he wants at college. And will. The 3.3 tells me your son hates school.

If we could do it over again we would have encouraged him to go into the military for a few years. He was smart but way too immature, zero discipline, and didn't appreciate anything.


Can you tell us how your DS is doing now? (I'm worried that something like this will happen to my DS -- a current 12th grader.)
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 08:48     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


1500 is miles over the 75th percentile. You’d breeze in with those stats.


Tell that to all the kids on the waitlist with those stats


You don't need anywhere near a 1500 and a 4.3 for Tech. Let's get real. But it's also true that a 3.3 to 3.5 won't cut it either.


Not true. 3.3-3.5 can get into Va Tech except Engineering. Not saying it is slam dunk but DD with 3.2 but 1310 got until VT.


Especially if you apply ED and demonstrate interest. Not engineering though as most have said.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 08:39     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
DD with 3.3 GPA/1290 SAT was accepted to:
VT (not engineering)
Pitt
Indiana
Elon
Miami Ohio

Denied at:
UMD
Clemson
Tulane
Miami
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 08:37     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.


What? Recently?
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 08:28     Subject: Re:Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
My kid with an unweighted GPA in this range was accepted at Indiana U and University of Minnesota. She chose another OOS public that offered her merit. (She also was offered $19,000/yr from a CTCL school).

Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 08:21     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


1500 is miles over the 75th percentile. You’d breeze in with those stats.



No you wouldn’t.SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of enrolled students at VT last fall had a 4.2; median had a 4.0; and bottom 25% had a 3.75. This year the stats will jump even more due to the increase in applications so VT has many more students to pick from. Bear in mind those are stats for the enrolled students. The stats for accepted students is higher because quite a few high stats will turn down VT and go elsewhere.


Weighted. Very different. My 3.35 1390 just got in (not engineering though).
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 05:52     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


1500 is miles over the 75th percentile. You’d breeze in with those stats.


Tell that to all the kids on the waitlist with those stats


You don't need anywhere near a 1500 and a 4.3 for Tech. Let's get real. But it's also true that a 3.3 to 3.5 won't cut it either.


Not true. 3.3-3.5 can get into Va Tech except Engineering. Not saying it is slam dunk but DD with 3.2 but 1310 got until VT.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2021 01:06     Subject: Where did your average (3.25-ish) student go to college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech.




You are behind the times. You can’t even get into Va tech with a 1500 SAT and 4.3.


1500 is miles over the 75th percentile. You’d breeze in with those stats.



No you wouldn’t.SCHEV reports that the 75th percentile of enrolled students at VT last fall had a 4.2; median had a 4.0; and bottom 25% had a 3.75. This year the stats will jump even more due to the increase in applications so VT has many more students to pick from. Bear in mind those are stats for the enrolled students. The stats for accepted students is higher because quite a few high stats will turn down VT and go elsewhere.