Anonymous
02/21/2023 20:47
Subject: Where do the A-/B+ students go?
OP - I agree with others that say your child should not take a gap year. Going elsewhere and transferring is a much better option. Some schools even have Spring admission. I'd look into those. I suspect VT would be an acceptance as a transfer.
Anonymous
02/21/2023 20:41
Subject: Where do the A-/B+ students go?
OP, my kid was waitlisted too. He hasn't earned a B+ since one in freshman year, but did end last year with a few A-. He also applied to Pitt and Penn State. We saw those as safeties and VT as a target, but I considered it a solid target. He's also applied to many of the other schools mentioned in this thread and is sitting on a bunch of deferrals.
Anonymous
02/21/2023 20:25
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.
Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF
funny
Anonymous
02/21/2023 20:20
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Mine has a 3.6 gpa, from northern virginia public school. Most kids from their high school got deferred to JMU.
Weighted or unweighted? Is yours also going to JMU?
Anonymous
02/21/2023 13:01
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Mine has a 3.6 gpa, from northern virginia public school. Most kids from their high school got deferred to JMU.
Anonymous
02/19/2023 19:54
Subject: Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:OP,
You'll have to be much clearer on why taking a gap year and re-applying would make your kid a stronger candidate. He would need to do something extraordinary during his gap year, and you know how likely that is? Chances are pretty much zero.
I didn't catch whether he's admitted to safeties. He needs to go to his favorite safety.
Agree, does he have any acceptances? Otherwise look to schools still taking applications for this year.
Anonymous
02/19/2023 19:48
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
NP- I’m not a Northeastern booster but in terms of acceptance rate and average scores, it is definitely more selective than WF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.
Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF
Troll
Anonymous
02/19/2023 19:37
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.
Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF
Troll
Anonymous
02/19/2023 19:00
Subject: Where do the A-/B+ students go?
OP,
You'll have to be much clearer on why taking a gap year and re-applying would make your kid a stronger candidate. He would need to do something extraordinary during his gap year, and you know how likely that is? Chances are pretty much zero.
I didn't catch whether he's admitted to safeties. He needs to go to his favorite safety.
You'll have to be much clearer on why taking a gap year and re-applying would make your kid a stronger candidate. He would need to do something extraordinary during his gap year, and you know how likely that is? Chances are pretty much zero.
I didn't catch whether he's admitted to safeties. He needs to go to his favorite safety.
Anonymous
02/19/2023 18:51
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
That’s because Tulane took all but 100 kids through ED and EA. ED acceptance rate is probably over 50%. RD was under 1%. They are totally gaming the system to look more selective. Even worse than Northeastern.
Northeastern is definitely more selective than WF
Anonymous
02/19/2023 18:10
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
Except at our school, kids with B+ averages get into Tulane but not Wake.
That's because Wake is smaller than Tulane.
Anonymous
02/19/2023 18:07
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
Exactly.
George Mason, Holy Cross, Providence, Pitt, Skidmore, UNH, UVM, Syracuse, American, IU, Bentley, Babson, URI, Elon, Lafayette, SMU, College of Charleston, Fordham, Connecticut College.
Aren't a lot of these safeties for the 4.0+ kids that end up being where they actually attend? So, these are also schools for A/A+ kids, no?
Anonymous
02/19/2023 12:46
Subject: Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:After a heartbreaking rejection from a school thought to be a close match, and where DS was a double legacy, it’s become clear that DS needs to reconsider his options. Maybe take a gap year and reapply next year.
Where are the A-/B+ students applying? Good kids with good stats, but not the brainiacs?
A few kids from our HS that didn't get into VT last year went to Mason and are applying to transfer to VT. One actually likes Mason a lot and is staying.
I wouldn't do gap year and re-apply. Way to hard to get teacher recs etc. again.
Legacy doesn't mean much to VT bc they are trying to get more 1st gen students.
Anonymous
02/19/2023 11:48
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most places.
+1. Especially if you are full pay.
Tulane, Wake Forest, SMU, Bucknell, U Miami, Syracuse
Wake Forest doesn’t belong in this group, their acceptance rate is going to be around 15 percent this year.
Then neither does Tulane, which had a 9% admit rate last year.
Except at our school, kids with B+ averages get into Tulane but not Wake.
Agree, same at our private. Tulane easier than Wake. Wake is tough
Anonymous
02/19/2023 11:29
Subject: Re:Where do the A-/B+ students go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My B+ student (3.7 UW/4.0 W) was accepted at UMW, CNU, SMCM, Mount Holyoke, Juniata
3.7 UW is literally an A- Not exactly a B+ student!
Oh come on! That could only come from someone grade-obsessed. Like they are miles apart
Disagree. A B+ is a 3.3. In terms of college admissions, a 3.3 and a 3.7 are indeed miles apart.
Saying her B+ student was admitted to Mt Holyoke is disingenuous and misleading. Others who have kids with true B+ averages might misunderstand their kids’ likelihood of admission to various schools. Overshooting with no true safeties is a major problem right now.
Agree that 3.3 and 3.7 are not the same, but MH is an easier admit than you realize, too. Much easier than the other 7 sisters.
None of them are particularly hard to get into other than Barnard.
Wellesley is also very hard to get into (it used to have a lower acceptance rate than Barnard).