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Anonymous wrote:DC with GPA below 3.4 (probably bottom half of class), 33 ACT at a big 3 admitted to most NESCAC schools except for top ones (like Amherst and Williams and Bowdoin).

we asked and these were the lowest GPAs accepted to these schools in the past 3 years from our school
Amherst College 3.9
Bates College 3.3
Bowdoin College 3.7
Colby College 3.4
Connecticut College 3.5
Hamilton College 3.9
Middlebury College 3.7
Trinity College 3.4
Tufts University 3.6
Wesleyan University 3.6
Williams 3.9

Not sure which big 3 you’re talking about bc my DC with the GPA around 3.4 got into several of these schools.

Because the losers posting don’t know a soul at a big 3. Just internet addicted trolls spamming nonsense.

No, i'm the one posting those stats. My kid is at a Big3. Clearly not the same one as the poster whose kid got into the same school with a lower GPA.
But I'm not trolling. Those are actual stats from 21-23 at a Big3.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC with GPA below 3.4 (probably bottom half of class), 33 ACT at a big 3 admitted to most NESCAC schools except for top ones (like Amherst and Williams and Bowdoin).

we asked and these were the lowest GPAs accepted to these schools in the past 3 years from our school
Amherst College 3.9
Bates College 3.3
Bowdoin College 3.7
Colby College 3.4
Connecticut College 3.5
Hamilton College 3.9
Middlebury College 3.7
Trinity College 3.4
Tufts University 3.6
Wesleyan University 3.6
Williams 3.9

Not sure which big 3 you’re talking about bc my DC with the GPA around 3.4 got into several of these schools.

Because the losers posting don’t know a soul at a big 3. Just internet addicted trolls spamming nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:OP’s example was for the bottom half.

The “bottom” half at a highly selective rich kid Washington prep school are all very bright…rich…and likely have legacy status at a handful of elite colleges. You trolls are so jealous it’s hilarious. These aren’t publics where the bottom half of the senior class are drug addicts who read and write at a primary school level.

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Anonymous wrote:DC with GPA below 3.4 (probably bottom half of class), 33 ACT at a big 3 admitted to most NESCAC schools except for top ones (like Amherst and Williams and Bowdoin).

we asked and these were the lowest GPAs accepted to these schools in the past 3 years from our school
Amherst College 3.9
Bates College 3.3
Bowdoin College 3.7
Colby College 3.4
Connecticut College 3.5
Hamilton College 3.9
Middlebury College 3.7
Trinity College 3.4
Tufts University 3.6
Wesleyan University 3.6
Williams 3.9

Not sure which big 3 you’re talking about bc my DC with the GPA around 3.4 got into several of these schools.

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Anonymous wrote:As an example, student with a 3.4/29 ACT, from a school likeSFS/GDS/Holton. Not an URM nor a legacy.

Holton is not big 3 or big 5.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Elon
SMU
Tulane
High Point
SEC schools
JMU
College of Charleston
Syracuse

Tulane? Must be ED

no one getting in Tulane with those stats unless a super elevated schedule. Many SEC schools also hard this year.

From a Big 3? Oh yes they do.

+1

can think of 3 kids who meet this criteria, one from GDS, one from SAES and the other from a well-known Catholic HS in DMV. Oh, and one from Field. A couple of these are TO. All attend currently.

Knowing what I know about their families, I have to assume all 4 are full pay.

Anonymous wrote:The average ACT at my DC’s Big3 is 34. So an average GPA of 3.4 is also likely to have a 34 ACT not a 29.

Maybe the average ACT in the test original era. But I refuse to believe that is the average ACT score at any school around here if all the students take it.

OP’s example was for the bottom half.

The average ACT at my DC’s Big3 is 34. So an average GPA of 3.4 is also likely to have a 34 ACT not a 29.

Look at LACs in the Midwest like Wooster, which offers very generous merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

This is not true. Unless you are defining mid-pack as around an A- average. And even then . . .

I know that, according to Bethesda Magazine, under 20 percent of W school applicants (living in some of the most well-off zip codes in this area, and whose parents have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars not paying private school tuition) are admitted to Michigan/Wake Forest, and under 5 percent to UChicago. Are "mid-pack" Big 3 students, however you want to define them, doing the same or worse in admissions?

I am not sure what point you are making. No one is comparing private to public here. Are you asking whether more than twenty percent of applicante from a Big 3 class gets into Michigan/Wake Forest and more than 5% get into UChicago? I have no idea. The grades are much smaller. Or are you asking whether everyone in the top 20% or top 5% of a Big 3 gets into those schools? Again, I don't know, but they would be very competitive candidates. But neither of those cut-offs are mid-pack. The initial poster referred to a 3.4. I am pretty sure based on recent years that a student with a 3.4 from a Big 3 (since that was the claim made) would find acceptance to any of these schools challenging.

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

This is not true. Unless you are defining mid-pack as around an A- average. And even then . . .

I know that, according to Bethesda Magazine, under 20 percent of W school applicants (living in some of the most well-off zip codes in this area, and whose parents have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars not paying private school tuition) are admitted to Michigan/Wake Forest, and under 5 percent to UChicago. Are "mid-pack" Big 3 students, however you want to define them, doing the same or worse in admissions?

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

huh?
Not mid pack from DC and not in 2024.

WF, Michigan and Chicago were all 3.7+ from our school last year whereas the average GPA is a 3.5 and OP is talking about a 3.4.
Look at the SCOIR data. Oh, you don't have access to it because your kid graduated in 2005 or is currently a 5th grader?
Thought so.

How do you know for certain? The 2024 admissions cycle isn’t over yet. There are plenty of Big 3 students who haven’t been notified for RD; plus those deferred or waitlisted by Michigan, WF, and/or UofC.

Of course 2024 may be different. If you read my post I'm talking about last year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

huh?
Not mid pack from DC and not in 2024.

WF, Michigan and Chicago were all 3.7+ from our school last year whereas the average GPA is a 3.5 and OP is talking about a 3.4.
Look at the SCOIR data. Oh, you don't have access to it because your kid graduated in 2005 or is currently a 5th grader?
Thought so.

How do you know for certain? The 2024 admissions cycle isn’t over yet. There are plenty of Big 3 students who haven’t been notified for RD; plus those deferred or waitlisted by Michigan, WF, and/or UofC.

Anonymous wrote:Jealous people are talking out of their butts. Wealthy mid-pack prep schoolers get into Michigan, Wake Forest, and even UChicago with ease.

This is not true. Unless you are defining mid-pack as around an A- average. And even then . . .