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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

This is about right for top DC privates. Boundaries are a bit fuzzy of course, but this about captures it.

+1 for ED
RD will be tricky?

The RD/ED mix of outcomes has been crazy in DC privates fro the last couple of years (except for athletes and, previously, URM)

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

This is about right for top DC privates. Boundaries are a bit fuzzy of course, but this about captures it.

+1 for ED
RD will be tricky?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

This is about right for top DC privates. Boundaries are a bit fuzzy of course, but this about captures it.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

There’s a bit of private HS reputational variation but here’s the general overview:
3.9+ = competitive for T10+
3.8+ = competitive for T11-20/25+
3.7+ = competitive for T25/30+

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where you all get your info. My dd is a junior with those stats (weighted GPA at 4.3) and those are all reach schools for her. Anything in the Ivies is a ‘high reach’ meaning forget it. Her target range is something with a 40 percent acceptance rate. Below that it’s a toss up.

Anonymous wrote:What is the most highly ranked school you’ve seen:
a 3.8uw private/high rigor get into? Humanities major
34 ACT

Curious.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Brooklyn and see URM kids getting in from private schools where their equally solid peers from public are not. I think admissions offices are still largely white, with their unconscious bias, and see an URM at a private as a kid who has already "proven" they can do the work. And can manage in a predominately white environment.

The difference is very stark. An URM from a private can write their ticket. From public .. very very long odds.

I dont know how it works for white kids.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for fVanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

Do big name private college counselors like Ivywise have good data on private school gpa thresholds for T20? I would imagine someone does and it’s pretty valuable.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is polluted with a bunch of wildly over-optimistic people. A 3.8 does not look good when 3.9 and 4.0 GPAs are a dime-a-dozen. Anybody that thinks those stats are a lock for Vanderbilt or Chicago or Dartmouth is nuts.

Comparing publics to privates is apples to oranges. Totally different ecosystem, totally different level of access to the top colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

I agree. But the kids were “pointy” with passion projects - for a lack of a better description. A theme across classes, summer work, clubs, volunteering, then something they did that is the project: start a non-profit, lead a protest, write a research paper with a college professor, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I've seen Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia in this GPA range admitted unhooked (all different kids) in the last 2 admissions seasons. I'm not sure you could replicate this (I have a kid in this bracket who is not even trying) but it has been done.

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.8UW with a 1430 SAT is going to Case Western. Private school, one big time consuming EC, work experience and strong recs. School was steering him much lower.

Do you mind sharing the names of the schools they were steering him toward?

Anonymous wrote:Agree with the above posters that NU possible with appropriate major and ED1. Need max rigor classes and 35/1540 plus testing also if coming from private. Legacy helpful too.