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Anonymous wrote:1600 SAT, 4.0 UW, published in a acclaimed foreign policy journal, state mock trial awards, model UN national awards, founder of 2 school organizations, 500 service hours, summer internship in D.C.

Going to Harvard but rejected elsewhere (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, top 5 SLACs)

Harvard ain't too shabby.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

NP, recruited athletes get slack

Eveeyone’s saying how many volunteer hours their child has done. Do colleges expect you to keep track of the number and report it? How do they verify it is accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS. GPA 4.38, SAT 1580, ACT 35. 8 APS, all 5s and 4s. Cornell University class of 2020.

I hope you mean class of 2022 (or did he already matriculate?). Congrats!

Typo.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

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I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Why is everyone afraid of stating or asking the obvious? URM.

It is not obvious! Why don’t you get facts before you spout off. Mostly all NeScac athletes are white. Look it up.

It's called football, honey. Read and learn:


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Re: New England Small College Athletic Conference
« Reply #8136 on: February 05, 2015, 04:42:27 pm »
The NESCAC football coaches get 14 "slots" . How many tips they get depend on a number of things (legacy/URM status are the big ones) and thus the successful tips could and probably do vary from school to school. So for example, if you have an alumni kid with GPA/standardized test scores in a reasonable range but not outstanding, that kid gets a tip from the coaches combined with the legacy status that pushes him over the hurdle in many (most?) cases. What coaches tell the "tips" about roster slots I do not know, my son had a slot.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS. GPA 4.38, SAT 1580, ACT 35. 8 APS, all 5s and 4s. Cornell University class of 2020.

I hope you mean class of 2022 (or did he already matriculate?). Congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Why is everyone afraid of stating or asking the obvious? URM.

It is not obvious! Why don’t you get facts before you spout off. Mostly all NeScac athletes are white. Look it up.

They don't get in as an athlete with a GPA that low.

My kids are both lazy, have no desire to work hard and could care less about getting good grades or being challenged in school.

Anonymous wrote:1600 SAT, 4.0 UW, published in a acclaimed foreign policy journal, state mock trial awards, model UN national awards, founder of 2 school organizations, 500 service hours, summer internship in D.C.

Going to Harvard but rejected elsewhere (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, top 5 SLACs)

Congrats! What type of high school?

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Anonymous wrote:10:41: DC also plays an unusual sport, is president of a school organization, and has over 1,000 service hours.

Jesus Christ.

I want to kill myself.

10:41 PP here.

DC is Exhibit A for They Are Who They Are. DC arrived in the world hard-wired to be a hard worker and a high performer. We have done practically nothing in this regard, other than to feed, clothe and house both DC and his sibling (who is nothing like this). Nothing at all.

I sincerely believe that beyond providing a "print-rich" environment and a healthy living environment, the rest is 100% up to our kids and largely based on their natures.

I know this is right because I am like your son. And I fear this is right because my son is nothing like me. Tested as highly gifted but doesn't give a flip about performance and not a particularly hard worker if he doesn't have to be. Sigh. He's still young so perhaps there's still hope.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Why is everyone afraid of stating or asking the obvious? URM.

3.5 unweighted GPA from a good school + athletic prowess is a powerful admissions profile. Lacrosse players from DD's school -- wealthy, caucasian and decidedly not underrepresented -- go on to Harvard, Princeton, other Ivies. These kids are in no honors classes, win no academic awards (PSAT, cum laude, etc.) but all get into the most selective colleges in America. I suspect higher GPA with non-honors classes is a better mix than honors classes lower gpa.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Why is everyone afraid of stating or asking the obvious? URM.

It is not obvious! Why don’t you get facts before you spout off. Mostly all NeScac athletes are white. Look it up.

FCPS. GPA 4.38, SAT 1580, ACT 35. 8 APS, all 5s and 4s. Cornell University class of 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:3.5 GPA
26 ACT
no Ap's, no honors
recruited athlete, decided to go D1 over NESCAC, going to Patriot League

No offense but those stats would only get into the very bottom NESCACs, if that

+1

I don't think those stats would get into any NESCAC school, including the bottom-ranked ones.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bolded stat is the important one. It all depends what sport and how good he is.

I know exactly what I'm talking about because my DC was a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and those stats at best might get you into Trinity.

Not true - it all depends on the perceived value of that particular sport and that particular university - some are valued more than others. It also depends on the athlete's fit and how much the team sees them as a potential key player if it's a team sport.

Why is everyone afraid of stating or asking the obvious? URM.

Anonymous wrote:1600 SAT, 4.0 UW, published in a acclaimed foreign policy journal, state mock trial awards, model UN national awards, founder of 2 school organizations, 500 service hours, summer internship in D.C.

Going to Harvard but rejected elsewhere (Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Duke, top 5 SLACs)

Harvard ain't too shabby.