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Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Hahaha.

Looks like OP punked the Saint Albans boosters twice in one year!

By doing it on this forum and not on the private school forum, OP got the boosters to trumpet their privilege, and mock the rest of us whose kids have to do a lot more than get a "92/93!" to make a claim to an Ivy--- and to lament the days when Biff wouldn't be left with Chicago as his best option!

Looking forward to the next setup to display your arrogance!

Anonymous wrote:Hey all.

This chain seemed very familiar. Turns out the same troll posted almost the same inquiry back in March. Only difference was test score was 1520 then and average was a 91. All else identical, and 13 pages of posts ensued with, as here, the OP never appearing other than in the kickoff post. I've reupped the chain.

One kinda funny note-- the most frequent recommendation was to forget the Ivies and try to go ED at Chicago (with a lot of advice to go for BC as a more fun alternative to the Ivies than Chicago).

Anonymous wrote:My STA kid with similar stats is at a top-20 non-Ivy (where he applied ED). His classmates who attend Ivies were all hooked in some way (athletes, URM, VIP or uber-wealthy parents) or were top 2-3 kids in the class. Many of the unhooked high-stats kids do seem to end up at Chicago. Others attend schools like Williams, Duke, Wash U, Notre Dame.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is that, with 1560 SATs, this kid should have been able to do better than a 92, and should have worked a lot harder if the parents are fishing around for an Ivy admission. The kid didn't prioritize it, despite all privilege thrown his way.

But there are a lot of other great schools. And I'm sure he'll turn out fine.

Huh? What is wrong with you? Jealousy is dripping from every one of your posts. You need to just walk away. A 92% is really good at STA.

Didn’t you read? I gave you the bottom line. It doesn’t matter that I still don’t understand how STA grades, according to me, that kid has no shot at an Ivy.

Anonymous wrote:ED at UChicago and he’s in.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is that, with 1560 SATs, this kid should have been able to do better than a 92, and should have worked a lot harder if the parents are fishing around for an Ivy admission. The kid didn't prioritize it, despite all privilege thrown his way.

But there are a lot of other great schools. And I'm sure he'll turn out fine.

Huh? What is wrong with you? Jealousy is dripping from every one of your posts. You need to just walk away. A 92% is really good at STA.

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is that, with 1560 SATs, this kid should have been able to do better than a 92, and should have worked a lot harder if the parents are fishing around for an Ivy admission. The kid didn't prioritize it, despite all privilege thrown his way.

But there are a lot of other great schools. And I'm sure he'll turn out fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.

+1. Some people (mamas) simply cannot accept the fact that all schools - including Ivys- don’t fall all over themselves when they see a kid coming out of STA. They are in for a rude awakening.

My unhooked kid is waking up every morning at Princeton. It’s a tough life.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree. Mary Washington as a safety.

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average. There are obviously options other than VA state schools, but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.

Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that. Wide variety of majors.

How is a 92 average a "straight A average"? That's a B+ . Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation.

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood, means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office. Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit. I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money. And UVA does have very hard lines.

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA. It's not an average of letter grades. It's the cumulative number grade in all classes. To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc). Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive. An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.

First, I'm not sure what "go back to whatever public forum you came from" means, given that this is the general college and university one. So take your wannabe elitism somewhere else.

And no, this kid isn't getting into an Ivy. Applying ED, he'll have an easier time, given the understood equation that STA=$$$, at places that really like money, such as Chicago, Vanderbilt, and a few of the others listed by a PP. He'll have an easier time getting into them than the public school student with better stats and more smarts, but less money.

+1. Some people (mamas) simply cannot accept the fact that all schools - including Ivys- don’t fall all over themselves when they see a kid coming out of STA. They are in for a rude awakening.

My unhooked kid is waking up every morning at Princeton. It’s a tough life.

With a 92? I'm guessing no.

Anonymous wrote:Yup that could happen
92/93 is a very good GOA at STA