Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 17:51     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
From our non-DMV private:

3.8uw ED (or equivalent) options:
Cornell; Vanderbilt; Rice; ND; WashU; Emory (ED2); Georgetown.
Or
Swarthmore; Bowdoin; Middlebury (ED2); Davidson (ED2).
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 17:37     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
we have 3.8 kids get into UChicago quite easily from our private. if that appeals at all
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 16:55     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
3.8 from top NYC private should try for Hamilton, easier admit Cornell, or a less popular for East coasters but highly ranked like grinell.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 16:20     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Regarding Midd vs HC, US News has Midd at 19 HC at 28 not a large gap and one is looking at cows and maple syrup for 4 years and the other is a short riđe into a great city-Boston.


Worcester is terrible. It's Mogadishu compared to Middlebury, VT.

??. It’s a very good college city with great restaurants. If you got beaten up there or something, maybe that has more to do with your personality.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 16:16     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:full pay male, humanities, 1530 SAT

hoping for WASP, Midd, Dartmouth, Bowdoin

Our Naviance is not very telling, except for Dartmouth. They seem to really lean on GPA so that's out.

I can discount obvious outliers (mostly athletes), but does anyone know which of the above SLACs will care more about great LOR and compelling essays over ECs? He has really strong in-school ECs but not much out of school. But school leadership, for sure.


What is WASP?

Why Arseholes Still Procreate
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 13:44     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:Regarding Midd vs HC, US News has Midd at 19 HC at 28 not a large gap and one is looking at cows and maple syrup for 4 years and the other is a short riđe into a great city-Boston.


Worcester is terrible. It's Mogadishu compared to Middlebury, VT.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 13:11     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is OP's kid from a NYC private or Gonzaga?


OP: NYC private.

Someone was asking, I think, about a similar kid from Gonzaga


A 3.8 from Gonzaga (which I understand is not the OP’s NYC kid) will not be getting into Dartmouth. The median GPA at Gonzaga is 3.8. The boys that go to Dartmouth from Gonzaga have really high GPAs and usually another hook (often a recruit).
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 12:52     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:Is OP's kid from a NYC private or Gonzaga?


OP: NYC private.

Someone was asking, I think, about a similar kid from Gonzaga
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 10:55     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:full pay male, humanities, 1530 SAT

hoping for WASP, Midd, Dartmouth, Bowdoin

Our Naviance is not very telling, except for Dartmouth. They seem to really lean on GPA so that's out.

I can discount obvious outliers (mostly athletes), but does anyone know which of the above SLACs will care more about great LOR and compelling essays over ECs? He has really strong in-school ECs but not much out of school. But school leadership, for sure.


What is WASP?
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 10:52     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colgate will get in RD - don’t waste the ED.


Then where to ED2?


TBH, if you are from "Known private/feeder in NYC", these schools are targets/safeties. Don't waste your ED on these schools. For 3.8 from a known nyc private, the ED schools are the ivy league schools. DC folks have no idea what 3.8 means in nyc privates.


This. Agree.
My non-DC private feeder HS 3.8uw is at T15 in RD.

These are questions for your CCO, examining your school’s data, and talking to current senior parents at your school.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 09:53     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Is OP's kid from a NYC private or Gonzaga?
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 09:46     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How about Colgate or Holy Cross. Bowdoin and Midd are smaller. HC has powerhouse alumni network and only 1 hour into Boston.



Ummm. Do you know private schools? The kids that go to Colgate from ours are 3.7 or so at best. HC is much lower.


For RD or ED?
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2025 00:03     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colgate will get in RD - don’t waste the ED.


Then where to ED2?


TBH, if you are from "Known private/feeder in NYC", these schools are targets/safeties. Don't waste your ED on these schools. For 3.8 from a known nyc private, the ED schools are the ivy league schools. DC folks have no idea what 3.8 means in nyc privates.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 23:57     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Anonymous wrote:Colgate will get in RD - don’t waste the ED.


Then where to ED2?
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 23:25     Subject: another 3.8 kid from private
Colgate will get in RD - don’t waste the ED.