Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter to you? You don't know each girl's circumstance, let alone GPA/Test Scores/ECs which is all that seems to matter to the posters on DCUM.

My daughter, despite a 4.0 (her school does not weight) and high test scores, is going to a school DCUM has deemed as "lesser." We are still proud of her many years of hard work and the education she received. I think it's awful that Instagram accounts weigh on these kids and even weigh into their self-worth.

I think it's crazy that people sit here in judgment of these kids who you say are inadequate and categorize as lesser just because they aren't going to Harvard.

Exactly! I feel like Sidwell sends "so many" kids to Harvard because parents who are Harvard obsessed mostly try to send their kids to Sidwell... so it is just a self fulfilling prophecy. Normal people realize that there are many high quality schools in this country how people mentally tier schools exists in their own heads and the group consensus changes every few years.

Personally, I never was interested in Harvard. I just wasn't and I don't think my high school should be negatively judged because I chose to not apply to Harvard. I get that we want to see that these small schools are able to get kids into schools like Harvard, but the sitting here counting it like it is the thing we are all trying to achieve is insane.

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter to you? You don't know each girl's circumstance, let alone GPA/Test Scores/ECs which is all that seems to matter to the posters on DCUM.

My daughter, despite a 4.0 (her school does not weight) and high test scores, is going to a school DCUM has deemed as "lesser." We are still proud of her many years of hard work and the education she received. I think it's awful that Instagram accounts weigh on these kids and even weigh into their self-worth.

I think it's crazy that people sit here in judgment of these kids who you say are inadequate and categorize as lesser just because they aren't going to Harvard.

Feel free not to click on this thread. People are not judging individual students but rather commenting on trends. Some of us have kids who fall into this category and this discussion is helpful. GPA is only one data point about a kid. My kid is amazing and I think will do well in life. But they are not super academic. It’s all good. You’re the one who is being judgy

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Anonymous wrote:No one here can tell you for sure, both because the school doesn't share this information and because the girls in that pool could have a variety of factors impacting their profile. In general the answer is probably schools like Richmond, CMU, NYU, Clemson, just to name a few.

The bottom 25% are not getting into Richmond.

Nor NYU. Get real, PP.

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter to you? You don't know each girl's circumstance, let alone GPA/Test Scores/ECs which is all that seems to matter to the posters on DCUM.

My daughter, despite a 4.0 (her school does not weight) and high test scores, is going to a school DCUM has deemed as "lesser." We are still proud of her many years of hard work and the education she received. I think it's awful that Instagram accounts weigh on these kids and even weigh into their self-worth.

I think it's crazy that people sit here in judgment of these kids who you say are inadequate and categorize as lesser just because they aren't going to Harvard.

Good for you. My high performing DD is attending a school that is a popular T40. She even turned down a T25 to go there. We aren't beholden to a magazine's rankings and would rather ensure DD ends up at a school that is the best fit.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/srseniors2026_?igsh=MWIyaWE3OGc4ZHh0Mg==

This. From years past, schools like providence college and fairfield U were possible from bottom 25%, as well as schools like Sewanee, American, College of Charleston, Clemson, and some need aware SLAC like conn college, denison, muhlenburg, dickinson, wooster.

Average gpa for Fairfield is 3.9. https://www.fairfield.edu/admission-and-aid/apply/first-year-applicants/admission-profile/

Um…that’s a weighted GPA across the many grade-inflated schools that litter our nation. Unweighted is probably an 3.2 or so, likely right around the 25th percentile at Visi. Only 38% submit scores with 1370 as the mid-point of those who report. That means the middle point of test scores would probably be around 1230-1250 if everyone reported. Again, this is not what one would normally associated with a 20% admission rate.

They’re playing the Northeastern game, but not as well and with less impressive marketing.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Visi has a nearly 100% acceptance rate of their applicants to Fairfield. It’s a strong girls Catholic high school, which Fairfield will prioritize for admission. You have to look at Visi’s college admissions data and not the outward facing public info for Fairfield generally.

I just checked out of curiosity-it's almost 100%. If your GPA is 3.4 or higher the heatmap is 100% acceptance, I only see 2 rejections total in the last 4 years. Some outstanding waitlisted students that I assume will be updated soon with this year's data.

For SR, Fairfield overall acceptance rate for last 4 years is 83%. There were no rejections, i.e. the rest were either deferred or waitlisted.

Why does it matter to you? You don't know each girl's circumstance, let alone GPA/Test Scores/ECs which is all that seems to matter to the posters on DCUM.

My daughter, despite a 4.0 (her school does not weight) and high test scores, is going to a school DCUM has deemed as "lesser." We are still proud of her many years of hard work and the education she received. I think it's awful that Instagram accounts weigh on these kids and even weigh into their self-worth.

I think it's crazy that people sit here in judgment of these kids who you say are inadequate and categorize as lesser just because they aren't going to Harvard.

Anonymous wrote:Delaware, Elon, Maryland schools like Salisbury, Frostburg, Rutgers, maybe SEC schools like South Carolina though the influx of northerners is changing the admits at some of them

Visi and SR grads are not going to Salisbury and Frostburg State. Think more along the lines of College of Charleston, High Point, and Tulane and so on for the less than stellar academic students at these schools.