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Anonymous wrote:if your DC received a cypher in the past, what other schools did they get into?

What is the purpose of this question? Maybe you want to know the lowest ranking school someone got in and still get a cypher?

Interested in finding out the range of schools kids who get cypher cards may be accepted to.

Anonymous wrote:if your DC received a cypher in the past, what other schools did they get into?

What is the purpose of this question? Maybe you want to know the lowest ranking school someone got in and still get a cypher?

if your DC received a cypher in the past, what other schools did they get into?

Anonymous wrote:Is their admitted students day posted? I only saw one for their school of education.

DFAS is Saturday, April 11. You can register online through admitted student portal.

DFAS is April 11

My DC received the cypher postcard with a handwritten note included.

Had to google this but for the rest of you that don't know DFAS = Day for Admitted Students

DFAS is typically the second weekend in April. Admission portals will have specifics.

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Anonymous wrote:Is their admitted students day posted? I only saw one for their school of education.

Admitted students should see the info for DFAS in their portal

But if they got the cypher postcard, they haven’t been admitted officially yet.

Correct...the info doesn't come out until admissions are posted

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Anonymous wrote:Is their admitted students day posted? I only saw one for their school of education.

Admitted students should see the info for DFAS in their portal

But if they got the cypher postcard, they haven’t been admitted officially yet.

Anonymous wrote:Is their admitted students day posted? I only saw one for their school of education.

Admitted students should see the info for DFAS in their portal

Our mail service is so bad, we are lucky to get it once a week with our new mail person.

My older son did receive one with a lovely note 2 years ago. Current senior has same profile, but didn’t get one yet. We also haven’t received mail in 3 days, so there’s that. Ugh

Is their admitted students day posted? I only saw one for their school of education.

My FCPS DD who attends a well regarded FCPS school (not Mclean or Langley) got a postcard today. 35 ACT, close to 4.0 GPA, decent EC's and decent essays. Congrats to all the other parents and students!

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Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.

Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.

WM is much more grade inflated than it used to be! Below 3.65 is below average

UVA is about 3.6.

Have to keep up with the inflation at Harvard and Brown.

Wow! 50th percentile was a 3.2 a couple decades ago. Good to know.

The latest data available is 2023 greek v nongreek v overall tables, UVA has 3.65 median for arts and sciences, William and Mary is very similar.
Harvard and Brown are 3.9 medians from 2024-5. UVa could be 3.7 now, though is likely below all ivies including less-inflated Cornell/Princeton/Penn.

For those of us who see applications for summer internships in stem, it is rare to see GPA below 3.5 and common to see them above 3.85, from all schools inclusive of flagships, regionals, top and mediocre privates. The courses on the transcript often become the differentiator, or the reputation of the undergraduate school or program. 3.9X with a bunch of psychology, stats, and a W for Chemistry is never going to be selected over all the other 3.7+ that have taken more rigorous courses with no withdrawals. The "W" grade is a post-covid trend that needs to end. W is all over transcripts these days. William and Mary has recently trimmed it back, to their great credit, just as there is pullback on inflation in process at top schools.