An Entire Thread on Naviance and Prep Schools

panpacific
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:31:25 +0000

One thing I inferred from talks to CC is that for highly selective schools, the admitted with below the average GPA and SAT of all admitted are almost invariably kids with big hooks - recruited athletes and URMs in particular. In my kid’s school, Princeton, as others noted, is most stats driven. Yale is right after in that respect. Harvard is more holistic considering its selectivity (still very high stats are required) and Columbia is even more so. Georgetown is more “predictable”, with almost all reaching certain threshold getting admitted. The mid western schools are significantly easier with the exception of Chicago, which has been getting harder to get in in recent years. Note though that even PY seem to be more stats driven, the application review process is pretty thorough. They WILL look closely into the trascirpts so don’t expect to get away with easy classes and good grades. And the more selective the college, the more necessary that you have something “extra” (be it a legacy status, Stella EC, major awards) to stand out from the crowd.