Applying somewhere nobody else from my school is applying to

wmmts22
Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:40:22 +0000

co2mom:

There may be a reason no one from your school attends here?! (fit may not be good?)

nobody’s applied, either, so I think it’s about individual fit rather than there’s something about this HS and that college that don’t match. At first I thought it was the high acceptance rate, but a good chunk of people here go to Mary Washington, which I know also has a very high acceptance rate (and isn’t a good fit for me, lol)

co2mom:

Do you meet the minimum above? If so- you most likely will get some merit

Yes. Just wondering if the school profile would boost it—a 4.1 W from a rigorous school isn’t the same as a lower ranked one. But thank you for the info

happy1:

I don’t think being the only applicant from your HS will provide a meaningful boost in terms of admission/merit aid.

I should have specified this in the question, but I mean relative to if I was competing with people from my school.