A lot of the allegedly insider info being posted here has not panned out to be correct. Lots of oos acceptances with high stats, for example from a wide variety of states. I believe every application is given a review of grades/test scores in context of their high school for EA, and then a more holistic review for the deferred applications, or perhaps for a group of deferred with competitive stats. No inside info, just based on common sense and what I saw among my senior and her friends who applied last year. The good news is that deferrals turn into acceptances at Clemson.
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What is the button theory?
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tough call. They seem to care more about GPA than test scores based on the acceptances/deferral data. My son with a 1400 SAT/4.2 GPA was deferred. Not sure submitting a 1290 helps, but what about submitting Fall grades?
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DS24 knows of several in our area.
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All kids from our school (which is one of top private schools in another state) were also deferred. Their profiles are at least as strong as of those admitted on this thread, though the school does not rank students and does not provide weighted GPA. Our counselorâs theory is that Clemson expects many of them to get ED from top universities and so defers automatically. I am curious if anybody got admitted from a strong private OOS school?
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No, but deferred from a nationally-ranked Oos public school which also does not rank students. That said, our high school sends kids to Clemson every year.
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deferred also from an OOS public school, but a high performing one. our school does not rank and does not weight GPA. I would be shocked if Clemson is not weighting everyoneâs GPA in the same way so they are comparing apples to apples⊠but maybe not
So lots of deferrals on this thread from schools that donât rank.
Think about it⊠if the school doesnât rank, then Clemson has to do the work of comparing multiple applicants from the same high school with similar stats. That takes time, which is in short supply for EA round. Ranking makes it easier for admissions officers.
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What are buttons?
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I assume they compare UWGPA since high schools weigh in many different ways.
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Our school does not supply the unweighted GPA, so Clemson would need to calculate it. Very competitive OOS public school that always gets a bunch of Clemson accepts.
My dd did last year as well as from my sonâs private. Most academically rigorous private schools in our city, both with strong matriculation to the most selective colleges.
itâs pretty easy to calculate an unweighted GPA.
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
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Makes sense why some schools use the SRAR.
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Of course, but Clemson has to take the time to do it. My point was in response to the extra work from Clemson comment. Our school makes it slightly harder when evaluating thousands of applications.
yeah, our school doesnât weight, which is frustrating.
Colleges know, some schools top out at 4.0, others as high as 6.0, ours weighs but tops out at 4.4.
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Definitely submit first semester grades and indicate how awesome they are in the first paragraph of your Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI). Have another teacher or coach write a letter. And, add anything that you have accomplished between the time of the application and now. Also, if you have secured summer employment in your field, tell them about it. In your LOCI, talk specifically about the course work that you will take and why it is better than anywhere else. Cite different professors that you look to study under. And, finally tell them why you would enjoy Clemson socially. In the very last line - say Go Tigers and tell them if accepted you will attend. Anymore with the common app, schools seem to be deferring students because it is really simple to apply to quite a few schools, itâs just a click of a button and a credit card security code. They want students who really want to be there.
My son received acceptance OOS last night and our school doesnât rank. It makes sense when you have a highly-competitive school and kids are either tied, or very close to one another. I wish everyone did things the same nation-wide. Our school started weighting in the past few years and my daughter as a 2020 grad didnât have that in her GPA. Colleges definitely work around it, but seems silly to not make some things the same.