<p>Hi - there are so many options for a student in that range! And it can be fun to search out schools that are a little different from the “run of the mill” top 20.</p>
<p>It’s hard to say without knowing what part of the country you are in or where your daughter might want to go to school. Does price factor into your search? You may want to browse through some of this thread to get ideas. Or - give us some more info and we can try to make some suggestions.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any data on approximately what percentage of students who don’t submit test scores are accepted at test optional schools? I know in theory they accept applications without standardized tests, but what percentage of those students actually get admitted?
Was curious if it is a reasonable number or very small percentage. Thanks.</p>
<p>indepenndent: with a 3.6 GPA (either weighted or unweighted) your daughter will have MANY options; no need to start “getting nervous”…welcome; as RVM said, please give us a few more details…so we can help</p>
<p>CH: that totally depends on which schools you are talking about?? for example, I would imagine that a test optional school like Wake Forest takes a lot less students who don’t submit than a school like Muhlenberg or F&M</p>
<p>stillnadine, thanks for taking the time to explain. :-)</p>
<p>indepenndent36, welcome. Each high school is a bit different in terms of grading. Some schools grade on different scales too. Admissions looks at the profile of your child’s school, not just her GPA and a list of classes taken. Don’t get nervous. It sounds like your daughter is doing quite nicely!</p>
<p>Both Wake and Franklin and Marshall. Possibly Bowdoin and Bates. My impression of these schools is that unless a student has at least a 27 ACT that it’s probably not a good idea to submit scores. Would a GPA in 3.7 ballpark and good extracurriculars realistically even give them a chance?</p>
<p>ch1836, well… this doesn’t quite answer your question but still might be of interest. </p>
<p>C9 on the common data set does not show how many of the <em>applicants</em> provided test scores, but you can see what percentage of the <em>students enrolled in the freshman class</em> submitted SAT and ACT scores. </p>
<p>Here’s a link to the 2010-2011 cds for Bates College.
<a href=“http://www.bates.edu/Prebuilt/cds.1011.bates.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bates.edu/Prebuilt/cds.1011.bates.pdf</a></p>
<p>CH: I would predict that a student who applies to Wake without test scores needs a higher GPA than 3.7…just from personal knowledge of kids who have been rejected this year ED…if one is submitting, I would imagine a 29-30 would mesh with a 3.7 UW GPA for a chance at Wake…</p>
<p>At Franklin and Marshall, I know kids with MUCH lower GPA’s who were accepted ED without test scores…they take such a large % of the freshman class ED; keep that in mind</p>
<p>Wow, this thread keeps moving along rather quickly!</p>
<p>Stillnadine: </p>
<p>Welcome back. Hopefully your D is settled into her new school, making new friends, but more importantly, gaining self confidence.</p>
<p>MomJr: </p>
<p>Thrilled to hear your D is going to try for Birthright again! It’s amazing how fast these months have gone!</p>
<p>RVM:</p>
<p>Amazing that you remembered that stillnadine’s S was at c of c…I sometimes don’t remember what I’ve had for breakfast! 
I suppose it’s because you are researching that college for your S too. It’ll be hard enough saying goodbye to S this coming Fall…it’ll be very wierd when they decide to stay at school for the summer too!</p>
<p>Welcome to our new posters, indepenndent and ch1836!</p>
<p>welcome independent and CH.</p>
<p>For those of you whose children are staying at school for the summer, it just gives you another reason to visit!!</p>
<p>Miami (Ohio) - I just spoke to someone today whose D (Jewish) has decided to go there next year. She said that they know of a handful of other Jewish kids who are there and everyone is very happy there. My guess is that she is a solid B/B+ student with one or two AP classes, some honors and some regular classes.</p>
<p>I remember when my university during my student days, in a fit of religious tolerance, supplied something special in the dining halls during Pesach: Challah. And, they couldn’t understand why the Jewish students weren’t eating it.</p>
<p>Shawbridge: Every year during Passover, our local grocery stores has lots of challahs sitting untouched. They have a big Passover foods section, but they can’t seem to figure out that they don’t need to bake Challahs that week.</p>
<p>Welcome to the new posters.</p>
<p>So glad to hear the great news from the stillnadine and momjr families! Please update us as things progress.
Welcome to the new posters!</p>
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<p>This is what it’s like where I live. For every Jewish holiday, the local supermarket puts out the matzah, gefilte fish, maccaroons (bottom of a shelf). In September, I ran to the supermarket to get challah for the dinner before the start of Yom Kippur (remember, it was a Friday night last year) and there was no challah. The baker informed me they’d be baking it and putting it out in the morning. I asked her, “Do you realize we FAST tomorrow???”</p>
<p>Momjr: So glad that it looks like your DD will finally go on her Birthright trip! It IS her birthright so it is meant to be!!</p>
<p>@shawbridge: your story reminds me of the local bakery which always suggest the rugelach, regardless of the Jewish holiday…rosh hashanah, try the rugelach, purim, try the rugelach, passover, try the rugelach…</p>
<p>DD got waitlisted for Birthright. bummed.</p>
<p>welcome back stillnadine. it sounds like your D is heading in the right direction. good for her!</p>
<p>college4three, “Try the rugelach” strikes me as an excellent universal maxim and guiding principle for a happy life.</p>
<p>lol - yummie!</p>
<p>@mhc48: I think you’re exactly right! There aren’t too many situations that a good rugelach can’t heal. I vote for apricot, personally.</p>
<p>I don’t really like rugelach.</p>