Colleges Similar to Midd

Modadunn
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:07:02 +0000

Based on the stats given, it is nearly impossible to say that they are too low. I have said it many times on this board, but not every school weights grades or ranks it’s students. First of all, this is a junior and regardless, 32 is not a low ACT score by any stretch; half of Midd’s class of 2012 scored within this range. Based on the post, you have no idea if the 3.62 GPA was earned by taking all accelerated and AP classes or what. SAT scores, not broken out into verbal and math, doesn’t give you much info either but again the scores fell into the mid-50% of acceptances.

While S’s stats are slightly higher for senior year, he is still at the top of his class in a school that has seen only four 4.0 students in the past 26 years and the average GPA of his class is 3.36. With the ivy’s taking 41 students from his school in the past four years, and another 61 having headed to NESCAC schools in graduating class sizes of 125, I’d say it is really impossible to guess if a school is a reach or a match based on the information given, not only on this thread, but on any of them. It is all about context.