Is This A Realistic List for High Test/Lower GPA Son?

staceyneil
Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:12:00 +0000

(Sorry, I just reread your post and saw that the 3.47 is weighted… so this isn’t quite as relevant, but I’ll leave it anyway. Shrinkwrap’s links are probably more relevant than mine, depending on his unweighted GPA…)

My daughter had similar stats (3.46uw; 2100; 720; 780.) She got into Bard but was denied at Skidmore. If you look at the common data set for Skidmore you can see that they don’t weight test scores nearly as much as GPA and especially rigor of secondary education (test scores are only “considered” rather than “important” or “very important”. Whereas, for example, Wesleyan weights GPA and test scores the same (“important”).

Have you considered Bard’s IDP (Immediate Decision Plan)? It has a higher acceptance rate, plus it’s a fun thing to participate in, AND you find out right away (in Oct or Nov when you do it) whether you’re in or not, and don’t have to commit until after the regular decision results are in.

For a safety, my D applied to Hampshire College. Have you looked at that?

Some other threads we found very useful last year:

The 3.3-3.6 (GPA) parents club
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/869995-the-3-3-to-3-6-gpa-parents-thread-p1.html

Where did your 3.3-3.6 child get in?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/767486-where-did-your-3-3-3-6-gpa-child-get-in-p1.html

The “I got in without a 3.7+ GPA” club