Reach schools, Matches, and Safeties

megdog
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:08:45 +0000

Our state’s flagship university accepted about 59% of applicants in 2009. It says that it looks for a high school GPA of 3.5 to 3.9. I think the median ACT range was 26 to 30. Our older daughter got a 34 on the ACT and had a 3.4 GPA. We considered this school to be somewhere between a match and a reach for her because of her GPA. Her sister got a 35 on the ACT and has a 4.0 GPA. We considered this school to be a safety (although I have to say that almost nothing actually feels totally safe!) Both got in.