<p>What’s the latest news you’ve heard from your favorite college on this subject?</p>
<p>Bumping, for I think I just saw, at a glance, like 4 “I’m screwed because I got 1 (or even 2) B’s” threads. Thanks to the OP for taking the time to come up with actual stats…</p>
<p>Anyone who wants to reproduce this work for the top however many liberal arts colleges is welcome to post that information in replies to this thread.</p>
<p>so I’m looking to get into Stanford, I visited this summer during a family reunion and it was amazing, perfect school for me, and this post is actually not encouraging. I have a 3.730 unwtd gpa, and I’m not a minority or an athlete. I go to one of the best public schools in the state (which isn’t saying much coming from Louisiana) and I’m in the top 10% at 21/377. I do own and operate my own tutoring business (like sylvan but local, way cheaper, and way more effective), for which I created a website. Our school offers twelve AP classes, but only juniors and seniors can take them, and because of schedule conflicts and being and the band, I can only take five, and i’ve signed up for all five. I am a leader in most of my ECs, and I’ll be an Eagle Scout by the time I apply. 31 on the ACT, and will be taking some SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>What do you guys think my chances are, given the stats for Stanford, having under a 3.75 and not being a minority or athlete?</p>
<p>Back to toknadult’s comment about all school’s 3.7 GPA’s not being the same- this is a great thread, that I wish I had known about before I allowed my D to enroll in the toughest school in our area. The cut-off for 50% rank last year was 3.9! And despite what some posters insist, this is NOT a school with grade inflation. Had she gone to another private school in town the same effort would have made her top 10% easily.</p>
<p>All I can say about applying to Stanford is to try applying and see what happens.</p>
<p>I need help in creating a Reconsideration letter to a college that rejected my admission.</p>
<p>any suggestions at all?</p>
<p>I’m sure this has been said before but having gone to a private school and also knowing and being friends with a lot of guys who go to public school, the GPA can be really misleading. One of the things I liked about the William and Mary information session was when they said that they dont calculate an average GPA because they only look at a GPA in accordance with your school and it would be impossible to truly average all of the different schools together. I mean schools weight completely differently and also have different scales. Another thing is that some schools have an honors course for everything while some schools don’t feel a need to do that.</p>
<p>In fact I just found out that the public schools in my area automatically give honors credit to students who move on to Spanish III. At my school it is expected of a student to take at least 3 years of a language and thus honors credit will never be given to a student who does it. I don’t mean to come off as trying to say that private schools are better than public schools, because there are plenty of public schools that are absolutely outstanding. However GPA’s can be so misleading that I don’t think they can be true indication of how smart students are when compared with one another. </p>
<p>Of course that is why a student profile is included with applications. Sorry if this comes off as rambling but it is my opinion on the subject.</p>
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<p>A GPA under 2.0? An actually failing GPA. At an Ivy League. And a kid I know with a 4.0 unweighted, many service hours, no blemishes on his record, and excellent extracurriculars did not get in. Please tell me how this is fair, that about 10 (or more?) kids got in with a GPA under 2.0.</p>
<p>Does it include athletes?</p>
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<p>I know I’m bumping an old thread, but tokenadult (if you’re reading) … how many classes does it take to be AP National Scholar? I think you are overestimating what % of hs even offer that # of AP’s, much less enable them to be taken as sophs or juniors. Even the most motivated student at our kids’ hs could only get in 4 AP’s by the end of junior year. This isn’t Lake Woebegone!</p>
<p>^ You have to take 8 AP tests (which are not the same as classes) and score 4 or higher on each of them. And yes, the band of schools that allows you to do that is a pretty narrow one–and I suspect not quite the same as the band of top schools.</p>
<p>I get the distinct impression, from my acquaintance with a few, that most AP National Scholars get their awards by self-studying one or more of the subjects. Curious young people can learn a lot by reading books about their favorite subjects.</p>
<p>You can get into dartmouth with less than 2.0???</p>
<p>It must be living dangerously to try it, but Dartmouth reported that year that it did happen. You may want to check the most recent year figures to see if this still happens.</p>
<p>I thought you weren’t even allowed in 4 year unis with <2.0 let alone an IVY???</p>
<p>I know this post is several months after the originial, but doesn anyone know if the gpa’s listed are weighted or unweighted?</p>
<p>It differs by school. </p>
<p>Also, some colleges recalculate GPAs to have them read more uniformly for comparative purposes. For example, one high school may give a .5 bump for AP courses whereas other schools give .33 or even 1.0.</p>
<p>Got it, thanks! :)</p>