top hs=average grades okay hs= high grades

northeastmom
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:10:11 +0000

This may not effect the OP with a 3.5, but I have found where it hurts more is in the area of merit aid. The Ivies don’t have merit aid, but many other schools do. Many schools use a chart, and they look at 3.5 and 2100 SAT or 30 ACT and that tells them how much merit aid to offer based on academics. They don’t pay attention to the quality of high school, and I find it sad. I also understand that they are being as fair as possible since many applicants do not pick which HS they will attend. My son lost out on 2 merit scholarships because of this. He had the SAT score, but not the gpa from his competitive HS. End result is that he did not matriculate to those schools.