<p>Congrats all! As a parent of a Jr. nice to see where all the high SAT/medium gpas got in. Are you going to tell us what you have decided?</p>
<p>S2 â
2290 (740 CR, 760 M, 790 W 80/9 E) second sitting, 2200 (710 CR, 700 M, 790 W 74/12 E) first sitting
SAT IIs â 770/770/730 Math Level II, USH, Lit
GPA 3.49 UW on transcript (includes HS classes taken in MS), 3.56 UW 9-12. 4.24 W 9-12
Full IB, 11 APs, selective admit public school program</p>
<p>Accepted:<br>
UChicago EA, Tufts, URoch (merit pending?), UMD w/some merit
Waitlisted: Carleton, Bowdoin
Rejected: Swarthmore, Georgetown SFS
Withdrew after EA results: Macalester, W&M, CMU</p>
<p>Naviance was pretty much on target. Helps that our school has ten years of historical data. We knew Swat was really tough because of the GPA, Georgetown SFS because itâs SFS and we are local. Were kind of surprised with LAC results, as we thought he had an unusual combination of interests.</p>
<p>I think I will start a decisions thread 3.3-3.6 GPAâŠgood idea^^!!</p>
<p>Stats for DS:
GPA: 3.3UW/3.7W
ACT: 34
ECs: Eagle Scout & other interesting ones
NMF, NHRP, AP Scholar w/Honor
Hook: URM, Hispanic</p>
<p>Admitted:
Boston College
Franklin & Marshall
NYU
Occidental â some merit
Rice
Santa Clara â some merit
SUNY Binghamton
University of Chicago EA
University of Vermont</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Columbia
Tulane</p>
<p>Rejected:
GWU</p>
<p>Itâs curious that two schools that denied him, Tulane and GWU, were the most promising for merit money. Additionally, according to our Naviance he was right in the middle of the green zone for those schools. Iâm gratified that he was accepted at Rice, since thatâs been a favorite since early on. Heâll be visiting Chicago, Rice and Occidental to help in the final decision.</p>
<p>Interesting to compare S with AVHS Dad and pixeljig, among many others, in how Rice, Tulane and other schools treated applications.</p>
<p>pixeljig, I like your idea of a decision thread! Then, another thread for first semester grades, followed by one for graduation rates, jobs/graduate schools, etc. This could go on and on. :)</p>
<p>Seriously, I do wonder how our kids will fare in college compared with the 4.0 stars. I suspect that in many cases they will do better.</p>
<p>Your kids will do fine in college if they are motivated to do so and stay organizedâŠit doesnât matter WHAT their high school GPA was. DD had a higher GPA but her SAT scores were not as highâŠwhen she applied four years ago. She will receive two bachelors degrees in two very demanding fields in June.</p>
<p>AVHS Dad: For what its worth, my oldest had very similar stats and is very happy at U Roch. He received some additional merit money once he declared UR his first choice as a NMF. In our case, the merit money was a major deciding factor. His personality seemed to fit there, but we also know a couple of kids that are happy there that are athletic and more into the party scene, unlike my son. Good luck with the decision</p>
<p>For more newsâŠwill start a new one âWhere is your 3.3-3.6 GPA child going this fallâ in a few weeks we will know.</p>
<p>DS
2180
3.6
Lots of EC
Colgate ED</p>
<p>Congrats!!!^^</p>
<p>Not a parent but these are the stats of a friend of mine who just graduated the past year.</p>
<p>3.6 uw gpa, 2200 sat, 5 on the AP Calc BC + AP Chem test (only 2 APâs lol), 3 750+ on the physics, math 2, chem SAT II.</p>
<p>accepted: CMU (safety 0_o), Georgetown (âmatchâ, enrolled here)
wait-listed: Dartmouth, Cornell</p>
<p>The kid attends a boarding school in MA, started with a 3.0 sophomore year (Câs in English and History with Aâs in Math + science) but rose to a 4.2 junior yearâŠobviously got his act together, dramatic upward trend was probably appealing to admissions officers.</p>
<p>Glad to hear ^^. Hoping this thread will help the rising HS seniors who are applying.</p>
<p>Such great outcomes, moral of the story - Do not underestimate your kids.</p>
<p>Hey pixeljig, I know you probably said it on some thread somewhere, but this is way too long to review. What did your son decide upon, anyways? If you donât want to put it on the thread, please pm me. Itâs amazing how time flies, heâs in college already!</p>
<p>I would like to echo Thumper1âs remark in post 246 that high school performance doesnât always predict the future. I have 2 sonâs. Both were lackluster in high school. Oldest son graduated with GPA of around 3.6, but had good SAT(1420, Math and Verbal both 720), went to Davidson-again did âOKâ(GPA of around 3.4) but took the MCAT and did very well on it and got accepted to a few medical schools. He is now a 4th year medical student where he is number 1 in his class of 221, 99th percentile on his step 1 national exam and he is applying to the most competitive residency programs in the country. Who wouldâve predicted that in high school?(not me, for one). Younger son, was even more lackluster in high school(GPA of 3.3, SAT of 1890), was a âhail fellow well metâ type in high school(class President for 3 years-you know the type), went to Furman. Freshman year at Furman was completed with a GPA of 3.7, he was inducted into Phi Eta Sigma(the freshman version of Phi Beta Kappa) and has been accepted to a prestigious semester internship in Washington, DC for next semester as a prelude to Law School. Who would have predicted this in high school? (not me!). It is a matter of internal motivation. I do not know what caused the âlightâ to go off in the head of either son, just very happy that it did.</p>
<p>I am befuddled by the description of students earning a 3.3 or 3.6 GPA as * lackluster*.</p>
<p>emeraldkity - I hear you - but in the competitive sport known as college admissions - anything below straight Aâs is considered inferior. That certainly is the prevailing attitude on CC - unless you seek the refuge of one of the âBâ student threads.</p>
<p>Neither of my daughters high schools weighted GPAS, so I am assumed range was also unweighted?
However, if that was *weighted * then yes I would agree that is more problematic, but if it included the most challenging college prep courses in the school, then it seems like a decent prep.</p>
<p>My older daughter had a 3.3 GPA in high school, she was accepted to all the schools she applied to ( including merit aid), but because she was a young 18, she opted for a gap year & went on to attend Reed College- which has been described as many things, but not to my knowledge as a school which admits or graduates * lackluster* students. ;)</p>
<p>While Reed doesnât have grade inflation, and while she wasnât an academic standout ( not unusually so), a her performance & GPA was enough to get her aid for grad school ( plus writing and defending a thesis to graduate from Reed, helped build her confidence to apply to graduate school in the first place- not bad for a first-gen student) :)</p>
<p>My younger daughter had an unweighted GPA of about 3.7, that included 4 or 5 AP courses taken with a cohort of students from the top 3% of district. She also took a gap year to travel after earning money for her trip and while she is attending an instate university ( to save money), she is finding that both the admittance rate for her university is much lower than she anticipated & the challenge of the instruction & preparation of her classmates to be much higher.</p>
<p>We are both pleased as she initially was disappointed that neither our income or her test scores allowed her to consider schools that her best friends were attending ( ivy & ivy like schools) & while state budget cuts do impact public schools much more than private ones, even schools where tuition is $48,000 have their weak points & she will have more room to take on loans for grad school.</p>
<p>My 3.56 UW kiddo was full IB plus 11 APs. Lackluster does not describe him. As we were advised by lots of former IB students from his insanely competitive HS program, he is indeed finding college easier than high school. He is used to working hard.</p>
<p>CountingDown, your story is very timely for my family. </p>
<p>My oldest is a senior in high school with an UW 3.62 GPA. Sheâs chosen to apply only to âmatchâ schools with a handful of APs and many honors courses. In hindsight, she wishes sheâd have loaded up with more APs because she doesnât feel her GPA and rigor can compete at the more prestigious schools. </p>
<p>Also in 2011, weâll send our youngest to high school. After shadowing at different privates, heâs come to the realization that those with IB programs are likely better options. My husband and I tend to agree. </p>
<p>Our oldest is self-motivated with a great work ethic so Iâm confident sheâll thrive at any of her choices BUT I canât help but wonder if sheâd have selected a route similar to our youngest (and CountingDownâs son) that she may have deemed âreachâ schools more attainable.</p>
<p>Hereâs hoping both find college easier than high school too ;)</p>