<p>Congratulations! I wish Mount Holyoke had worked out financially for us. </p>
<p>My D has a 3.67 UW and 25 ACTâŠlots of ECâs. </p>
<p>Accepted:
Roanoke College
Duquense University
High Point University
Ohio University
Marshall University</p>
<p>Deferred:
Elon University (removed her name from list due to low merit aid possiblities)</p>
<p>Committed to Roanoke and was offered a merit aid package of $23K/year.</p>
<p>My S has 3.6 weighted and 29 ACT. A few long term ECâs, a couple of them unusual, plus steady part-time work experience. Felt he had very good interviews at Skidmore and Lafayette, didnât think his interview at Union (with a student not admissions staff) went well, so he was kind of surprised he was waitlisted there. </p>
<p>Accepted:
Rutgers U (all 3 colleges he applied to there)
Juniata College ($20k/year scholarship)</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Skidmore
Union</p>
<p>Havenât heard yet:
Lafayette
Bucknell</p>
<p>Should know these last 2 by Friday⊠</p>
<p>GPA 3.6-3.7 (not sure-- 3.6 at end of Jr year, then got all Aâs senior year), 2060 SAT (800CR, 630M 630W). D accepted to Barretts Honors College ASU, Univ of Rochester, Tulane, UConn, Case Western Reserve, BU all with merit aid. She did not apply anywhere else. Stron extra-curricular in arts, good recs, good essays.</p>
<p>Hi. Iâm a student that just heard back from colleges.</p>
<p>I had a 3.5 W GPA as my average throughout high school. My GPA fluctuated a lot. I had a good freshman year, mediocre sophomore year, bad junior year, and a great senior year. I ended up with a 3.5 after changing schools halfway through junior year.</p>
<p>I wrote an excellent and modest essay talking about my recovery as a student and the incredible success I had senior year (I basically pulled a 4.0). </p>
<p>I got a 32 on the ACT.</p>
<p>My application was very good because I presented myself very well, and my transcript showed my turn around and effort. It also showed my ability in Math and Science.</p>
<p>I applied to 12 colleges.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Union College
The University of Connecticut
The University of Rhode Island
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Quinnipiac University</p>
<p>Waitlisted:</p>
<p>Northeastern University
Lehigh University</p>
<p>Rejected:</p>
<p>Boston University</p>
<p>Havenât heard back from:</p>
<p>Lafayette College</p>
<p>Iâm probably going to attend WPI or RPI and major in Physics. </p>
<p>I did very well in my college admissions. 3 of the schools I got into are âHighly Selectiveâ. </p>
<p>My acceptance success can probably be explained from the strength of my essay and my ACT score. The colleges know Iâm smart, and I definitely had an application that was memorable. </p>
<p>I also probably lucked out in my admission to the 3 âHighly Selectiveâ schools, as my 3.5 is much lower then what they are looking for.</p>
<p>College admissions is a game that definitely comes down to luck. </p>
<p>With Ivyâs, your acceptance / rejection depends incredibly on good luck, as those schools receive countless great applicants. </p>
<p>If you have any questions, please ask me. </p>
<p>^^^^^^^
Congratulations! It is great to know you can get into those schools with 3.5. My son will be applying to similar schools and he also has an ups and downs gpa record. Let us know about Lafayette and also, did you get any merit? </p>
<p>Hello all, </p>
<p>Since I enjoyed reading this thread and it gave me some hope for my DS, Iâll contribute his results.</p>
<p>Stats: 3.5 GPA, 30 ACT composite. Pretty good ECâs (drama, mock trial, DECA, and church youth group were the key ones). Not an athlete. Good essay about not being an athlete despite the wishes of his âconformistâ parents, and finding his own stride in high school. Interested in studying something involving science/math possibly engineering. LIked Jesuit schools in general but not a requirement.</p>
<p>Accepted:
EA - University of Dayton (with merit)
EA - Xavier University (with merit)
EA - Loyola University Maryland (with merit)
EA - Purdue University
EA - Miami (OH) University
EA - Quinnipiac University (with merit)
EA - Fairfield University (with merit)</p>
<p>RD - Northeastern University
RD - Fordham University (with merit)
RD - Loyola Marymount University (with merit)</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
RD - Villanova University
RD - Santa Clara Universitiy</p>
<p>Rejected:
Bucknell University</p>
<p>Bucknell was his highest reach, so not too surprised. He liked it there, and attended an engineering camp there last summer, but I think it will be a blessing in disguise. Very happy with his results overall. We were very pleasantly surprised by the substantial merit offers he received - if you read too much CC you will think your 3.3 - 3.6 kid is lucky to even get into college, let alone be offered merit $!</p>
<p>He seems to have narrowed down his choices to Loyola Maryland and Fordham. He will be attending accepted studentsâ days at both and then making a decision.</p>
<p>Son is around 3.3 UW, 4.8 weighted. AP Human Geo, World/US History, Government, Spanish Language. 32 ACT. </p>
<p>Accepted at Belmont U, NYU.</p>
<p>Havenât heard from U of Miami.</p>
<p>Will probably attend Belmont. I think that the academic rules are not as stringent for Music majors who have good auditions and top music positions.</p>
<p>Son with 3.3/3.7 GPA at a top GA public HS
2210 SAT 33 ACT, 7 APs (all 4s so far), NMF
This is his 4th year qualified for FIRST (robotics) Nationals, Lead Driver and CAD lead
Eagle Scout, Telecom internship
Mechanical Engineering/Comp Sci minor</p>
<p><strong>Auburn</strong> - safety, accepted early (rolling), merit $23K/year, love at first sight (UA not so much)
GaTech - reach, GA Hope, EA, rejected
Colo School of Mines - match, EA, deferred
VaTech - match, RD, withdrew app
Knew it was likely Auburn early, but had UA and SPSU apps ready if needed, both with likely merit $</p>
<p>,</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates, Kenyon</p>
<p>3.36 UW/3.92 W
2340 SATs
7 APs
Ranked around 20%</p>
<p>Accepted at:
William & Mary
Wake Forest
Bucknell
Northeastern
Villanova
Drexel
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Binghamton
NYU
Oxford College of Emory</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
University of Richmond
Boston College
Wesleyan University
Case Western</p>
<p>Denied:
Emory University
Wash U
Brown
Pomona
Rice</p>
<p>This thread kind of confuses me- some kids have W GPA in this area, and others its UW and the weighted is much higher. Anyway, for S14, who has a 3.4 W, 1650, 7 AP classes, a couple of honors, sports and music:</p>
<p>Accepted
George Mason Univ- EA
Roanoke College- rolling- with $15K merit
Longwood- safety- but really liked it- EA</p>
<p>W/L
JMU- which has him very, very unhappy because this was far and away his #1.</p>
<p>JMU does take kids off the waitlist. At least they took quite a few off in 2009. My son got off the waitlist then but did not end up attending because he also got off the VT waitlist. You might ask the guidance counselor to call. Also update the regional rep. My son attended the accepted studentâs day and let his rep know he had done so. We really liked JMU and it was not an easy decision to turn it down for VT. Good luck.</p>
<p>I agree, 89wahoo. Some seem out of the range. But anyhowâŠ</p>
<p>your student should definitely reach out to JMU. Come up with something to talk about-a recent accolade or accomplishment to note. Be chatty, enter a dialogue. Engage them. And, if it is the case, let them know if he recieved an offer from JMU, he would accept it, despite the fact he has several good offers in hand. Yield matters. They like knowing tif they make an offer, it would be accepted.</p>
<p>To clear up any confusion⊠my Dâs GPA is unweighted 3.46.
Her school does not weight but she did have 14 IB/honors classes. I used some online GPA weight calculator and it spit out a weighted GPA of about 3.9 for ALL classes or 3.75 for core only.</p>
<p>I hope that helps future students/parents in evaluating these results.</p>
<p>Again her results were:</p>
<p>YES
Mount Holyoke College
Bard College
Hampshire College</p>
<p>NO
Smith College
Skidmore College</p>
<p>WAITLIST
Wellesley College</p>
<p>SAT 2100
SAT2s 790,720</p>
<p>Hi everyone. I know itâs a bit late but I wanted to help out anyone who is in the same shape as I was in.</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman at Appalachian State University and I had a 2.7 UW/3.7 Weighted GPA in high school, and I currently have a 3.81 GPA doing Chemistry/Pre Med. To anyone who has similar specs, you can do it!!! Just put in work and itâll be worth it, THIS is when it counts. I made pretty miserable grades, many Cs, one D, and 2nd semester Junior year I made CCCD (it was a rough schedule). I had a 1860 SAT and pretty good extra curriculars (Eagle scout, swim team and XC captain).</p>
<p>YES
Appalachian</p>
<p>NO
NCSU
UNC</p>
<p>WAITLIST
Elon</p>
<p>SAT
1860</p>
<p>My daughter had what equates to around a 3.7 average weighted and a 3.5 or .6 unweighted, with a very strong upward trend from freshman year. SATâs were a little above 1800. No idea what her rank in class wasâour district doesnât do ranking. Top quarter maybe? ECâs nothing much. Very strong essay and recs. She got into Fordham, Geneseo, Binghamton, UBuff, and Stony Brook, no rejections. Takeaway: there are plenty of good schools out there even if youâre not at the top of the class.</p>
<p>My sonâs school doesnât weight GPA, or rank students. His unweighted GPA was only 3.32, but he is in the full IB program, with additional AP course-work. The UC system weighted his GPA at close to a 4.0, under their system. He had a 2060 SAT (best single seating); 31 ACT; lots of extracurricular âleadershipâ activities (ie. four years on Student Council, and officer for 2 years; co-President of Model UN; co-President of JSA/Debating; et al); community service included one summer on Navajo Reservation in Arizona and another volunteering in Central Newark. He applied to 15 colleges, with following results:</p>
<p>EA Acceptances: Eckerd ($19k); Guilford ($15k); Willamette ($19k);New College of Florida (not-so-early, but still ahead of others - $15k); Tulane (no merit aid, only partial subsidized Stafford);</p>
<p>RD Acceptances: UC San Diego; UC Davis; Whitman ($7500); Occidental ($12.5k); Pitzer (0);</p>
<p>Waiting Lists: Reed; University of Washington;</p>
<p>Rejections: UNC-Chapel Hill; UC Berkeley; Claremont-McKenna</p>
<p>I definitely recommend seeking out schools that offer non-binding Early Notification, free applications, and safe schools with generous scholarships. </p>
<p>He will probably attend New College, given its very attractive price-tag.</p>
<p>Junior
GPA : 3.5ish freshmen year then transferred to a better private school 3.0 Sophomore year and 3.5ish Junior year. 3.8ish(projected) senior year Unweighted
No honors no APs. Senior year will have two honors
My school is very screwed. Its private and the administration is trying to eliminate as many APs as possible. And its also really hard to get into APs not just A- in the previous year but also with recommendations from the teacher and have to take math exam.
Class Rank: NA
SAT II"s:
Math 2: 800(projected)
Physics: 800(projected)
Chemistry: 750(projected)
Extreme confident about the SAT 2 Scores</p>
<p>ACT
34
So my test scores are much better than grades.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Investing in market
Made from 100k to 300k
Worked at bank
Worked at stock firm
National Games of the Peopleâs Republic of China 70 hrs
A 501©3 non profit in SoCal to help under privilege children in education
Qinghai charity project to help provide children with educational materials in a township for four years
Created a club called Investing Club</p>
<p>Summer before Senior:
Boy state California
Pepperdine University Youth Citizenship seminar
Babson Entrepreneurship program</p>
<p>Schools:</p>
<p>Reach:
USC
NYU Stern
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Safety:
Babson
Boston University</p>
<p>My main concern is: Can i get into Boston very easily or would I have to need to smash my head to get in?</p>
<p>For my recommendations, I have a really good relationship with my counselor. I also made some contribution to the school. My english teacher will write most likely about how i improved over the junior year in my efforts and grades. I will have a recommendation from the 501©3 program as well.</p>
<p>My college essays will also be superb like A+++.</p>
<p>What are my chances?</p>
<p>@atzenmaki You might want to post this in either the Chances forum or the Boston U. forum. This thread is for reporting results after your decisions come back.</p>
<p>But I will say that youâre right, the lack of APs might look odd. The thing is, schools usually compare how may APs you took to what the school offers (and how many other kids take them.) So if your school does not offer many, that will be evident in the âschool profileâ that the GC sends with your transcript. The other important thing is that in the GCâs common app report there is an area where they have to rank how rigorous your course load was, COMPARED to other kids in your class. So, if your two honors classes is near the maximum of what you COULD have taken, and is similar to what other high-achieving kids in your class are taking, then the GC can check off âmost rigorousâ. If itâs a step down from the other kids, you get âmore rigorousâ, etc. </p>
<p>If that 34 AP is actually done (not projected) and you DO get 800s on those SAT2s, they will certainly help offset the lower GPA. If your prediction is correct it looks like youâd end up with a 3.3 through junior year and maybe a 3.4+ by mid-year senior year if you really kill it. (Is there any way you can crank a few more points out of this semesterâs grades???) Talk to your GC and make sure that they send the most recent transcript that includes first semester 12th grade, not just through junior year. I do not know know whether BU will look at senior grades: some schools do and some donât. For instance donât the CA schools use just grades 10 and 11? </p>
<p>Itâs great that you will have your GC and English teacher writing about the upward trend.</p>
<p>Your situation might play better at smaller LACs who take more time to read and consider ALL aspects of an application rather than using strict formulas. Just something to consider.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>