@wemeantwell, Thanks for posting. My daughter is looking at Scripps and Pitzer.
Thank you for posting this @quietdesperation My daughter is trying to get into Tulane with similar stats.
@TexasMom0321 similar to son 1 or 2? If the former, should be a breeze if the latter, we felt it was a mini-reach, not sure how much it really matters, but in one of their blogs, they talked about the importance of the āwhy tulaneā essay. My son spent a long time on it and came up with something smart/funny. In any case, good luck to your daughter. We were hoping one of our kids would attend just so we could visit!
Similar to both.
GPA 3.4
ACT 31 (she took it again 2 days ago, pending result)
Lots of EC
Not sure about APs but she is in a collegiate program and will have her Associate degree along with her HS diploma in June 2016.
(I believe 9 APs. 7 were dual credit)
We toured Tulane in July & she fell in love. She wrote a strong āWhy Tulaneā essay and personal statement. She applied SCEA in August. We are still waiting to hear something.
@quietdesperation
@TexasMom0321 looks like a strong application. my observation when my eldest son applied was that a lot of merit went to high sat scorers.He was above the top 25%, ended up with $25k/year.Iām sure itās part of their strategy to climb the us news rankings. I wonder if the scea in the end may work against you, should your daughter improve her act composite.
in any case, good luck to her, I suspect there are oyster po boys in your future!
Hi! I am a senior and I just wanted to pitch in as this thread was definitely something I referred to when applying 
GPA UW: 3.58
APs:
Calc AB (5)
Stats (4)
Biology (3)
Studio Art (5)
AP Lang (5)
SAT: 2270 single sitting, 2300 superscored
ECs: pretty darn good.
-tons of fundraising for cystic fibrosis using my artwork
-murals for local community businesses/colleges
-job doing chemical sampling at local wildlife reserve
-genetics research at a university lab
-clarinet in youth symphony
im suspecting this was the reason I was accepted to a lot of schools for which my GPA was lower than the average
Recs: good
Essays: good, im a pretty strong writer
Accepted:
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Riverside
UC Merced
Tulane University (30k scholarship)
University of Rochester
Waitlisted:
UC Davis
Still waiting (fingers crossed!):
Carnegie Mellon
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Barbara
USC
no rejections so far!
DS1 applied to Va Tech, NC State, UVA (multiple legacy), College of Charleston, UNCW, U Del, in 2014. 3.2 gpa. Athlete (not recruited), some ECs-nothing outstanding, some honors/APs. Got in to VT (attends as an engineer), NC State, U of D, UNCW, waitlisted C of C, rejected UVA. UMD CP (initially either rejected or wait listed but reconsidered and) offered admission.
GPA 3.64 SAT 1950
Acceptances:
UCLA
UCSD
Pomona
Michigan
Smith
Mount Holyoke
Waiting:
UC Berkeley
Barnard
2.9 UW GPA
3.3 W (at time of applicationsā¦up to 3.5 now)
SAT CR 560 M 590 WR 520
4 APs
Competitive public high school
Pretty good ECs
Accepted:
Elon University (with scholarship)
College of Charleston
Washington College (with scholarship)
USouth Carolina (defered than accepted)
Alabama
Mizzou
UNCC
Rejected:
UNCCH
UNCW (defered than rejected)
NCSU
Wofford
Will be attending Elon in the fall.
Iād only observe that for many universities, a 3.3 is qualitatively different from a 3.6. And my school doesnāt weight grades and only has honors/college prep classes as it is private. Which makes comparing GPAs difficult. Thatās why I wouldnāt be guided too much by your GPAā¦
Hi! I posted before but updating with more decisions:
GPA UW: 3.58
APs:
Calc AB (5)
Stats (4)
Biology (3)
Studio Art (5)
AP Lang (5)
this year:
AP Chem
AP Literature
AP Music Theory
SAT: 2270 single sitting, 2300 superscored
ECs: pretty darn good.
-tons of fundraising for nonprofit using my artwork
-murals for local community businesses/colleges
-job doing chemical sampling at local wildlife reserve
-genetics research at a university lab
-clarinet in youth symphony
im suspecting this was the reason I was accepted to a lot of schools for which my GPA was lower than the average
I also too 6 community college courses that helped with UC GPA
Recs: good
Essays: good, im a pretty strong writer
Accepted:
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Riverside (5k scholarship)
UC Merced
Tulane University (30k scholarship)
University of Rochester (16k scholarship)
Davidson College
University of Southern California
Waitlisted:
UC Davis
Scripps College
Wake Forest University
Rejected:
Emory
Stanford (ofc)
will be attending uc berkeley fall 2016
I do like this thread infoā¦but reallyā¦it was started in 2009. Where kids got accepted in the last 6 yearsā¦priorā¦may be totally different than now. Canāt we have a 2016 thread with this titleā¦so,itās current events?
Sort of like a spin off that was done with SAT scores for 2016 acceptances.
Hi, I just wanted to add my statistics to help others in the future when applying to college!
GPA UW: 3.3374
GPA Weighted: (AP Weighted Only): 3.49
APs:
AP US History
AP English 12
AP Macroeconmics
AP Microeconmics
AP Statistics
AP Government
Honors:
Honors Earth Science
Honors English 9
Honors Biology
Honors English 10
Honors US History 10
Honors English 11
ACT: 24,
ECs: decent
-Teens Against Tobacco Use, held presentations at local middle schools about the dangers of tobacco use
-Idaho Drug Free Youth, worked with our alcohol and drug prevention counselor to lower the rates of drug/acohol use
-Link Crew, helped freshman transition from middle school to high school
-some community service, not much
-XC and Track for 2 years.
All of my honors classes (except freshman year classes) were concurrent credit class through Boise State, Idaho State, and College of Western Idaho.
Recs: Counselor wrote my recommendation, pretty good
Essays: Wrote about a life event, AP English 12 teacher said it was great.
Accepted:
University of Oregon
*University of Idaho
*Idaho State
*Boise State
*Lewis and Clark State College
Wofford College ($56,000 scholarship over four years)
Washington State University ($44,000 scholarship over four years) *applied after scholarship deadline
*Received a ādirect admissions letterā from the state board of education stating that I was accepted to every public Idaho institution.
Waitlisted:
n/a
Rejected:
UC - Santa Barbara
UC - Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Will be attending Wofford College on merit scholarship, financial aid, and Bonner scholarship for a nearly āfull-ride.ā
@klingon97 congrats!!! what was your weighted GPA?