<p>UVa- Nice! Tulane is a great school. My neice is in her second year there and loves it. She will probably end up being a NOLA transplant from Boston.</p>
<p>My oldest child is there now, too! I can imagine your niece may end up a transplant; It was in the 70s there last week :o) Also, Tulane, with its emphasis on taking an active role in rebuilding New Orleans appears to encourage its students to stay…</p>
<p>We’re excited about the acceptance: his first semester grades arrived yesterday and they’re decent-to-pretty good – with nothing horrible to report to the schools to which he’s already been accepted – so, for today, things are smooth, which, as I get older, I’m really appreciate. Funny how one’s perspective changes :o)</p>
<p>Yay, Uva! How sweet that both of your kids love the same school.</p>
<p>Wow I wish I had seen this thread back in November. My D’s specialized program has very low grades, only 7 in the class carry a cumulative 90 average or above (and that includes non academic classes). As someone said earlier in the thread, it was really hard to find match schools for my D and I think some posts here could have helped. That said, Siena College seems to be receptive to B students, as does Wells College and Le Moyne. Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Congrats on those Tulane admissions. With a B average do you think it was SAT scores (what is the minimum do you think they are looking for?) or successful completion of many AP’s?</p>
<p>Emmybet: Funny you should say that – the one there loves the school for the school. The one who just got in loves the (ick) atmosphere on Bourbon Street. So TOTALLY different!</p>
<p>Cherryhill Mom. S1 had higher GPA than this thread and his SAT scores were at the high end or higher than the school’s range. S2 solidly belongs in this thread and his scores were significantly higher than the SAT range. </p>
<p>Regarding APs: I’m not sure how much taking the classes influence the decision. Both took quite a few (roughly 10) and they did well on the tests but this information isn’t asked for during the application process. I know a kid who took no APs and she attends Northwestern. So who knows? My youngest’s GPA might have been better if he hadn’t taken them (an A in a regular class is still a 4.0; a C in an AP class is a 3.0 (i guess we were kind of hoping he’d not get Cs in some of them)) but they’ve also prepared him for the rigor of college, so I guess he was better off choosing them. He certainly benefited from learning from some of the best teachers in our school. </p>
<p>Both kids had really unique ECs and community service activities, which Tulane appears to value. (Oldest says many of his fellow freshman did amazing amounts of community service when they were in high school)</p>
<p>hope this helps. PM me if you want more info.</p>
<p>Congrats on the Tulane acceptance UVaHoos! I’ve heard good things about Tulane. Frankly, at this time of year, all of the colleges in the south sound good!</p>
<p>I have a weather app on my phone where I have the current temperature and the five day expected temps for several cities. Right now, in addition to where my older kids are living, I also have three of son’s college cities. It’s 9 degrees in Burlington, VT, 72 degrees in Melbourne, FL, 21 degrees in Elsah, Il and 23 degrees here at home in PA. Guess which College I would pick today? ;)</p>
<p>UVaHoo - has he been auditioning, too? How’s it going? D has her first ones in Chicago next week.</p>
<p>Auditions haven’t started yet … 1st one next week in Chicago, too, but not at Unifieds. Then a crazy schedule until mid-March.</p>
<p>Tell your daughter we’re all hoping she breaks a leg! Sounds like she already has some great options.</p>
<p>@ Kinderny, check the forum for Wells College (NY) they are going broke.
Do not plan on Wells College meeting your need. </p>
<p>One of my kids was gapped by quite a bit from Wells & would not even look at our special circumstances or out-of-pocket medical expenses, which were quite high. Wells was taken off the table quite early in the process.</p>
<p>Thanks to the suggestion by one of the OP here S applied and got accepted to Case W. with a about a half-tuition scholarship. Still pricey but will be an option.
Got his M score up to 700 on the fall retake so thanks for the advice about that too.
Unfortunately, last semester’s grades were not good at all (3.1) so hope they don’t pull that admission.
Also, got in at UGA and Rhodes but deferred at GATech.
Thanks for all the info. that you guys share here. I really find it helpful.</p>
<p>Thank you , Slumom! CC is such a great resource.</p>
<p>Sayzwho - I definitely understand your worries, but I’ll gently remark that a 3.1 is the GPA that we are usually talking about on this thread, so it’s not really fair to call it “not good at all.” Also, typically we only hear about schools rescinding admissions when kids really do badly, like Ds and Fs. If your son had a 3.X all along, a 3.1 isn’t going to shock them.</p>
<p>Sorry, point taken EmmyBet, just my frustration coming through because he got 2 Cs. GPA actually declined even after we had a discussion about the importance of the 1st semester senior grades! This kid is very thoughtful and caring, and I love him to death but his laissez faire attitude about school is driving me around the bend.</p>
<p>Taking a break from icy shoveling. Son has been accepted at Marist! This school was a slight reach, not because of stats, but because it’s location and price is handy for NYC people I think. I had never heard of it until this child and only learned about it from someone from CC. </p>
<p>Last night husband submitted the FAFSA and profile to most of son’s schools. There are a few more that didn’t make the top ten, but he’ll get them in too. Unfortunately our EFC is higher then we were expecting. Only surprising because we’ve been through this with our other two kids and we feel no richer then we did with them. :(</p>
<p>Congratulations on all of the latest acceptances!!!</p>
<p>Kathiep, I really liked Marist. Your son is going to have a hard time deciding!</p>
<p>Kathiep-congrats on Marist!</p>
<p>Congrats, kathie! Maybe hollie’s and my Ds will be at New Paltz (across the road for those of you who don’t know) and the kids WILL meet?</p>
<p>Sayzwho - I totally get it. We had this experience many semesters with this D, whose exams pretty much always brought her grades down. Actually while she did well this semester, she still got some terrible exam grades. She’s just finally learned to keep her quarter grades up and “play the numbers game.” That was something she absolutely refused to do for almost 3 years.</p>
<p>I still think colleges will understand. He’s been accepted to some great schools and it looks like he is invested in his next step. I think it’s hard to get all excited about HS when it’s never been a big priority. Also, are these high level courses? I think they’ll cut him some slack. I guess the only thing to worry about legitimately would be if some of the merit aid is GPA dependent once he gets there.</p>
<p>I’ll also say that a lot of these 3.Xers who have had to take every subject through HS might finally do better when they can focus on what they really like to study.</p>
<p>Congrats on Marist, kathiep, I know what you mean about the Bucks!
Getting together all the tax info for my employer (I work for a CPA).
Just so I can do two FAFSA’s & one PROFILE, lucky me! </p>
<p>About the only good thing I can say is it feels good to get two through for price of one at this moment.
Son’s Senior Year will be tough with only one in college, he is youngest!
4 children for 11 straight years, ouch! Looking on bright side, $34,000 in Education Tax Credits… YAHOO…:)</p>
<p>great on Marist – congratulations – and two thumbs up for Case Western. Even though sons did not apply, I’m in love with it because they seem to give kids in this GPA range a chance. Somehow, their adcom manages to see what we see in our kids: potential.</p>