<p>In this sea of 4.0 kids, I feel lost.
So...here's a thread for us!</p>
<p>Perhaps we can discuss our college plans? Where we are applying, have applied, or have been admitted to? Vent? </p>
<p>Also, if your test scores are "low" this is the place for you!</p>
<p>♥</p>
<p>Stop. A 3.7-3.9 is a great GPA. If you have a 3.8 GPA, you’re smart enough to know you’re smart, so stop trying to show off and get an ego boost.</p>
<p>This whole forum is an ego boost to people who have ran out of individuals to brag to at their own school, or they just have absolutely no social life. Live happily and do something you love. A 3.8 GPA is great, and will get you to that position where you can do anything you love.</p>
<p>^all that needs to be said</p>
<p>This thread is not needed. My kid got into U of Chicago this year with a 3.7 UW gpa and no APs (not offered at her HS until senior year). Stop obsessing and either go work on your apps, or enjoy the fact that they are done!</p>
<p>Excellent idea for a thread. </p>
<p>There seems to be a chiasm between HYSPM then the Ives then the little Ives then a thousand other schools. </p>
<p>Sp…</p>
<p>Is a 3.8 no better than a 3.3 assuming a person knows to ratchet things up after getting to college?</p>
<p>You never said a 3.8 was not excellent. You put ‘low’ in quotations. Your post is obviously sincere. Your implied concerns are meaningful and shared. Your tone was friendly. I can’t expect much more from a new thread. WT F with the responses …???</p>
<p>I’ll bite - because I also believe the OP was being sincere and not trying to show off or get an ego boost. My son has an unweighted 3.8 GPA, good test scores, and a handful of interesting and solid ECs. At the beginning of this process, I thought he would pretty much be set. He is obviously still in a great position and I still think he’s amazing, but it took me a little while to process that there are a whole heck of a lot of students way out in front of him. I came to the realization that we were shooting too high with our college picks (even though there weren’t any ivies on the list, it had too high of a proportion of top LACs). We refocused and came up with a revised, longer list with several more realistic matches.</p>
<p>He got denied ED at Williams. Ironically, at some point after applying, he had decided it wouldn’t be the best fit for him and that he had made a mistake committing to go there if admitted, so I strongly suspect he was a bit relieved when he WASN’T accepted. (I think he would have been fine there, but I had also independently started thinking that it really wasn’t one of the best fits for him.)</p>
<p>After refocusing, we crossed Middlebury and Bowdoin off the application list. He’s been accepted to Bard, New College of Florida, UVM, and SUNY New Paltz (his safety). He’s waiting to hear (EA) from Bennington, Goucher, and Hampshire and (RD) from Bates, Colby, CUNY Macaulay Honors College, and Vassar.</p>
<p>We visited Bard and he loved it, but we have to see how much financial aid they give him. We’re planning to visit New College within the next couple of months, and they’ve already given him a nice merit scholarship. We also visited Hampshire and loved it, but we’ll wait to visit the others until we hear whether or not he’s accepted.</p>
<p>How about you, alex - what colleges did you end up choosing, where have you been accepted, etc?</p>
<p>Woah, woah, woah.
My intention is not to brag. I created this thread for those who may feel hopeless, no matter what others tell them, because of their GPA and how mean some can be on this site if you’re GPA isn’t perf.
T_T Please don’t attack me. I just wanted a small support group so others can see that you may not need a perf GPA to get into the school(s) you love. Same for those with scores CC considers to be “low” (1900+ SAT or 27+ ACT). :’( That’s all. Gosh.</p>
<p>@fosterte </p>
<p>Wow. I’m applying to Williams myself. 
The competition must be pretty steep! I have some other super reaches and dream schools, but admission to them isn’t completely needed. Honestly, I just want a uni/college with excellent financial aid and an intellectual community! I have about 20 schools I’m going after so I can have lots of options. One can’t be overconfident in this process. </p>
<p>I’m a gap year student, btw!</p>
<p>I don’t think this is an ego boost, he’s being sincere, almost every thread I see you have upper 2200+ SATs and 4.0s with just top ten schools, no wonder you feel hopeless against these kinds of kids.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I have a 3.91UW, no APs ( I hate moving), and just a 2000 SAT. and a 700 in the Math IIC. I have about 4 clubs, no leadership, but am heavily involved. I’m applying to a few top schools like Cornell, JHU and Chicago, but the rest are just LACs or middle range like Boston College, URochester, Gettysburg, and Lafayette. </p>
<p>I already got into my safety (Rutgers) for both Engineering and Arts/Sciences. Anyhow, waiting to hear back from everyone else. GL to everyone else on this thread.</p>
<p>I don’t have a problem with this thread at all. It’s for the great-but-not-perfect student, something that I think a lot of people on CC are. </p>
<p>My stats:
3.92 UW GPA
4 AP classes by end of senior year
2110 Sat- 650 Cr 700 M 760 W
650 Math 2 690 Math 1 720 US History
Average to slightly below average ECs
Decent essays
Good recs
No hooks whatsoever</p>
<p>I applied to the following:
Penn State- accepted
Washington and Jefferson- accepted w/merit
Marietta- accepted w/merit
Westminster- accepted w/merit
Wooster
Lehigh
Kenyon
American
Wesleyan</p>
<p>Ironically, even though Wesleyan is by far the competitive, it is not at all my top choice. My top choice is Wooster, and Im really hoping to get their top merit scholarship so it will be affordable. I know I could have applied to more competitive schools, but I just didn’t want to. I have a huge ego, and I would hate a place where everyone is as smart as me. I know that sounds ridiculous, but thats just me. In the end, it’s about fit, not about going to the “best” school you can with the stats you have.</p>
<p>@Phoenix </p>
<p>Right? It’s like, how can I compete with the best? The holistic process will only get you but so far.</p>
<p>And good luck with your apps! :3</p>
<p>@alexissss, I hear you, good to know this mostly becomes moot when they end up in college. When they go into a college with all kids like them… ouch. Anyhow, I can always do better in College…</p>
<p>@syoung </p>
<p>Yes! That’s why I wanted to make it. Also, we can support each other through this process. </p>
<p>I have a friend who attends Wooster! She loves it, haha. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Yeah, I visited Wooster a few about a month ago and absolutely loved it. My older brother went there, with worse stats than me, and he has been published as the first author on a research paper in Science (a scientific journal) and is now at a postdoc at Columbia. All because of the advisor he had at Wooster.</p>
<p>I have a 3.9 GPA (top 3% of class) and a 33 ACT from last year that I hope to improve. My projected SAT from the PSAT is 2270.
My GPA and scores are good, but my main issue is that my ECs aren’t. I don’t have leadership, I’ve never done internships or contests, I got rejected from NHS, etc.</p>
<p>I’m a junior and I still have to visit places, but I’ll probably apply to these colleges, give or take a few:
Reed, Wellesley, Smith, Oberlin, Georgia Tech, Case Western, University of Michigan, Ohio State, Rose-Hulman. I hope I’m good enough to use OSU as a safety. I’ll probably apply to a few other out-of-state public universities.</p>
<p>@syoung </p>
<p>That’s pretty impressive. It’s all about fit!</p>
<p>@heather
Congratz on your scores and GPA! I don’t have leadership positions either. :\ But I’m sure you can acquire some before senior year!</p>
<p>Nice college list!</p>
<p>Bumpity.
10 char</p>