<p>My son fall outside (below, unfortunately) the 50% range for SAT at his reach flagship school. His GPA does too, but it's above their minimum of what they say they look at. They say the seriously consider students with above a 3.0 and he has a 3.2 I think. Anyway...many of his friends heard within 10 days- 2 weeks of their acceptances. I don't know if they did early decision or not. We didn't as I read that would be to his deficit. It's been over 3 weeks and he's heard nothing on their website (the tell you their before the snail mail acceptance). There was an essay, we are legacies, which probably doesn't mean much at a state flagship anymore.</p>
<p>So...I'm thinking they haven't denied him right away. There could be many reasons. My question is: Does admissions plan on admitting a few kids below the 50% range upfront..and just wait to see the batch of apps they have before they make that decision? Seems no news is good news at this point.</p>
<p>The answer likely depends on the school in question. Some schools have automatic admission criteria for high stats applicants, but go through a more detailed or holistic review for the rest, or wait until all of the applications are in before setting the admission threshold for the non-automatic-admission portion of the admission class.</p>
<p>Thanks. I hope they deny rather than waitlist him. I doubt many ever get off the waitlist at this school and that would just keep him from making some decisions. Plus…I don’t want him to have hope when there really is none…</p>
<p>Here is the OPs other thread that more specifically describes this student. </p>
<p>To the OP…without knowing your state, it’s hard to say whether his reach flagship is attainable or not. If it’s UVA or UNC or states with very strong flagships like these, no. If it’s West Virginia University, Mississippi, or Any number of other places…maybe.</p>
<p>Thumper, not sure whether to thank you or not for linking that post. I suppose there is nothing in it that I don’t want known, just not sure some of the things I talked about are relevant to this question. It just took me aback. Also, he never mentioned is ADHD in his essay…was about something entirely different. </p>
<p>Also, I suppose my questions could be for all schools…not whether it’s attainable or not for this specific school. Do schools in general keep a percentage block of admission offers open for kids under the 50% range? </p>
<p>Anything you post on CC is public knowledge and is there for everyone to see. I guess some people think that “Confidential” means the posts disappear into a black hole, but they don’t.</p>
<p>I understand that they are public and aren’t lost into a black hole, of course. Thumper, I know you were just trying to be helpful. I guess I’m a little sensitive to having my old posts linked. </p>
<p>Your legacy status may be just the thing to push him over into the accepted category. I don’t know if there is a specific policy governing students who fall under the 50% middle range, but if the school looks at applications holistically, being a legacy might cause the ad comm to give his application a closer look.</p>
<p>@conmama: That’s the way CC works. Most folks here will look up past post history before answering questions to make sure they have as much information as possible to make the most informed reply they can. It’s done in the spirit of helpfulness so as not to make the OP have to rehash information available elsewhere and to make replies useful. The more information we have about the student, the better the information you will get. @thumper1 was just trying to help the discussion along.</p>
<p>I teach at a regional state university where we have many students who fit your son’s profile. The ones I have had as students seem to be generally doing okay in their classes. We are always happy to have students who show effort, come to the professor’s office etc. It may be a different story at a flagship, even one that is not uber selective. Classes are generally larger, and students at the lower quartile may feel overwhelmed. These are generalizations, so you may want to visit the schools with an eye toward these details. </p>
<p>We could give more info if you could let us know your state. But I understand that you may not wish to include too much information. </p>
<p>State is IN. Flagship he wants is IU Bloomingon. He’s been accepted to IUPUI, Ball State and Indiana State. If he doesn’t get into IU! He will live at home, he thinks, and go to IUPUI…then transfer to main campus. Personally, I think that would be the best. Ball State is another excellent choice, as its a mid size campus. If he got accepted to IU, of course I would let him go. Since they haven’t denied him quickly…just wondering if they were putting his app aside to consider…if they take a block of kids like him.</p>
<p>I think IU has a big population of out of state full pays. Bottom quartile stat kids probably are in direct competition with the marginal out of state lower stat kid. Not having heard likely means they haven’t made up their mind. </p>
<p>Also, I’m aware of a situation where a phone call to Indiana resulted in a second look and a reversal of a decision. It wasn’t a plea, but just a very polite and cordial inquiry about whether everything in the application had been received. I think the staff was so surprised that the parent of a rejected kid wasn’t ranting that they decided to take a second look. </p>
<p>I have nothing helpful to add, but just wanted to say I’m impressed your kid is on the ball enough to have so many applications done! I know the state school applications are generally easier than privates but still! Congrats!</p>
<p>It is probably too early for the school to reject him. After all, what if he retests soon and gets better scores? THAT is what the school may be waiting to see.</p>
<p>@dadx…you are right. I’m sure if the spots are indeed left open, they will more than likely offer it to the students that will pay 3times the tuition. We are friends we one of the trustees and he told us that IU only gets 40 percent of their operating budget from the state…they have to make it up somewhere.</p>