<p>What do you think her chances are? UDEl is her first choice and she won't hear until Mid-March. Darn no early action! She's gotten in to all her other schools.</p>
<p>We visited UDel 3 times, so she is sure.</p>
<p>Her stats:</p>
<p>GPA- 3.48 weighted (upward trend, she had a tough transition freshman year. 3.2 as a freshman, 3.4 as a sophomore and 3.68 as a junior. Senior grades aren't out yet)</p>
<p>SATs- Writing-690
Math- 640
Reading-610</p>
<p>SAT IIs were not too good-
Math 1- 550
Literature-510</p>
<p>ECs:
varsity basketball 3 years, jv 1 year
varsity lacrosse 4 years
Keystone Club 3 years, secretary this year
Church youth group
various volunteering activities
has worked a part time job since she was 15</p>
<p>Anyone willing to give us some realistic advice?</p>
<p>Well, the only "realistic" advice would come from an experienced admissions official. But I suspect she's got a pretty good shot. i'd have not sent in those SAT II scores. They cannot help her case. The job should contribute to her case, for sure. Doing what? Where from?</p>
<p>nerbsmom theses are the stats for udel Average high school GPA:
3.6</p>
<p>First-year students submitting GPA:
99%</p>
<p>First-year students submitting SAT scores:
98%
SAT scores (25/75 percentile):
Critical Reading:
540 – 640
Math:
560 – 660
Combined:
1100 – 1300</p>
<p>Percent of first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2006 with scores in each range:
SAT Critical Reading SAT Math
700-800 7.0% 11.0%
600-699 37.0% 47.0%
500-599 46.0% 35.0%
400-499 9.0% 6.0%
300-399 1.0% 1.0%
200-299 0.0% 0.0%</p>
<p>as u can see the average gpa of 3.6 means that half the applicants are below that number and her sats at the high end of the range since udel does not require satIIs they might look at them but wont count them</p>
<p>Thanks interested1. I know the stats for UDel, but according to our school's Naviance sight, the students accepted from our school usually have higher stats than the average UDel student. It basically states that a student with less than 3.6 GPA gets rejected. That's what has me concerned. I was hoping someone would know something more about UDel. Maybe they are tougher on out of state students?</p>
<p>Yes, they are tougher for out of state. No quota system, but their basic rule of thumb is that they want to admit all Delaware residents who show a reasonable chance of succeeding (there's actually now a "roadmap" for in-state students that all but guarantees admission if its accomplished). For out of state, it is more of a traditional competition for available spaces. But don't despair, we have about the only flagship state university where out of state students outnumber in-staters. The Wilmington paper had an article a year or so ago that had a chart with average numbers for in-state and out-of-state applicants. I'll see if I can find it and post it.</p>
<p>nerbsmom, the article you're looking for is from the February 2, 2006 News-Journal article entitled "UD Pressured Over In-State Admissions". I found it in the archives, but unfortunately you have to pay for access to the archives at their website delawareonline</a> ¦ The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.</p>
<p>It was a good article. The basic thrust was that some Delaware legislators were hearing constituent complaints that Delaware was ignoring in-state students in order to attract higher-paying out of state students. The article discussed in some detail how UDel makes its out-of-state decisions versus its in-state decisions. Like I said, I believe there was a GPA and SAT chart comparing accepted in-state and out-of-state students. </p>
<p>I think your daughter's upward trend is promising, and if she made three visits then it's pretty clear she has shown significant interest. SAT is a tad low for out of state -- honestly, I think it's going to be close and will come down to her intangibles and essay. </p>