<p>I only got in as a transfer, and they stopped taking transfers, so the answer is definitely not. >:(</p>
<p>I’m royally PO’d about it, too.</p>
<p>Everyone is being so humble! I think I would still get into Harvard. My SAT recenters at 1590, I had an A plus average at a renowned public magnet school, I was from a working class background, first generation college, NMS, and a female with significant math/science awards and ECs.</p>
<p>cal gal…you are the sort who would have intimidated the bee jeebers out of me 
I knew I was smart but that dang math thing got me every time. D is doing dandy in Calc as a frosh…I think she may be the milk man’s ;)</p>
<p>My daughter goes to my alma mater, which is a top-20 university. I think my chances of being admitted there now would be less than 50:50. Although I had acceptable test scores and grades and was a NMF, I had really inadequate extracurriculars and a less-than-rigorous curriculum by today’s standards.</p>
<p>My son went to our flagship state university. I could have gotten admitted there (or to the flagship of the state where I grew up), then or now.</p>
<p>I probably would be waitlisted at my alma mater (SAT was 1370 or so) - definitely would not get the level of scholarship I got back then, they would take a full-pay above someone like me these days…</p>
<p>All of us parents should “recenter” our old GPAs – I read recently that today’s high school students’ grades are on average 20% higher than they were 20 years ago. So give yourself a little grade inflation…though I guess we’re still stuck with our old class rank. Even with grade inflation, though, I’d been lucky to get into son’s T20 college back then…his grades, test scores and ECs were much stronger than mine or his dad’s.</p>
<p>It would probably be close to get into my school now … SATs and GPA on the low end of OK … and ECs and Recs (I assume) are still strong … however my academics were pretty eratic; I’m not sure if the HS Cs and big math/english SAT split would fly now.</p>
<p>I seriously doubt I could get into my oldest’s school … but then again she went to a women’s college.</p>
<p>I often wonder about this. Certainly the stats at my alma mater have gone up considerably, so based on numbers alone, it would be a reach. I was an “over-achiever” (high grades, moderate test scores), but a good fit for the school, and I know I had good teacher recommendations. I’d like to think I would still get in.</p>
<p>My GPA was 97 unweighted. With today’s weighting it would have been over 4.0.</p>
<p>BUT – SATs would be a different story. I was one & done with no studying had acceptable, but not really good scores. Today I would have had to taken prep, multi tests, & all the drama & stress.</p>
<p>And today I would have to have applied to multiple schools. Back then my school was rolling admit & I know very early I got in – avoided sending in any other apps (though I did multiple interviews).</p>
<p>So, the answer is = probably would get in, but wouldn’t have had as much fun senior year.</p>
<p>I could still get into mine and probably none that my daughter applied to. Although I had great extra-curriculars. My husband could still get into West Point–he applied during Viet Nam the first time and it is easier to get in when there is a war–sad but true.</p>
<p>I would still have gotten in to UC Santa Barbara. I would have never gotten into D’s school, Smith College, no matter how much I would have enjoyed spending four years there.</p>
<p>I definitely think that the old SAT with its “analogy” questions was more of a challenge than the new version, so I don’t feel as badly about my score being 100+ points less than my D’s. (Thanks to Hunt for the link.) It was also interesting to look at the subject tests and see less of a disparity in the old vs. new scores–even odder- I just realized that my D and I took the same subject tests. My D’s scores/GPA are still slightly higher even with the recentering even though we had fairly equivalent class ranks (in top 10/500-ish student bodies.) We went to the same HS-- 30+ years apart. I was only able to take 3 AP courses in my senior year of HS and received a 5 point bump in my average final grade-the same as honors courses. While my D in HS took 1 AP soph year/5 APs junior year/7 APs senior year and received a + 7% bump in her final grades for APs and + 5% for honors. Things have changed.</p>
<p>I have no idea what kind of outcome I would have now–if I had to guess I’d probably end up at some pretty NE LAC which I never considered back then. Though, my parents were full pay and I wonder if they would pay over $50,000 a year to send me to school now–I think it was closer to $15,000ish then. Also, I had no clear path back then–all that was really driving me was to get away from home and to be closer to my BF who was older and already at a NE ivy. I had few ECs–painted sets for drama club/artwork and reviewing for school newspaper/artwork for yearbook/community service club–about 1 volunteer afternoon per month at a nursing home or afterschool program/intramural volleyball. This certainly didn’t amount to much. Still, my GC ( in our one 5 minute meeting) said I could go anywhere I wanted to. In contrast, my D had about 20+ hours per week of school and community activities (plus summers) and was a type A workaholic. Her GC said while her prospects were good, she should certainly have some safeties in mind, because you never know. </p>
<p>I was a top but lazyish student–didn’t study much, but was not without a passion for learning and reading outside of the classroom. I suppose I would have to find my edge to compete with my peers if I were doing this now. I recall writing an essay (banged it out in one brief sitting) about my family tradition of doing crossword puzzles (oddly enough–competitively) and how I felt the first time I finished the Sunday NY Times Crossword (at the age of 12) before my parents did and how that was a turning point in my life. I remember vividly being quite satisfied with it and smiling as I put the application into the envelope–thinking I am in!! (I think it might hold up even today.) I filled out my 3 applications all by myself (and by hand using a black ballpoint pen.) I received 3 fat envelopes in the spring and was pretty excited but there wasn’t the same jubilation then compared to what came with my D’s acceptances. We jumped up and down and screamed and cried together. My parents never really asked any questions during the whole process–their only involvement was writing the checks. I even went to visit colleges (mostly in NE/DC) with a friend. My D and I, of course, went through everything together (though all of the app work was her own–me just an advisor) and there was so much anxiety over every little thing. She wrote numerous essays that ended up in the trash before settling on that one for the Common App and then all of the supplemental ones to boot–it was practically like having a full time job. </p>
<p>From all of this I guess, I surmise, that while we may have had a more challenging SAT, our kids certainly have to navigate a far more challenging and labyrinthine application process. I wouldn’t want to have to do this now.</p>
<p>This thread reminds me of just how much things have changed and makes me wonder what our grandchildren will experience some 30 years down the road–I hope I’m around to read those essays-that should be really interesting!</p>
<p>I would be accepted at my undergrad alma mater (Ohio University…I was instate) and my grad (Western Ill University…OOS). BUT there is no way I would be accepted at my two kids’ colleges.</p>
<p>I would have gotten in to my small private college. But what I think is even more interesting is that many of the kids that are now being rejected from elite schools could have gotten in bitd. There just weren’t the numbers applying and I don’t remember this much angst and “choosing a class” as we have now.</p>
<p>I had good grades, decent EC’s, ranked 6th out of 380 kids, and strong SAT. But my senior year course selection would never pass muster today. AP English, Honors Physics, Human Behavior, Band, Chorus, Phys Ed & a study hall. Only 3 academic classes. </p>
<p>I only applied to 2 colleges, I had the application for the 3rd laying on my desk when I was accepted ED to my first choice. The 3rd school was UNC, and my son always berates me: “You could have been at UNC with Michael Jordan!” Telling him that no one knew who Michael Jordan was at the time makes no difference in his opinion…</p>
<p>Never in my wildest dreams could I have been admitted to S1’s college or wherever S2 ends up next fall. Since I went to a CC my first year, I probably could still get in. :)</p>
<p>Sure, I’d get accepted again at Barnard, although I was quite surprised when I did get “the big envelope.” It never even occurred to me to apply to any of the places my D. applied to. The world that she grew up in (a red state in the West, plus much travel) and lives in is very different from the world in which I spent my childhood (very middle-class Boston suburb) and teenage years (roaming New England and NY).</p>
<p>I could get in. I couldn’t pay for it.</p>
<p>Back in the day, I was recruited for sports at an Ivy. I wasn’t too bright back then, and haven’t improved much over time. So, yes, I could still get in.</p>
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<p>I remember those, they were tough and the analogies were sometime a little “loose”.</p>
<p>But does anybody remember questions about antonyms? For some reason I remember questions sort of like :</p>
<p>Pick the word most opposite in meaning to XXXXX</p>
<p>But maybe that was a different test.</p>
<p>Sorry for the hijack.</p>