<p>My daughter has a 94 weighted average, 7 honors courses and 5 AP classes, 31 on the ACT, 2050 on the SAT Critical Reasoning Test, 800 US History SAT II, 760 Literature SAT II. She is in National Honor Society, is a member of a varsity sports team and has very significant participation in community service activities. Here's a list of colleges she's interested in:</p>
<p>Bates, Colby, Bowdoin, Boston College, Hobart & William Smith, Brown, Franklin & Marshall, Georgetown University, Kenyon, College of William and Mary, University of Vermont, Williams and Middlebury.</p>
<p>Which of these schools looks appropriate for her credentials?</p>
<p>Her credentials make her a credible candidate at all those schools though Brown, Georgetown and Williams have extremely competitive admissions. William & Mary is also rumored to be a difficult admit for OSS applicants. The list is fine though to me Boston College, Georgetown, Brown and Vermont are comparatively large and “urban” when compared to the rest of the list.</p>
<p>Remember the initial selection is made by the college.</p>
<p>If I might offer a suggestion that you can use to fine tune your college list.</p>
<p>Have your child go to her school’s college counselor office and see if there is a list of colleges that the past two or three classes went to. Sometimes this information is also available in the student newspapers which publish a list of where seniors are going. (if you are lucky the school has a computerized list of how its applicants have done by school. I have seen a computer program used by a local high school where you plug in SAT scores and GPA and the programs gives you the chances of accepted based upon that high school results over the past 7 years)</p>
<p>When you get the list, see how many students have gone to the schools on your child’s list. If in the past a college you are interested took 3 or 4 students a year, there is a good chance that this year they will also take the approximately the same amount. If a school on your list has never taken someone from your daughter’s high school, it is going to be an up hill battle to get an acceptance.</p>
<p>She looks good for Bates, Colby and Kenyon-matches. Bowdoin and Middlebury are reaches. Brown and Williams are major reaches. Franklin & Marshall should be pretty safe.</p>
<p>At the LACs, demonstrated interest matters, so she should plan to visit if possible and to interview.</p>
<p>*94 weighted average, 7 honors courses and 5 AP classes, 31 on the ACT, 2050 on the SAT Critical Reasoning Test, 800 US History SAT II, 760 Literature SAT II. </p>
<p>Bates, Colby, Bowdoin, Boston College, Hobart & William Smith, Brown, Franklin & Marshall, Georgetown University, Kenyon, College of William and Mary, University of Vermont, Williams and Middlebury.
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<p>A 94% average is similar to an A average not sure if it would be considered a 4.0…but it might be. :)</p>
<p>How much will you pay each year for college? If you can/will pay “full freight” then you don’t need to worry about financial safeties or getting merit scholarships.</p>
<p>However, if paying full freight is an issue, then which schools would be your child’s financial safety schools? Those are schools that you know FOR SURE are affordable because cost could be covered by ASSURED merit scholarships, ASSURED grants, and/or family funds?</p>
<p>My daughter’s school calculates a “GPA” based on a hundred point scale. They weight for honors/AP classes - her actual average is 92+ and her weighted average is 94+. Her school does not formally provide a class rank, but the counselor said she could say top 10% if asked.</p>
<p>Might add Holy Cross-comparable to several of the other schools but HC has one of the best alumni giving rates in the country on the same level of Williams and Bowdoin.</p>
not sure if it would be considered a 4.0…but it might be. :)</p>