<p>My daughter has a 3.4 uw GPA from frishman to junior,
but in first semister of senior she got 3.83 GPA, 35 ACT,
CA private boarding school, she applied following</p>
<p>Scripps ED1; Denied</p>
<p>UC(LA, SD, I, R)
USC
NYU
Pitzer
Claremont MacKana
Colorado College
Vandbild
Washindone U.</p>
<p>What is chance? we should apply more colleges?</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like she has any safety schools, and likely she has no matches, either because of GPA. These are all likely all reaches, except for maybe UCR.</p>
<p>I doubt that USC, Vanderbilt or WashU will accept her. I doubt that UCLA or UCSD would accept her. </p>
<p>What is her UC GPA?</p>
<p>Yes, she should apply to more schools.</p>
<p>What is her major and career goal?</p>
<p>What is your budget? How much can you spend each year?</p>
<p>Which colleges like this kind of student? LAC, Univ?
We can pay $40000 each year.</p>
<p>Any majors.</p>
<p>There are LACs and universities who would take someone like her. They would be lower down the totem pole, however.</p>
<p>If you have faith in her work ethic, her safety <em>could</em> be CC->UC.</p>
<p>Please tell us which colleges like her. Thanks!</p>
<p>She’d probably do better with universities that have more numbers-based admissions criteria. However, if she expands her list to include some less competitive LAC’s, the high test score might also bring in some merit money. Look for colleges where the B+ GPA won’t hurt her, but where the high test scores will attract the attention of the admissions office. </p>
<p>FWIW, I do think she has a good chance at getting into NYU, but you may end up short on financial aid.</p>
<p>And your d will definitely be admitted into the UC system-- obviously she’s UC eligible and Riverside probably would be a safety or near-safety. </p>
<p>What does she want to study? </p>
<p>She want decide major after get in college.</p>
<p>Major will make a difference for many of the UC’s. UCLA/UCI and UCR will admit by college while UCSD does not. Did she apply to any Cal States? My neice was just accepted to Cal Poly SLO with an UW GPA of 3.0 W GPA of 3.4 and ACT of 30 for Environmental Earth Science (Geology). She was going to originally apply as a Bio major, but I showed her the acceptance rate and the # of applicant for that major and she picked something less competitive. With her lower than average GPA, UCR would be a Match from the UC’s. I agree with @mom2collegekids that her list is reach heavy and she needs some good matches and another safety.<br>
She might consider Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and Occidental.</p>
<p>You might have her look at Willamette as an LAC option. Lower on the totem pole for LAC’s than your list but a really nice school with strong programs.</p>
<p>For a large university, she’d likely get into the University of Nevada system and with WUE, she could get a good deal on out-of-state tuition. They are UC-esque but a bit easier to get into. She should get into UCR. If she get’s into none of the UC’s she’s applied to they will likely offer her Merced but I really think she will get into UCR. </p>
<p>In general, her GPA would not have been overly concerning to me, especially coming from a private boarding school, because many of the more selective boarding schools have little to no grade inflation so you don’t see a lot of 4.0 gpas coming out of them. Without knowing your child’s boarding school, it’s hard to opine. GPAs can really vary from school to school. </p>
<p>What does concern me with your daughter’s list is the fact she did not get accepted, or even deferred, at Scripps ED. Scripps admission rate for early decision has been between 53-63% over the past few years. It’s a great school, but like many women’s colleges, it sees less applicants. The other schools you have listed for your daughter are MORE selective than Scripps, especially in a regular decision round. If it isn’t her GPA that hurt her with Scripps, I would look carefully at her common app to see if there is another reason why she didn’t get in. I agree with other posters that she should add a few safeties to her list. </p>
<p>If I were you, I’d be wanting to talk to her college counselor right away. Most private schools have decent college counselors. What has her counselor recommended? Is he/she comfortable with the range of the schools on her list?</p>
<p>i agree with @doschicos the GPAs can really vary from boarding schools. I was really nervous about the lack of grade inflation, I thought the GPA would knock my kid out from anywhere selective. But the school’s profile is very clear – and with the val having ~94 average, the perceptive was there. There wasn’t a problem from admissions – but if my kid’s gap was listed, there would be at least a couple “you need to go to community college first”…so I second the suggestion that you need to figure out if there is another issue.</p>
<p>My daughter is GPA one first semester is high 3.83, does it get any help? </p>
<p>My daughter is GPA on first semester of senior is high 3.83, does it get any help?</p>
<p>The UC’s do not consider Senior grades for admissions only for keeping your acceptance. “Sophomore/Junior grades will get you in, but Senior grades will keep you in” according to my son’s GC. The privates will look a Mid-year grades, so yes those will help.</p>
<p>I agree about applying to Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and Occidental. There’s also Whittier and University of Redlands. These are all in Southern California – is that where you live?</p>
<p>In Northern California, there’s Mills College (a women’s college that is similar to Scripps in its culture), St. Mary’s in Moraga, U of San Francisco. I think she would get merit aid at those schools, which she will need if you can only pay $40K per year.</p>
<p>Is the 3.83 GPA you mentioned just for this semester or is it her new cumulative GPA after figuring in this semester’s grades?</p>
<p>She’ll get in at UC Riverside. Does she actually want to go there?</p>
<p>I think she’ll get into Colorado College. I think she would get into many of the WUE schools like Utah, Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming if she’s looking for a state flagship of a smaller size than the UCs. If I were you (and her) I’d apply to one of these with rolling admission JUST to have one acceptance in her pocket. It just takes the worrying out of it as she’ll know she has as least somewhere to go to college.</p>
<p>Colorado College would be a match not a slam dunk, in my opinion. Early Action acceptance rate was 21% last year and regular decision was only 11%. Applications have been up hugely the past few years.They do take a more holistic approach to admissions than some schools, though. The essays carry a lot of weight. Hard to speculate more without knowing more about the application in terms of extra curricular activities, etc.</p>
<p>What is a plan? Major, Grad. School?</p>
<p>Capital University in Columbus Ohio will give her full tuition, you will just have to pay room and board with that sort of ACT score. My friend’s dgt had lower than that GPA and not many ec’s and is getting that scholarship just based on her ACT scores.</p>