<p>Just read the other posts by this person. Definitely a ■■■■■, and thank you. I will disregard the comments.</p>
<p>WarEagleBlonde - because I could feel your anxiety through my computer screen, I took a look at the Auburn Naviance scattergram for my D’s school. Now obviously every HS is different (we’re an OOS public), but I can tell you based on Naviance that over 80 kids from our high school have applied to Auburn in the past 4 years and everyone who had an ACT above 22 was accepted. The GPAs of the kids with 23’s ranged from 2.5 to 3.6 - there was no one with a GPA even approaching your D’s. Most of the 22’s got in, also - the only one who didn’t had below a 2.5 GPA.</p>
<p>Illuminati is totally a ■■■■■-- just ignore. I just looked at Auburn’s website-- they have an interesting application process! I’m guessing that your D will get in. Class rank is hugely important, often the most important factor.</p>
<p>But I also want to second what others have said here-- kids are so stubborn, so susceptible to their own dreams at this age, and we parents know how much they need validation… of course we want them to have their dreams. Last year was a nervous misery for my D, and so it was for me too. She didn’t get into her first choice, and was crushed by an early rejection that made her feel hopeless. Fast forward to this year-- she could not be happier. She loves everything about her school and so do I. </p>
<p>And what makes me laugh is-- this school has so many wonderful aspects that we didn’t know about, in spite of all our research and my million posts on CC. In the end, we were just really lucky. I believe your D will be too-- whether with Auburn or another choice.</p>
<p>OP, does your school have Naviance? If so, what does it show for Auburn and statistics like hers? What is her unweighted GPA?</p>
<p>You all are an amazing source of information! I appreciate it more than you know. </p>
<p>Our school does not have Naviance. Her unweighted GPA is 3.87.</p>
<p>Your instinct to read the cc members other posts to gain context on how they communicate was very good. I do it often when deciding weather to discount someone as a rude person in general or perhaps a reputable poster who has just got it wrong on this instance. Even I was offended reading the post. </p>
<p>Please don’t let it get to you. Everyone can see your DD is obviously a capable young woman. No one has questioned that. The conversation has simply been to support you in efforts to both reduce stress and encourage her to look at other schools (a good thing for ALL kids!).</p>
<p>If you haven’t visited the parents thread for the high school class of 2013 (it’s probably floating around on the front page) I would encourage you to stop in and introduce yourself. The parents groups can be a source of great support of people who have kids going though the same stage yours is. My parents group was especially close during admissions year and we really got each other through some stressful times and talked each other off a few ledges. Someone’s always there to listen and laugh with. You don’t have to start reading from the beginning, just jump in where they are and introduce yourself.</p>
<p>Ahh, here it is: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/754591-parents-hs-class-2013-college-class-2017-a-928.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/754591-parents-hs-class-2013-college-class-2017-a-928.html</a></p>
<p>I do understand the stress of waiting and not knowing. Last year my D did not get in at the one school where she applied EA (was admitted RD months later but chose another in the end). It was a very long winter.</p>
<p>Thank you blueiguana. I headed over there this morning.</p>
<p>The nervosity about the outcome is understandable. While developing a list of alternative schools is really the path to follow, there is something your DAUGHTER can do, and that is devoting sufficient time and a couple of Saturdays to boost her standardized test scores. A better score earned in December will help in the winter and spring. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the perception of a lowish ACT and high GPA is that the GPA is indicative of a less competitive school. </p>
<p>Please note that being a terrible test taker can be corrected as it usually reflects a poor approach and poor advice. This is often the case for students who get this advice from their teachers in school. With proper advice, it should not be hard to gain a few points. Points that should make a huge difference at Auburn or somewhere else.</p>
<p>Again, this is something your daughter can and should do. Not enough time, too much homework, too many practices are NOT good excuses.</p>
<p>She will be testing again in December, and hopefully she’ll be going in more prepared than in the past. I’m not sure about her school being less competitive, but I can see where it might look that way. And after scanning the board, I see that my child is quite the underachiever and the opposite of my previous impression of her.</p>
<p>I feel very uninformed compared to most on this board. I felt like we prepared well for the transition into college, but I was obviously mistaken.</p>
<p>Listen, you did a great job preparing, she’s done well in school, she’s very likely to get into Auburn-- everyone on here has OCD about college admissions! And exaggeration of statistics etc. is all too common. </p>
<p>She can get those scores up-- I know less about ACT than SAT-- but D raised her scores significantly by just doing a half hour of practice here and there, very casually. Get the book of practice tests, do a section at a time, check the work and see where the problems lie. It’s really a matter of getting to know the test. But don’t worry!! From everything I see here it looks like she’s fine!!</p>
<p>Thank you Gwen. And, those are her intentions in preparing for December’s test.</p>
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<p>Isn’t that a teeny-bitty too harsh a comment? People who exaggerate their scores and accomplishment are only fooling themselves. On the other hand, I might help one to learn from the collective experience of this forum without taking everything for the new gospel.</p>
<p>In this case, the OP has shared to be worried (or consumed) by the next steps. While it sounds great (on the surface) to offer hope in the form of “Do not worry, you and she will be fine” the reality is that she DID receive bad news in the early stages. Most observers will indeed think that an admission is a high probabibility considering the 70 percent admission rate at Auburn, but it also remains that the ACT score does not help at all.</p>
<p>The good news is that trying to increase the score is in the works for this applicant, and that with a bit of dedication and effort a score that reflects the rest of the application should be a good possibility. </p>
<p>In the end, hugs and best wishes go only that far, especially on an anonymous forum. Even if recommendations come from the OCD crowd, chances are that one of them might end up making a difference.</p>
<p>PS OP, if you daughter has not done so, encourage her to get copies of legally released tests, and go over them. Here’s a link to the CC section that deals with the ACT and links to such booklets.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1384979-act-released-tests.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1384979-act-released-tests.html</a></p>
<p>xiggi-- if you look at the Auburn website they make it clear that the first review is on grades and scores period. They look at nothing else in that round-- so it is very different than the usual ED, or even EA. Of course I agree that there’s no harm in getting the scores up! But I’ll bet you that this girl is going to get into Auburn before her scores on the December test are back.</p>
<p>We certainly hope so Gwen, but this board has certainly opened my eyes.</p>
<p>I highly doubt that Auburn has rejected students with your d’s stats. Yes, her ACT is modest, but her GPA more than makes up for that. </p>
<p>My toddler helps keep my mind off of it a bit. I also have a sophomore who is dead set on FSU. So, needless to say, life is always stressful…especially since they are all girls. Keep the advice coming. It keeps me occupied!</p>
<p>If the sophomore also needs to stay instate for GI bill or affordability purposes, now is the time to be gently informing her of that fact. FSU is stingy with scholarships because it relies heavily on Bright Futures awards for instate students.</p>
<p>I never knew the GI bill was tied to in-state colleges. How does it work?</p>
<p>If this is a post-911 benefit, then some OOS publics (and maybe some privates) give Yellow Ribbon benefits.</p>
<p>This means that those OOS schools will accept what the benefit will pay and the school makes up the rest. </p>
<p>BUT…I don’t know if that only works for the Active Duty person or Veteran. Maybe when the benefit is being given to a child, instate publics only work??</p>
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<p>I hope you realize you made my point. The adcoms saw the grades that were good and above average. But they saw the ACT and since they only looked at those elements, they passed. Draw the appropriate conclusions.</p>
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<p>See above and then consider that despite accepting 70 percent of students, the percentage of enrolled freshmen at Auburn with ACT below 24 is about FIFTEEN percent. </p>
<p>Take a look at the average GPA and you might see that a GPA above 3.50 is not that great of an indicator, especially when most applicants are Alabama in-staters.</p>
<p>I am not the expert on the post-911 benefit. I am primarily going off of the information their father has given me.</p>
<p>As for EA to Auburn, her classmate scored a 25 on the ACT, has only a slightly higher GPA, and was offered EA. Not sure what that says for my daughter. I am obviously getting mixed thoughts. And am I wrong in assuming (yes, I know what happens when you assume) that she will be considered in the next round of non-EA applicants?</p>