So I noticed no one has updated this thread with decisions. How did students with these scores fare this year in the admissions melee?
S with 32 ACT, GPA - 3.8 (UW) and class rank -8% will be attending UT Austin CS. Also admitted to UIUC, TAMU, Trinity (21K merit), Baylor (20K merit) and UT Dallas (free tuition). GTech rejected.
My daughter did surprisingly well! She applied to 27 (yes 27) schools and has been accepted to the 25 she has heard back from so far. (Vanderbilt decisions come out in about 40 min and UNC-CH decisions come out later this week.) We expect that she will be rejected to both of these (high reaches).
She plans to attend Ohio State University as a Biology and Psychology double major on a pre-med track. She fell in love with the school, and being accepted into the Mount Leadership Society Scholars program cemented her decision to attend OSU.
Acceptances:
The Ohio State University - 15k/yr merit, accepted to Mount Leadership Society Scholars
UGA - free tuition - Zell
FSU - OOS waiver and presidential scholarship, accepted to honors, plus was offered $3900 to be a Gap Year Fellow
U of Alabama - Presidential Scholarship (full tuition) plus $2k additional merit per year, accepted to honors college
Ole Miss - $26k/yr merit, accepted to SMDBHC (honors college)
Tulane - $27k/yr merit
Rhodes - $23k/yr merit
U of South Carolina- $25k/yr merit
Baylor - $25k/yr merit
Troy University - Full ride scholarship less books
LSU - $29k/yr merit, Accepted to honors college
GA State University - free tuition (Zell) plus $3k/yr additional merit, accepted to honors college
University of Louisiana Lafayette - $25k/yr merit
Southern Miss - $17k/yr merit (bonus free room and board first year), accepted to honors college
Mercer University - 29k/yr merit
University of Pittsburg - 5k/yr merit
Ohio University - Athens - 13k/yr merit
Indiana - 11k/yr merit
GA College - free tuition (Zell)
Wingate University - $21,500/yr merit
Austin Peay University - $20k/yr merit, accepted to honors
Valdosta State - free tuition - Zell
UF - no money
U of Miami - no money
TAMU - no money
Still waiting on:
UNC-CH (expecting denial)
Vanderbilt (expecting denial)
That’s great - can she release those she isn’t accepting?
Yes, she has released all except OSU and UGA (her in-state safety). She will let UGA ride until May 1 just in case anything substantial changes for our family financially (it would be horrible to have a job loss or life changing medical event hinder our ability to send her to OSU, so just in case life throws a curveball, we’d rather be safe than sorry).
I have around the same act; 32 and uw gpa 3.76
uva accepted
u of rochester accepted
bc accepted
wake accepted
american accepted
REMEMBER GPA WITH OUT ANY CONTEXT IS UTTERLY WORTHLESS. THE STRENGTH OF THE CURRICULUM COMES FIRST.
FULL UPDATE:
UT Austin - Accepted into Computer Science and will be attending in the Fall of 2017!
Texas A&M - Accepted into Mechanical Engineering + Engineering Honors, waitlisted for University Honors.
Alabama - Accepted into Computer Science with Presidential scholarship and engineering scholarship + Honors College, waitlisted for CPHP.
Cal Poly SLO - Accepted into Computer Science with 1k/year merit.
SMU - Accepted into Mechanical Engineering with 36500/year merit.
Case Western - Accepted into Mechanical Engineerig with 32500/year merit.
Northeastern - Accepted into Computer Science with 20000/year merit
Rice University - Declined from Mechanical Engineering.
WashU in St. Louis - Declined from Mechanical Engineering.
Georgia Tech - Declined from Mechanical Engineering.
Congrats on the awesome results! Where will you be attending?
Nice to see some really great results rolling in. I am waiting for Ivy day to post final results (although pretty certain how they will go…).
I agree 100% a 32 act is in the top 98% schools aren’t going to truly differentiate between that a person that gets a 34 and is in the 99% percentile. It truly is just a few more questions answered right like 2-3 more…I agree it is the rest of the application and (luck) how strong are the EC’s especially leadership and how unique the skillsets as well.
With all that said I’m not sure it matters that much where you go to school either. The wealthiest people I know are all self employed some with little to no college, the smartest man I know did go to LSU and Tulane quirky as hell, but up there, and I know many doctors that have graduated from the slums of Alabama & LSU, to the upper echelons of Stanford all are still Doctors.
Our old neighbor was a stay at home mom who went to Amherst I’m not sure if she ever actually worked, but she had her degree on the wall (Psychology).
I think cost is the mitigating factor at least that is what I see with our demographic of of barely 1%'ers. We all think state schools are fine and all make 6 figures after getting our education at them. The thought of paying double or triple for the same degree seems almost silly, but that is a topic for a different day.
Why go to such hard schools? Why not go to the ones that offer the best package? Especially if the end game isn’t to stop at undergraduate?
Awesome!! I would pick Alabama hands down (but I’m a parent) lol.
@Jpgranier do you mean waitlisted as UA s CBHP? The computer based honors program?
@GAcollegemom6 I’m most likely going to uva unless i get into duke later today.
@jym626 yeah, a little typo, whoops.
Wish I got in. Maybe it could’ve changed my mind, not sure. I’ve already declined admission for all other schools, so UT Austin committed 100%!
Not a personal attack, it’s just I hear this statement a lot. If there were no difference between a 32 and 34, why can’t students who make 32s retake and get a 34. That difference in a few questions, if so minor, should be achievable by all 32 students.
@jpgrainier I’ll bite. There is a statistical phenomenon called “regression to the mean”. Basically, if a data point is at the edge of a distribution (such as a 32 on ACT), one is statistically more likely on a retest to go towards the center of the distribution then further towards the edge. So someone retaking the ACT with an initial score of 32 is more likely to score a 30 than a 34 on second attempt (unless something about the person’s knowledge fundamentally changes – like additional and effective studying or an additional testing course).
Final results for D as expected. Denied at Vanderbilt and UNC-CH. 25 acceptances, 2 denials. Go Buckeyes!!!
Most state and private schools will give the top scholarships award if you apply before the deadline for maximum consideration. If a student wants highly selective with these stats then apply early action or early decision. Regular decisions with a 32 ACT at a highly selective has a high probability of rejection.
My son with a 33 ACT, 4.98 weighted GPA with 6 AP’s and mostly the rest honors, Top 10% is attending Clemson Honors College. He received provisional acceptance his junior year and since it was his first choice, it was the only place he applied.