<p>I agree with Rodney. CMU (and Case Western - some students who like CMU also like Case) seem like matches.</p>
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<p>I would have thought that someone with 2300+ CC posts would have the tools to do that for him/herself.</p>
<p>Oh well, you know what happens when you assume …</p>
<p>Seiclan, I entered a few criteria based on what you’ve told us. You can narrow this list down significantly by making a few more selections.</p>
<p>[College</a> MatchMaker: Results](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Edit: I see the link takes you to the site, but probably didn’t keep the criteria I entered. That’s okay, just start fresh! :)</p>
<p>In Virginia, popular choices/safeties for kids in this range are Virginia Tech and James Madison U. Some of them get into William and Mary or UVA but they can’t count on it.</p>
<p>I don’t know all the stats for this particular boy, but he had SATs in the high 600s (maybe one inched above 700). He went to a very competitive high school in NJ, had a respectable GPA but was not ranked very high. His parents are full pay. He applied to 18 schools. Of the ones I remember, he got into Bucknell, Gettysburg and UVM – and either Univ of Delaware or Maryland, or maybe both? He didn’t get into the top liberal arts schools (Middlebury, Bowdoin). This was last year, and I just can’t remember all the places he applied, and I’m amazed he could keep them straight. He went to Bucknell.</p>
<p>From our school’s Naviance: Tufts, 1400/2100 is average; Same w/Boston College, and NYU. Brandeis, Boston U. and Northeastern are more 1350/2000 In case he’s interested in coming North. </p>
<p>First hand reports are probably more helpful, but for what it’s worth, that’s what shows up.</p>
<p>My 1400 kid was accepted at NC State University (has biomed. engineering) and University of South Carolina…both with merit aid. We didn’t apply for FA. These were fairly safe schools for him but were the schools he was most interested in attending so it worked out well. He ended up at NC State.</p>
<p>My son was admitted to Northwestern two years ago with a 790M / 640CR / 660 WR - (1430 or 2090) white male - no hooks. Recommendation letters were tremendous.</p>
<p>My current senior S will be applying ED to UPENN with an 800M / 600 CR / 710 WR. All you can do is throw some darts at some schools and see what happens. He’ll also be applying to some other top 25 - just kinda figuring which ones. But he is also applying to three safeties and three - four matches.</p>
<p>I pretty much applied to college on stats, recommendations, and essays alone; I had no true extracurricular activities that would have made me a “stand out.” I had a 2090 SAT (800 CR, 580 M, 710 W). I’m also black and went to independent schools.</p>
<p>I got into Smith, Mount Holyoke, UMBC (Humanities Scholar), Sewanee ($10,000 scholarship), University of Alabama (Top Scholars Program, Honors College, Blount), Simmons (Dean’s Scholarship and Honors College), Hillsdale ($6000 scholarship), and Macalester ($5000 scholarship).</p>
<p>Friend’s kid: CA, Top 4% GPA wise, 1950 SAT</p>
<p>Did not get into UCLA (not really a surprise) or UCSD (a bit of a surprise)</p>
<p>Got into UC Irvine and BYU (attending)</p>
<p>UCSD was a surprise because they had never rejected an ELC kid from our high school that had decent SAT scores (and I think 1950 is decent)–this year, they reject two of them.</p>
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<p>All pre-2011 experience with Northwestern is now invalid. This year, their applications went through the roof and their admit rate went through the (basement) floor. 44% of applicants had ACTs of 32 or above.</p>
<p>Same story on the app count and admit rate at UChicago.</p>
<p>And for the same reason. All hail the common app! All bow down to USNews!</p>
<p>Home state- New York
Male class of 2014</p>
<p>SAT 1380/1600, 2030/2400 ACT 32</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Harvard,Duke,Williams</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Colgate, Wesleyan(CT)</p>
<p>Accpeted</p>
<p>Vassar(attending)
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Stony Brook
Union College(NY)
RPI(NY)
Lafayette¶</p>
<p>No ED, no hooks</p>
<p>OP, has your S tried ACT yet? Many students do a lot better in ACT than SAT. </p>
<p>Both my kids used their ACT scores to get into None-IVY top schools.</p>
<p>annasdad - that applies to almost all the top schools now - all the applications are thru the roof.</p>
<p>Results from my family:</p>
<p>D1 (1300 / 1950 SAT, 4.2 wGPA) – accepted to Lafayette, Franklin & Marshall, Ursinus, University of Delaware. Recruited athlete at Ursinus and F&M, but I don’t think she needed any help to be accepted. Merit $ at Ursinus.</p>
<p>D2 (1300 / 1950 SAT, 4.2 wGPA) – accepted at Pitt, Penn State, and University of Delaware. No hooks, no merit $ offered from anyone.</p>
<p>No rejections for either of the D’s, which might mean they didn’t aim “high” enough – but they applied to schools that were good fits for each of them.</p>
<p>My son with an SAT score of 1380/1600 (720M, 660 CR) was initially rejected by California State University Sacramento but we successfully filed an appeal and he has now been admitted for this fall as a Physics major.</p>
<p>My non mathy son’s safe schools were (they all had middle 50%ile in the 600s for both math and verbal):
UVM
syracuse
American
BU
Trinity
SUNY Geneseo
George Wash. (It has an engineering school with 50/50 M/F ratio)</p>
<p>However knowing that your son has an 800 in math I think he should go ahead and look at tech schools that interest him. WPI, RPI, Rose Hullman, Case Western Reserve should all be at least possible. Union College in Schenectady NY might be worth a look, it’s a liberal arts college with engineering.</p>
<p>I like to point out a glitch in Naviance. It may just be our school, however I noticed that my son’s stats reflect his original SAT/ACT/GPA as of spring of his Jr year. He took the SAT a second time in the fall of his Sr. year raising his score about 100pts. His GPA was higher as a Sr. but not significantly. His SAT was significantly better than his ACT. These scores in Naviance were never updated.</p>
<p>Here’s my issue with Naviance… People using this as a guide, as we did, see his spring scores (and the lower ACT) along with a green accepted dot. This is NOT the data the universities ever saw. Now, did the 100pts make a difference? I couldn’t tell you, however it is not accurate. I don’t know if our school is an exception, but I would take all of those data points with a grain of salt. They may represent the student that was accepted, however not the scores that were submitted and considered.</p>
<p>I realize everyone understands Naviance is very limited, only giving scores and GPA, however what I describe above may not be widely considered.</p>
<p>DS is not doing the ACT (he refuses). He may retake the SAT but I doubt he will prep (that is who he is). He will not be applying to any schools that are more than one time zone away (so California is not on the radar).</p>
<p>Yes, the common app has definitely changed college admissions and admission rates. </p>
<p>I know that this thread can be useful to many people here so I hope the stats and admit results keep coming in.</p>
<p>My own son is looking for a school with a more intellectual vibe. My son loves to learn for the sake of learning (although he abhors homework and busywork). He takes the hardest curriculum offered and enjoys the classes. He hangs with kids who are likewise. He is not an athlete but loves to shoot hoops and play ultimate frisbee with friends. Most of his friends are from either his math team or AP classes (and are also in the top 3% of the class). Most of his friends however, have over a 2300 SAT…</p>
<p>seiclan - can you ask your S again about the ACT? D didn’t do any prep - for either the SAT or the ACT. Her SAT score was at the top of the range you have here, but her ACT score was much much higher. At the ivy schools, both these didn’t help 
Her ACT scores though netted her good merit scholarships at all her match schools (Rochester, Case Western, Tulane).</p>