<p>SAT: 2190
GPA: ? Probably around 3.7 unweighted. Mostly A-'s with a B or B+ and some A’s and A+'s thrown in there too.
Rank: Top Quintile out of 50
Courses: Most rigorous
ECs: Editor for non-profit political journal, intern at lieutenant governor, several state science olympiad awards, math league invitational, a few summer programs, and some tutoring. </p>
<p>Accepted: Swarthmore (Regional McCabe Scholarship finalist), University of Delaware Honors (4k/year), Brandeis, UVM (7500/year), Dickinson (15k/year), and Goucher (Full Tuition).
Waitlisted: Wesleyan, Georgetown
Rejected: None</p>
<p>D- 2150 SAT 32ACt 3.9 uw 4.45 w gpa
Accepted to Georgetown, UPenn, UVA, UMich, BC, Northeastern, Villanova, UMass Amherts and a few more, rejected at none attending UPenn</p>
<p>D - 2150, 4.0 UW - Clark Honors College at Univ. of Oregon - merit aid (attending - only place applied)
S - 2200, 3.9 UW - Amherst College - (attending - ED, only place applied)</p>
<p>My son was ready to apply to 10+ other colleges if his ED application was unsuccessful, but didn’t have to as it turned out.</p>
<p>My daughter just knew where she wanted to go and we were reasonably optimistic that she’d get accepted, which she did. If she hadn’t she would have held off a year and applied to more colleges then.</p>
<p>As it turns out, both have been very, very happy with their choices.</p>
<p>DD’s good friend was accepted to Stanford and Brown with a 2090 and only top 40% grades. She is a URM though as well as a totally wonderful kid.</p>
<p>My kid, who got a 2300 on his SATs, and will hopefully get into University of Florida, was recommended by his college counselor to Macalester as well.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, how has that school worked out for your kid, and what considerations lead you to send him/her there instead of to the flagship, or Colgate?</p>
<p>From our school’s naviance, I’ve seen lots of students got into Uof Michigan, Boston College, Cornell, USC, UCLA, UCB, John Hopkins with very good GPA(above 3.8uw).</p>
<p>@'rentof2, Are you in state for U Oregon? We visited the campus recently while on vacation, and were in total awe of the facilities. State of the art alumni center, ivy league buildings, spent 2 hours in the campus art museum viewing world class collection of Japanese art. It is not at all what we expected, and my D wants to submit her application. Her gpa is about 3.6 uw, but she did very well on SAT’s. We are in CA, so I’m wondering if they limit the number of out of state kids?</p>
<p>Actually, it typically tends to start arguments. Those who are under the impression that SATs are used by colleges in linear fashion to dictate admission will then simply point out that my d. had special qualities that distinguish her from the others. Of course, that merely begs the question – obviously a student with weaker test scores needs to be stronger in other respects. </p>
<p>The main point in terms of college applications is that SAT scores are one of a number of factors considered by colleges, and that 25% of all admitted students have scores at or below the 50% midrange on any given test. That’s a fairly high percentage.</p>
<p>Another thing often overlooked is that the colleges consider SAT’s in context – that mean, in the context of the applicant’s academic record and interest, in the context of the applicant’s background, and in the context of the school environment the applicant is coming from. </p>
<p>SAT scores are somewhat useful for helping to determine whether a school is a reach or safety. But they really aren’t that helpful for predicting admission for a specific college, assuming that the student has other qualities that would tend to make them an attractive candidate for that college. </p>
<p>2100-2200 is ballpark for just about any college in the country – when a student presents with those scores to the most selective colleges, the ad com is generally going to be making the decision based on other factors. Those scores are strong enough to show that the applicant is qualified, but not high enough to impress on their own. </p>
<p>For newer posters on this board who aren’t familiar with my d, she is a Barnard graduate who turned down spots at Univ of Chicago and Berkeley; she had a 3.85 GPA coming from a public, arts focused high school (and as noted, an SAT score under 1950) My daughter also had what I think was an excellent array of safeties – colleges that any student could do well attending, even if they aren’t as prestigious – and any student with 2100+ scores and a strong GPA should be able to assemble that as well. As a parent, I just focused on the safeties – once those apps were in, I let my d. take care of the reaches.</p>
<p>Calmom, as I recall her verbal score was also in line with Barnard’s stats - the weakness was all the math no? My younger son had a 100 point difference in CR and M scores and I think his sky high verbal score made up for the relative weakness in math. (But his math score was higher than your D’s - in his case we were more worried about how his grades would be looked at. My son had straight B-'s in Latin - but still got into U of Chicago, Tufts and Vassar.)</p>
<p>I just think that it’s good for people to hear from time to time that a really strong candidate in every other respect can have one glaring weakness.</p>