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Oakland teen’s 5.0 GPA, 2100 SAT score lands him acceptance from multiple Ivy Leagues
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Exactly. Rep'd.
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white folks been doing this for years, whats the big deal?
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I agree with you. Actually, if he was Asian, White or Indian--his chnaces of getting in would be a LOT slimmer.
Being Hispanic and black helps a lot in situations like this. I'd hate to bring race into this, but it played a factor into his acceptance. You guys think he's the only kid in America with a 5.0 GPA and 2100 SAT? There's a BUNCH of applicants with those stats and still get rejected from admissions to some Ivy's.
The reason why it helps being Hispanic or Black is because most school have a small number of student that fill that particular demographic, and it looks poorly on the institution to not have a certain number of enrolled students from those corresponding races. Basically, it's their way of saying they're not discriminating a certain race. Usually in Ivy's you have a larger number of White, Asian and Indians than Blacks and Hispanics.
It's all about what kind of applicant you are and what admissions are looking for. Also, him being a male helped him as well. Schools are looking to admit more males than females, because the ratio with male/female isn't even.
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I'd agree that being black or hispanic would give those people a higher chance of getting in, but I can't imagine a person with a 5.0 and 2100 getting turned down. I can't see that. I need to hear specific cases.
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I know some people who had a 100 avg and 1400 out of 1600 SAT scores not get into some Ivy's.
My friend growing up had a 3.89 out of 4.0 GPA with a 1450 out of 1600 SAT and got rejected from every Ivy. He didn't even get accepted into NYU. Dude ended up going to Binghampton.
Like I said earlier, most schools don't emphasize solely on just grades. For the most part, they look to see what kind of applicant you are and what they're looking for. There's plenty of variables that are considered during the admissions process. i.e extra curriculars, community service, volunteer work, AP course taken, research work done etc etc etc Also in some cases, the application itself may weight heavily on the admissions process.
I know this doesn't apply to the undergrad level, but I recently met a former admissions officer for Harvard Business School and he told me the admissions office doesn't emphasize so much on grades or stats as much as they prefer to look at your application and gauge how successful the applicant has the potential to be. Schools like HBS has an image and reputation to maintain. They just can't let 4.0 students get in that wont amount to much in life (yes, those do exist).
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I mean there are plenty of factors like you said that determine why a person may not be accepted. I had a 2.9 out of HS (which isn't great, but people had lower than that and got accepted), yet I only got accepted into one Cal State, and they even withdrew that acceptance. If you're just going to school without doing anything else, then yeah you're chances may be slimmer than this guy, but that should be common sense. You have to stand out, good grades don't mean everything.
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GPA's go up to 5.0 now? 
I'm out of the loop.
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GPA's go up to 5.0 now?
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Factoring in Honor and AP courses they can go high.
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GPA's go up to 5.0 now?
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4.0 was the max perfect gpa
1600 was max perfect sat
so i ain't impressed with the beefed up stats these kids got today
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GPA's go up to 5.0 now?
I'm out of the loop.
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4.0 was the max perfect gpa
1600 was max perfect sat
so i ain't impressed with the beefed up stats these kids got today
It's 2400 now because they added the writing section.
Before it was math+reading. Now it's math+reading+writing, with each section being 800.
It's possible to get above a 4 if you're taking AP courses I believe. School probably uses weighted GPA.
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I went to school with people who had GPA's above 4.0 cuz they did extra credit and stuff so I knew it was possible but I've never heard of someone reaching a 5.0. That's crazy.GPA's go up to 5.0 now?
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4.0 was the max perfect gpa
1600 was max perfect sat
so i ain't impressed with the beefed up stats these kids got today
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lol you can tell who never took AP or Honors classes in this thread.
i took ap calculus in high school - and still - no one could get above a 4.0 gpa
sorry
my sister was the valedictorian of her class at my high school and she could not get above a 4.0
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and i know about dat
did you know that most likely the essay portion will be done away with soon enough? back to normal
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lol you can tell who never took AP or Honors classes in this thread.
i took ap calculus in high school - and still - no one could get above a 4.0 gpa
sorry
my sister was the valedictorian of her class at my high school and she could not get above a 4.0
Your HS used an unweighted GPA scale, where as this guys used a weighted scale.
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Weighted is the norm.
Colleges don't care though 5.0 weighted is no more impressive to them a a 4.0 unweighted if the course work is the same.
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honestly, i don't know
but i do know that no one got close to a 4.0 outside of the honors program
in my sister's case - the only students close to her in the running were also honors students
i do remember seeing students steered into the honors program as new kids would show up in my classes from time to time...
but ya, no one taking shop & home-ec all day managed to get all A's or be competitive with their grades back then
my high school was difficult yo - a few kids outside the honors program did graduate in the ntl honors society & got to wear da sash doe & remember not liking it at the time
Seriously? Do you live under a rock (no disrespect)?
Asians been complaining forever for having to work harder and having to score higher than all races in order to get a chance of getting in.
A 2100 is actually pretty low when it comes to Ivy League schools (maybe besides Cornell)
There are thousands of people each year getting rejected with high SAT scores and GPA due to their race.
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whats exceptional is the environment the guy grew up in, I got straight A's, high SAT, AP classes etc etc but I also was not exposed to gangbangers shooting up parties, so have to give credit where credit is due, he has the opportunity to change his family's entire generational path.
I'd give equal credit to a white guy who grew up on a farm with illiterate parents, but I doubt schools would recognize the situation similarly
I'd give equal credit to a white guy who grew up on a farm with illiterate parents, but I doubt schools would recognize the situation similarly
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the random arguing/hate in this thread is why we can't have nice things. Let ol' dude shine.
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Yeah I live next to a sponge in a pineapple and a squid.
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Considering how his mom's a principal, I don't think the family's gonna change too much as far as academics goes
