Hi All. I'm new here and in need of your thoughts on this. Background: Son goes to a very small, private HS. His ACT score is top 1%. His GPA is uw 3.56. Only 4 students have rec'd a 4.0 at his school in the past 15 years. I discovered that our state's flagship tracks state high schools for gpa transition from HS to post freshman year gpa in an effort to make gpa comparisons b/w high schools. DS school is #1 in the state (has been for many years) and it is only one of two schools in the state where the average gpa of the student increases at college (.5 average).
I know that our college counseling office does a good job at representing the rigor of the school. However, based on Naviance scores for college acceptances and comparing to other area schools for which I have Naviance codes, I do not believe the students get the gpa consideration they should. DS's HS was not aware of the flagship study until it was given to them recently and i'm concerned they haven't communicated rigor as well as they could/should.
My issue is two-fold: One- We will not be able to get finanical aid, nor can we afford the private colleges my son is eager to apply. Many schools that give merit money have gpa requirements that are higher than his gpa and the rigor of grading at his school will affect him. Secondly- he was very disillusioned and sad to be discouraged from applying to his dream school (legacy) which would be a reach for anyone due to selectivity. He feels with his gpa there is absolutely no chance. No one has gotten into this school from his school with below a 3.89. (And this is a similar gpa to other accepted students from other area schools).
Thoughts? Thank you in advance!
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