Where do the "B" students go?
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Anonymous
| I know everyone here has kids with unweighted 4.0s but where do the smart but non-4.0 kids go? The ones with ECs that are good but not great (rec sports their whole life but no travel), good ECs but not great (volunteer at org their whole life but ever started one), etc? Kid is a rising soph so we're not fully in this world yet. |
Anonymous
| There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in? |
Anonymous
| They go to T100 and below and do just fine in life. There are 4000 colleges in the US. Plenty to choose from. |
Anonymous
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In-state if not one that is highly competitive.
If tuition is not an issue, there are a lot more options with ED T30-T60 schools. Try to get a good test score. |
Anonymous
| Jesuit colleges and universities that aren’t Georgetown or BC. Excellent and practical educations that lead to great careers after a fun four years. |
Anonymous
Virginia. |
Anonymous
ODU Radford Longwood VCU Mary Washington George Mason CNU |
Anonymous
Agreed…Marquette, Xavier, fordham, Gonzaga, the Loyolas, depending on what they want out of it. |
Anonymous
UMW, JMU, CNU, and VCU to name a few in-state public options. |
Anonymous
VCU is a real and interesting school with reasonable admissions standards, yes. The rest of those schools bite. |
Anonymous
VA has a ridiculous number of public and private colleges, and B students can get into just about anything below the level of UVA, VT, and W&M. To start: Mary Washington Hollins (women’s) Hampton-Sydney (men’s) CNU Longwood Here’s a list of a wide range of private colleges: https://cicv.org/colleges/ |
Anonymous
DP- this is a tough pill to swallow because these were safety schools with a B average in the 90/00s. For many parents, it’s hard to wrap our heads around this. |
Anonymous
Grade inflation. B in the 90s is an A now. |
Anonymous
Your knot very articulate PP. This B student graduated from Radford! Forever grateful and still an active alumni recruiter and donor. |
Anonymous
Actually there are plenty at T50 and below. Even T40. Crazy I know. |