2026 Success Stories with B-average?

[Anonymous]

If your kid has a B-range average, I would love to hear where they have gotten in this year and what merit, if any. Also test optional or no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a B-range average, I would love to hear where they have gotten in this year and what merit, if any. Also test optional or no?

If we’re talking about top schools, they can’t apply test optional with a B average.

[Anonymous]

B as in 3.0 or weighted B as in 3.7-3.9? Independent school or public? What kind of test scores (to help gauge if they should report them or not)? What are the target range of schools to get a sense?

Realistically, you’re looking at either lesser known SLACs or less competitive flagships, but that are absolutely still great schools (think Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Mississippi, Missouri, maybe UMass, maybe Vermont, Miami Ohio, Ohio University, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon).

[Anonymous]

Top 30 SLAC with ~10% admit rate (waiting on ED data to know if the selectivity is sub 10%). Full pay ED applicant. Non-athlete/no legacy/no hook. Solid and consistent humanities related rigor, great LORs in those subjects and from summer-employers, ECs that evidenced essay narrative wasn’t BS, SATs somewhere bw the 25% and 50% bands of entering class as best as I can figure. Don’t know for sure yet. Basing it off last 3 years of data and a press release from the admissions office. Probably closer to 25%. Was accepted to several targets and likelies EA that offered substantial merit.

Lucky but also great fit; student will do just fine. Very high EQ. Mature, humble, and college ready.

[Anonymous]

3.7W, 1380 SAT from FCPS. Got into Tech, Penn State, UConn, Rutgers, Delaware, Pitt, and many others.

[Anonymous]

Friends’ kid has more of a C average, 29 ACT. He’s going to UC Dublin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friends’ kid has more of a C average, 29 ACT. He’s going to UC Dublin.

How is their admissions standard different from the typical US college?

[Anonymous]

Based on anecdotal information- DePaul, Loyola Chicago, Temple, Ohio Wesleyan, Hobart and William Smith, Alabama, Ohio University,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a B-range average, I would love to hear where they have gotten in this year and what merit, if any. Also test optional or no?

If we’re talking about top schools, they can’t apply test optional with a B average.

Yes they "can."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.7W, 1380 SAT from FCPS. Got into Tech, Penn State, UConn, Rutgers, Delaware, Pitt, and many others.

Presumably someone with a 3.0 is asking about a kid with a 3.0.

Your experience has no place in this discussion. Sheesh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.7W, 1380 SAT from FCPS. Got into Tech, Penn State, UConn, Rutgers, Delaware, Pitt, and many others.

Presumably someone with a 3.0 is asking about a kid with a 3.0.

Your experience has no place in this discussion. Sheesh

A 3.7W could very well be a 3.0UW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:B as in 3.0 or weighted B as in 3.7-3.9? Independent school or public? What kind of test scores (to help gauge if they should report them or not)? What are the target range of schools to get a sense?

Realistically, you’re looking at either lesser known SLACs or less competitive flagships, but that are absolutely still great schools (think Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Mississippi, Missouri, maybe UMass, maybe Vermont, Miami Ohio, Ohio University, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon).

3.7 - 3.9 is an A-, not a B (B is 3.0-3.3, B+ is between B and A-)

[Anonymous]

Weighted is irrelevant in this conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a B-range average, I would love to hear where they have gotten in this year and what merit, if any. Also test optional or no?

If it's an unweighted B+ (3.6 or just under an A-) and is at a private school that doesn't have people have unweighted averages above 3.9, the student (coupled with strong scores/ECs/recs and strong rigor) could get into BU, NYU, WashU and UChicago at our private.

[Anonymous]

OP asked for B range. Anything below 3.7 is a B+ or B, anything above 2.7 is a B-.