For parents of B average kids

[Anonymous]

even Harvard accepts B students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:at 10:29 what the? its holistic admissions ..most schools don't just look at grades and this college admission thing is a lottery. I know B students who got accepted at Fl state last year.

posts like this are useless without the demographic info

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:even Harvard accepts B students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:even Harvard accepts B students

same with this one. All candidates are not fungible. Some get a little boost for various reasons

[Anonymous]

My son is a B student at a top school (not Harvard, right below)

He is doing very well.

[Anonymous]

My kid had a high B average. That got her into a wide range of schools. She chose one that was on the lower side (think 50-80 ranking), and I think it has REALLY helped her stand out in her classes and on campus. (Big fish, small pond, as Malcolm Gladwell advises.)

I think that has helped here get glowing recommendations for her advisers and those have helped her get very prestigious internships.

I am not sure this would have played out so well if she had gone to one of the schools she eeked into.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You honestly cannot go by what you see here on DCUM.

This place will have you believing that your B student will only be accepted at a community college or suggest a technical trade school instead. They'll tell you that your kid has pretty much no chance of attending any VA school as well.

My solid B kid is at William & Mary in his second year, and is thriving. He was also accepted at Chapman University, Michigan State, Elon, and Auburn.

The only school he applied to and didn't get accepted by was Florida State. He was a bit bummed at first, but he knew that was his reach school. He's actually glad he didn't get accepted now because he's very dismayed with how FL has handled the pandemic. He has two good friends in FL universities and both have had covid since returning to campus this year.

Unless you B student is a recruited athlete you are full of it. William and Mary’s average GPA is in the A+ range

There are always kids outside the average - that’s why it’s an average. There are B students at almost all top tier schools for one reason or another. And frankly, it’s none of your business if that’s the case, and certainly not your place to call someone a liar. I get that it rocks your world view, but time to get out of the bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a B student at a top school (not Harvard, right below)

He is doing very well.

Awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You honestly cannot go by what you see here on DCUM.

This place will have you believing that your B student will only be accepted at a community college or suggest a technical trade school instead. They'll tell you that your kid has pretty much no chance of attending any VA school as well.

My solid B kid is at William & Mary in his second year, and is thriving. He was also accepted at Chapman University, Michigan State, Elon, and Auburn.

The only school he applied to and didn't get accepted by was Florida State. He was a bit bummed at first, but he knew that was his reach school. He's actually glad he didn't get accepted now because he's very dismayed with how FL has handled the pandemic. He has two good friends in FL universities and both have had covid since returning to campus this year.

Unless you B student is a recruited athlete you are full of it. William and Mary’s average GPA is in the A+ range

Not really. The CDS reports the average GPA of 85% of enrolled first-time students as 3.9 (weighted, unweighted, who knows?). But that is the average, and doesn't account for the GPA of 15% of students. Meanwhile, individuals who look at their own school's Naviance can tell a bit better. At our school, that the average admitted students have 3.5UW GPA. It is a private school and if the school weighted, that 3.5 translates to a 4.0W. So when W&M reports that 83% of the 85% reported have a 4.0, perhaps these admitted B students are included?

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My B average kid is going to be just fine. He’s overcome some incredibly tough things in his life. Overcome might be the wrong word, he’s had to work through and is continuing to work through. He’s made some mistakes too. One big one. But he’s learned from that too. We’ve loved and supported him through all of this. He will go to college. He’s maturing into a thoughtful, wise kid. Everyone has a story or a journey. It’s not our place to judge. And what things look like on the outside can be different from reality.

[Anonymous]

I love this thread.
Thanks OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread.
Thanks OP

💕 I think I needed it too !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You honestly cannot go by what you see here on DCUM.

This place will have you believing that your B student will only be accepted at a community college or suggest a technical trade school instead. They'll tell you that your kid has pretty much no chance of attending any VA school as well.

My solid B kid is at William & Mary in his second year, and is thriving. He was also accepted at Chapman University, Michigan State, Elon, and Auburn.

The only school he applied to and didn't get accepted by was Florida State. He was a bit bummed at first, but he knew that was his reach school. He's actually glad he didn't get accepted now because he's very dismayed with how FL has handled the pandemic. He has two good friends in FL universities and both have had covid since returning to campus this year.

Unless you B student is a recruited athlete you are full of it. William and Mary’s average GPA is in the A+ range

Have to agree, how did a B student get into W&M? There's more to the story here. That said, I was also a B student, went to a solid school and have a great career so i fully get the moral of the story so to speak.

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"B student" can mean a lot of things. B = 3.0. So, I would be careful about generalizing too much regarding selective college admission.

(That said, plenty of successful folks were "B students" of one sort or another. In that regard, OP is correct)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"B student" can mean a lot of things. B = 3.0. So, I would be careful about generalizing too much regarding selective college admission.

(That said, plenty of successful folks were "B students" of one sort or another. In that regard, OP is correct)

On DCUM, some people might read "B student" to mean anything less than 3.8, which while off the mark, leads to a confusing discussion