Colleges for 3.4 GPA - No Advanced Classes

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DS with those stats (3.3) in at Clemson, SC, Alabama. College of Charleston , Old Miss and Ohio State. Will attend Clemson. That was the biggest surprise!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of options. What part(s) of the country? What major(s)?

OP here. Prefer to stay on the East coast or Midwest w/in driving distance. Will NOT be a STEM major.

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Try Michigan State, Indiana which has a great business school, St Joe’s in Philly, Ohio State, Univ of Illinois. These are schools some of son’s friends got in with stats similar to my sons. I mentioned where my son got in. He wanted the South. He too is URM.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids get accepted who have around a 3.3 or 3.4 GPA? No advanced classes and no test scores. A couple extracurriculars but no leadership positions, just a member. We are in Virginia if that matters and can pay full ride.

Norfolk State, Virginia State, Old Dominion, CNU, JMU, Virginia Union and Radford. Good Luck, there's a school for your DC.

JMU. Probably not.

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Anonymous wrote:DS with those stats (3.3) in at Clemson, SC, Alabama. College of Charleston , Old Miss and Ohio State. Will attend Clemson. That was the biggest surprise!

+1

Go visit University of Alabama. Take a tour. Engage with the local recruiter who will coordinate everything for you.

Never in a million years would I have thought my kid would end up there, but I kept an open mind when we visited. Long story short: very impressive.

Check out Auburn, too.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Public high school. He prefers a medium to large school. URM so would prefer some diversity.

VCU could potentially be a good match.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of options. What part(s) of the country? What major(s)?

OP here. Prefer to stay on the East coast or Midwest w/in driving distance. Will NOT be a STEM major.

For non-STEM, VT might be an option. ODU should be safety. University of Illinois is a long drive, but a great school with great diversity that might take a 3.4 in a non-STEM major. OSU is a marginally weaker school and materially less diverse, but still pretty good on both counts and it's closer; also a tough but plausible admit. I'd say the same about Penn State. Miami (OH) is a likely admit and maybe a good fit. Temple, too, if the preference is for urban.

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For 3.4 gpa and no advanced classes VT, Temple, and Indiana and Delaware and Penn State will be very unlikely. Ask me how I know? I have a DD that tries hard but not smart. 3.7 and no advanced classes, terrible SATs. Rejected from all of the above. She had great EC and strong essays too. She ended up at Towson and is doing just fine. Course rigor is more important than GPA imo.

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Depends on what hs they go to. A student who can barely keep up at Langley would be in the top of the class at some high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of options. What part(s) of the country? What major(s)?

OP here. Prefer to stay on the East coast or Midwest w/in driving distance. Will NOT be a STEM major.

For non-STEM, VT might be an option. ODU should be safety. University of Illinois is a long drive, but a great school with great diversity that might take a 3.4 in a non-STEM major. OSU is a marginally weaker school and materially less diverse, but still pretty good on both counts and it's closer; also a tough but plausible admit. I'd say the same about Penn State. Miami (OH) is a likely admit and maybe a good fit. Temple, too, if the preference is for urban.

NP. For Penn State OP’s kid would be told to go to a satellite campus first at that GPA.

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focus more on major and career

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of options. What part(s) of the country? What major(s)?

OP here. Prefer to stay on the East coast or Midwest w/in driving distance. Will NOT be a STEM major.

For non-STEM, VT might be an option. ODU should be safety. University of Illinois is a long drive, but a great school with great diversity that might take a 3.4 in a non-STEM major. OSU is a marginally weaker school and materially less diverse, but still pretty good on both counts and it's closer; also a tough but plausible admit. I'd say the same about Penn State. Miami (OH) is a likely admit and maybe a good fit. Temple, too, if the preference is for urban.

NP. For Penn State OP’s kid would be told to go to a satellite campus first at that GPA.

True, that is what happened to my DD. She wasn’t interested.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do kids get accepted who have around a 3.3 or 3.4 GPA? No advanced classes and no test scores. A couple extracurriculars but no leadership positions, just a member. We are in Virginia if that matters and can pay full ride.

Would he be interested in Howard or another HBCU? It seems as if Howard has such a great location, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of options. What part(s) of the country? What major(s)?

OP here. Prefer to stay on the East coast or Midwest w/in driving distance. Will NOT be a STEM major.

For non-STEM, VT might be an option. ODU should be safety. University of Illinois is a long drive, but a great school with great diversity that might take a 3.4 in a non-STEM major. OSU is a marginally weaker school and materially less diverse, but still pretty good on both counts and it's closer; also a tough but plausible admit. I'd say the same about Penn State. Miami (OH) is a likely admit and maybe a good fit. Temple, too, if the preference is for urban.

Penn State, UIUC and Temple would be each about $220k total for OOS, possibly more. Whether that’s worth it is up to you. Your child is not going to get into UIUC or Penn State (Main Campus) for OOS freshman admission with those stats.

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Look at UNC schools (not Chapel Hill). Their OOS tuition is lower than other states. UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington, UNC Charlotte etc. There is a robust discussion of those schools in this conversation. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1005685.page#20997517