B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.

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Sorry private school mom. A B student is a B student.

What GPA does a "B student" have? 3.0 ?

Anything below 3.7 is a B student.

[Anonymous]

Syracuse (not Newhouse), Delaware, JMU, Scranton, Loyola Maryland, St. Joe's Philadelphia, Indiana (not Kelley), SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Geneseo, Dayton, Elon, Marquette. However, I'm thinking of a B student with above a 90 weighted GPA/ 3.5 or above, with very few C's on the transcript.

[Anonymous]

Size of desired school?
Make or female? (Depending on the school it might matter a lot)
Types of extracurriculars if any?

[Anonymous]

B student in honors and AP classes or B student in gen ed classes?

B studnet in a school where 60% of the class gets As or in a school where only 4 students have a 4.0?

You need to look at your own school's data because grades do not correlate school to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.

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Sorry private school mom. A B student is a B student.

What GPA does a "B student" have? 3.0 ?

Anything below 3.7 is a B student.

2.4 B student checking in!

[Anonymous]

Towson
Muhlenberg
UMBC
Hofstra
Mary Washington
James Madison
University of Pittsburgh if you apply early
University of Oregon

[Anonymous]

Miami of Ohio

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Share one school that fits this description in 2026:

Excellent reputation, strong programs, and accepts a good number of B students?

A "please" would be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.

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Sorry private school mom. A B student is a B student.

What GPA does a "B student" have? 3.0 ?

Anything below 3.7 is a B student.

What? a 3.7 on a 4 point scale is an A-. A B is a 3.0. Has the math changed?

[Anonymous]

If PP wants remotely useful suggestions, they should post more info the unweighted GPA, test scores, how many APs, major, and any other known preferences.

[Anonymous]

Consider checking out a FB group called something like: College advice for awesomely average kids

It’s for sub-3.5 & -1200 SAT

There’s lots of options but not if you’re a prestige snob

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If PP wants remotely useful suggestions, they should post more info the unweighted GPA, test scores, how many APs, major, and any other known preferences.

+1 and +1 for the "Awesomely Average" group on Facebook. One of my kids was an A/B student (very inconsistent grades due to ADHD) and applied to a bunch of "colleges for B students" but the list was highly focused on rural/small town LACs that have excellent environmental science programs.

There are an abundance of colleges - most of them - that are happy to admit B students. You need to curate a list based on what the student is really looking for. A business student who wants an urban campus would have a completely different list than DD (VCU, Temple, Drexel, St. Joe's come to mind).

[Anonymous]

Check out scattergrams for your DC's high school for the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) and University of Colorado (Boulder).

[Anonymous]

Gettysburg

[Anonymous]

A few Bs in AP and H classes or mostly Bs with not as much rigor. A top student with several Bs can get in some great holistic schools if everything else is stellar. But if you want a generally good school for students below the top 20% of their class gpa with more average ECs etc I would look at Loyola MD, Delaware, USD, Loyola Marymount, JMU. Lots of range here though.