Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA

[Anonymous]

OP -- please keep us posted on the outcome. (My DS is in a similar boat.)

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Anonymous wrote:My DC has a 2.6 GPA (lower if you look at only core classes) at a (not big 3) DMV private. 1380 SAT. Applied EA to 10 colleges recommended by school counselor. Only one college has rolling admissions and it was on the “match” list. Wait listed. Very concerned DC won’t get in to college. Has anyone else been in a similar grade/SAT situation? If so, where did your child get accepted? Wondering whether DC should apply to a couple more safeties RD. DC needs a small nurturing college with good supports (tutoring, writing center, approachable professors). Thank you. Please no snarks. And please no suggestions for community college. Thank you.

But that's exactly where your kid needs to go. At least for the first 2 years, get their GPA up, then transfer.

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Community college is a terrific option!

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Anonymous wrote:A 2.6 is not a d average. At privates that would be half cs and half ds. Not great but not a d average. Ops kid will get in somewhere fine. Those SLACs that some PPs are disparaging do well with placement after graduation because they work hard at it. Otherwise they can’t attract new students.

2.6 is a B-

In private that is pretty good, 82 ish

That is mostly B’s with a C here and there.

On most scales, I believe it is a solid C (perhaps C+). B=80's, A=90's. that is the customary scale.

No.

It’s a B-

https://gpacalculator.net/how-to-calculate-gpa/semester-gpa/

At our school it is a C on the verge of a C+.

No it isn’t. It Harvard a B- is 2.7

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beloit. Fabulous for my HS classmate who was pushed ahead in school when he wasn't ready. Now an in-demand software engineer with a great life. That's a high SAT IMO.

Lots of middle tier liberal arts colleges will take kids like this. The SAT score is fine and a small campus will keep the kid from slipping through the cracks and help them mature. Besides Beloit, Augustana College in Illinois, Knox College, Monmouth College, Trinity College in CT,
Whitman College, Lewis & Clark College, Rhodes College.

If the kid is interested in engineering, do 3-2 engineering at the liberal arts college and then transfer to an engineering program.

[Anonymous]

Coe College in Iowa or any of the other middle tier midwest LACs mentioned above (Beloit, Knox, etc).

Keep us posted, OP.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Son was accepted EA at High Point with caveat that he must attend 4 week summer program that will help him transition to college rigors ($$$, but the summer transition program sounds terrific). We are thrilled. Deferred from a couple other places but at least he has an option in the bag. Thank you all posters, for being kind and helpful!!! Good luck to all your DCs!!!

[Anonymous]

Congrats to him, OP! I lived in that area (NC Triad) after college, and it’s a great area. Not as educated as the Triangle, but pretty well educated. Lots of opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations! Don’t know much about the school. But the transition program sounds helpful and I am sure he’ll get his focus! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

That’s awesome! Congratulations!

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That's great, congrats!!

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Thank you all so much. Your kindness is making me cry, in a good way. OP.

[Anonymous]

Congrats OP, that's a great outcome for your son. Glad that it all worked out.

[Anonymous]

Hooray! Congrats to you and your son. Nice to hear a success story on DCUM (that’s not, hooray my amazing kid got into Duke or whatever).

[Anonymous]

Great news OP! Congratulations to your son.