Where do the "B" students go?
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Anonymous
Lol - my rising senior at one of those schools just finished up his summer internship (for the third summer in a row) and has a job offer up on graduation. |
Anonymous
So? |
Anonymous
So those schools don't "bite." |
Anonymous
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What GPA range is a B student? I always thought of it as being someone with more Bs than As (ie below a 3.5 UW). But some of the schools mentioned here, like the Jesuit schools, if you look at the common data set, don’t accept many students below 3.5 UW.
Crazy that when I graduated mid-90s with a 3.6W I went to a T50 LAC, but seems like these days I’d be aiming for a 90% admit rate school or CC. |
Anonymous
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If you’re on FB, there’s a group called something like: College Admissions for Awesomely Average Kids. The group is specifically for kids with under 3.5 weighted GPAs & 1100ish (or less) SAT scores.
Lots of good info on colleges that readily accept kids with these stats. You can search the page for your kid’s GPA to find “results” posts from previous cycles (note: for some schools, like JMU, they admit OOS kids with way lower GPAs than NoVA kids. So shoot your shot, just something to be aware of) |
Anonymous
It’s high on DC’s list. So happy to hear this! |
Anonymous
agree |
Anonymous
Without some hook, neither Rhodes nor Centre are likely to admit. OWU and Wooster more likely. Visited all four of those with my recruit but ended up elsewhere. Don't know much about the others but those four are all great options. |
Anonymous
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Can anyone speak to the merits of Longwood and CNU?
My B/B+ student is interested in them but doesn't want to miss out on the classic college experience! |
Anonymous
Im not OP but am in a similar situation and am struggling a little. Like Marquette has an average admitted student gpa of 3.6 — that’s more as than bs so not really a B average student. (And that 3.6 includes the hooked students, athletes etc.). I know everyone says there are lots of options but …. It’s not quite that easy. |
Anonymous
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to schools where they are going to have the best years of their life, meet the best people and go on to be very successful.
Nobody is going to give a crap where they went to school after their first job. Only the parents will tell everyone until they die that johnny went to harvard. |
Anonymous
I have a timing relative that went to longwood and graduated a few years ago. Definitely a real college experience with Greek life, dating, gojng into town for fast food etc. it’s a pain to get to. But he did well and has a good career now. I’d note that he had a lot of friends that struggled and a few that dropped out. The school provides good support but the flip side of accepting lots of kids with mixed academic records is that some of them are just not that into college or are not sufficiently mature for it. |
Anonymous
Sorry, what? The rest of those schools are good to very good, especially George Mason, Mary Washington, and CNU. Grow up. DP |
Anonymous
A friend from grad school went to Longwood for undergrad and loved it. Definitely a real college experience. CNU also a real college experience. DC didn’t like it after visiting as much as some other because the buildings, while beautiful, felt kind of like grand hotel spaces rather than a cozier feel (DC’s words), and DC just couldn’t really picture being there. Seems like a solid choice, though. |
Anonymous
JMU is a B+/A admit. |