Starting point for 2.75-3.0 student

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is not in the cards with a 2.7-3.0 gpa. Not at all.

I bet OOS is an acceptance. Especially with a 1300.

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Do you want a flagship? Or a directional? Or a private college?

If flagship, look at Kentucky, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa State, West Virginia, etc.

Directional, look at schools in Ohio and Michigan State, like Ohio University, Kent State, et. Nice schools that don't cost a lot.

Privates, there are just so many.

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Anonymous wrote:VCU, GMU, ODU. Not engineering. Maybe business depending on math grades.

3.0UW is viable for ENGR at ODU

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, my kid is similar (current senior) 3.0uw GPA. His weighted is actually lower bc it’s a weighted academic average and he had no honors or AP, our school only allows kids with “As”in PreReqs to take Honors or AP.

1380 SAT, took it once. With the low GPA it didn’t seem worth it to try again. Bright kid, executive function issues, mostly wants to just play his guitar.

I second the suggestion to sign up on the Facebook group “College Admissions for Awesomely Average Kids.” They get a little pissed if you reveal that your kid’s score is higher than about 1200, so keep that to yourself. But many schools will take a kid with a lower GPA. If your school has Naviance or SCOIR, look at the scatter plots and see where lower GPA kids are getting accepted.

My kid has been accepted to Miami of Ohio, U Cincinnati, Temple, Rowan in NJ, Belmont in Nashville.

Deferred from Drexel and JMU. Waiting on Ithaca College, U Denver, U Conn (which is a long shot), and a couple of very music-oriented schools. He has very good grades senior year, so thinking that Drexel may convert to acceptance after his first semester grades are submitted (but probably not JMU).

Rejected from (very competitive) Jacobs School of Music at IU. But IU itself didn’t reject him, they told him if he wanted to select a major outside of the music school, they would evaluate his application. I think he had a good shot at being accepted if he’d been willing to select something else.

He had to pick schools based on a specific major that he wanted, but plenty of larger state schools have high acceptance rates; Michigan St, Colorado St, Ole Miss, Kansas, UNH, URI, U of Utah, IU if you’re not going for Kelley or Jacobs—and plenty of others. Plus smaller schools that will evaluate holistically—Ithaca College is an example of that.

Ditto the Fb group & just not mentioning test scores. Plug in GPA to search bar & scroll to spring when people do final results posts.

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Anonymous wrote:How can people recommend schools when the only thing you know is GPA?

Most schools accept most kids.

I'm aware. We have no idea about location, academic interest, budget etc. Guess I could rattle off the name of 1,500 schools.

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Anonymous wrote:FB page for Awesomely Average kids. Colleges for those under 3.5 gpa. It’s a refreshing change of pace from this board’s usual tone.

+1 on the FB group for AAK.

I’d also suggest looking at the medium-sized Jesuit colleges like Loyola MD, St. Joe’s, Scranton, etc. Lots of students in that GPA range are accepted to those places, plus these colleges offer a good student experience and solid education.

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is not in the cards with a 2.7-3.0 gpa. Not at all.

I bet OOS is an acceptance. Especially with a 1300.

OP, please look at your school’s Naviance or SCOIR or data to confirm how likely it is to get into JMU (or any school) with that gpa. Don’t just go by some random person’s opinion on this site who has no idea.

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If you’re at a good private, you will have way more options especially with that SAT. Ole Miss and Alabama would likely be fine, even Sewanee or Wofford

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Anonymous wrote:Community college then transfer.

You chime in with this BS all the time.

I agree. I want my kid to experience a 4 year college, live on campus, be independent, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Community college then transfer.

You chime in with this BS all the time.

I agree. I want my kid to experience a 4 year college, live on campus, be independent, etc.

A route I never see mentioned here is going to Richard Bland College and transferring. All the transfer agreements that VCCS has plus you can live on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community college then transfer.

You chime in with this BS all the time.

I agree. I want my kid to experience a 4 year college, live on campus, be independent, etc.

A route I never see mentioned here is going to Richard Bland College and transferring. All the transfer agreements that VCCS has plus you can live on campus.

Richard Bland is essentially a community college, but for the Williamsburg/Richmond area. It's great if there's an opportunity to live on campus, but there are other 4 year colleges that are better and would happily accept a 3.0 student, without needing to transfer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community college then transfer.

You chime in with this BS all the time.

I agree. I want my kid to experience a 4 year college, live on campus, be independent, etc.

A route I never see mentioned here is going to Richard Bland College and transferring. All the transfer agreements that VCCS has plus you can live on campus.

Richard Bland is essentially a community college, but for the Williamsburg/Richmond area. It's great if there's an opportunity to live on campus, but there are other 4 year colleges that are better and would happily accept a 3.0 student, without needing to transfer.

Yes, but it's residential and auto-transfer to W&M if you keep your grades up.

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Anonymous wrote:Ole Miss, Bama will be reaches.

Ole Miss is practically open admission with a 97 percent acceptance rate. I would look at some of the less competitive state flagships. Oregon, Arizona, basically all of the west coast states except California and Washington.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at all your state schools that accept most students. For example, if you are Virginia look at everything that isn't UVA, W&M, VT or JMU. Then filter for best fit: look at size, location, vibes, program of study, etc. Find a few that are possibilities and visit them.

One of these is not like the others. JMU has nothing to do with those other schools. OP, JMU is absolutely in the cards.

People need to watch their mouths. No one in real life would ever compare JMU to those three schools.