Colleges for 3.4 GPA - No Advanced Classes

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Anonymous wrote:Similar

Into Clemson, Auburn, Indiana, u of AZ, UC Boulder, Elon, college of C, ole Miss, Alabama, U of Denver, Penn State (reg campus), Syracuse, U of Iowa, Santa Clara, SMU and TCU

Denied UGA and Ohio State

Congrats to your DS on crafting a realistic list - sharing it here is helpful for parents with kids in similar situations. GL in college!

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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.

JMU average gpa is 3.5
acceptance rate is 80%
So yes.

Be wary of relying on that 80% stat. JMU started accepting the common app this past year and had a 44% increase in applicants so that acceptance rate will go down. Might still be an option for OP's kid but keep an eye on the most recent data.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

What did your DS choose? None of the above are in the south

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Similar profile (from strong public school) with no hooks and not URM. Got into Indiana, CU Boulder, Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa, UNH, Col State/Fort Collins, Loyola Chicago, and Maine. WL at Syracuse and UVM. Into Penn as 2+2 (ie 'commonwealth campus' for first two yrs). Rejected from Wisconsin. At IU and loving it.

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Similar profile (from strong public school) with no hooks and not URM. Got into Indiana, CU Boulder, Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa, UNH, Col State/Fort Collins, Loyola Chicago, and Maine. WL at Syracuse and UVM. Into Penn as 2+2 (ie 'commonwealth campus' for first two yrs). Rejected from Wisconsin. At IU and loving it.

PP -- sorry, not enough coffee yet. That's Penn State not Penn above, of course. Also, this was one year ago (ie the 2020-21 admissions cycle).

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Gonzaga, University of Denver, and University of San Diego

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Creighton
Delaware
TCU
Temple
Syracuse

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loyola maryland

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Howard

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Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga, University of Denver, and University of San Diego

thanks for including a few west coast schools

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Bumping this and would be interested in more anecdotes coming from public schools with this GPA.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

OP said he took no advanced classes.

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St. joe’s Philly
Temple
ODU
York College in Pa
Coastal Carolina
Hampton
Norfolk State
NC A & T

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Safety:
VCU (but a great school for diversity and solid academics. Don't sleep on this one.)
Radford
Longwood

Target:
ODU
Christopher Newport (gorgeous campus)
UDelaware

Reach:
James Madison
Pitt
Penn State

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Check out Temple, also