If my junior is ending the year with a few Cs...what colleges should he be looking at

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few more ideas

Trinity
Connecticut college
Providence
Gettysburg
Bucknell
Rollins
U Mass
BU
Does he ski? U of Utah
St Thomas
Catholic U
AU
GW

If you’re full pay you likely can pay to hire an outside consultant I think that will expand your ideas

I think this poster is still living in 1994, although advice about getting a consultant is solid. There are plenty of options for OP’s son, but not BU, UMASS, Providence or even the lower NESCACs.

OP, he may have better luck outside of this region:

Dayton
Xavier
Bradley
UT Dallas
Tampa
Roger Williams (RI)
URI
UNC Wilmington

+1 Agree especially on UMass, Trinity, Providence, BU

OP, there will be plenty of options for your DC!


How about UAlbany? They have a good business program, with an emphasis on IT/cyber security-there might be a double major or something like that. My DC's friends in that program did very well. About 10 years ago they were giving good merit money to out of state kids from areas they wanted to attract, so that may still be the case.

[Anonymous]

All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

I have a kid with similar stats and recent experience is she got in both. I think that range is very much "on the bubble" so it's still worth applying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

I have a kid with similar stats and recent experience is she got in both. I think that range is very much "on the bubble" so it's still worth applying.

I'm the PP with the son that was rejected at both. My son wasn't even interested in CNU, but they called him multiple times, sent him several letters, encouraging him to apply early decision...then they rejected him.
He has an older brother too, so we know about all the mailings that colleges send out, even if they have no intention of accepting you, to try and get their stats up--but these phone calls and mailings went way beyond that so it was actually very surprising when he was rejected. Thankfully, he wasn't "crushed" since CNU wasn't really even on his radar until they "harassed" him anyway, but just kind of a "WTH?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

I have a kid with similar stats and recent experience is she got in both. I think that range is very much "on the bubble" so it's still worth applying.

It may also depend a lot on the specific major, worth a shot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA ..... (at Wise)

Lmao

I have to hope you guys are trolls and not actual grown a$$ adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

I have a kid with similar stats and recent experience is she got in both. I think that range is very much "on the bubble" so it's still worth applying.

I'm the PP with the son that was rejected at both. My son wasn't even interested in CNU, but they called him multiple times, sent him several letters, encouraging him to apply early decision...then they rejected him.
He has an older brother too, so we know about all the mailings that colleges send out, even if they have no intention of accepting you, to try and get their stats up--but these phone calls and mailings went way beyond that so it was actually very surprising when he was rejected. Thankfully, he wasn't "crushed" since CNU wasn't really even on his radar until they "harassed" him anyway, but just kind of a "WTH?"

This is why I told my kid to mark on the PSAT that they did not have permission to share her contact information/score. I did not want her decision to be swayed by which school spent the most on slick marketing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA ..... (at Wise)

Lmao

I have to hope you guys are trolls and not actual grown a$$ adults.

I am sure they’re adults. This is the standard maturity level and typical behavior of UVA grads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Virginia public schools except UVA, W&M, and VT. Most of the Virginia privates except W&L and Richmond.

Most of the Maryland publics except College Park. Most of the privates except Hopkins.

Probably none of the DC privates.

Most of the NC publics except Chapel Hill.

The people here sometimes act like there are only a handful of schools, but your kid has plenty of solid options.

Except JMU and CNU, according to pp with similar stats and recent experience.

I have a kid with similar stats and recent experience is she got in both. I think that range is very much "on the bubble" so it's still worth applying.

I'm the PP with the son that was rejected at both. My son wasn't even interested in CNU, but they called him multiple times, sent him several letters, encouraging him to apply early decision...then they rejected him.
He has an older brother too, so we know about all the mailings that colleges send out, even if they have no intention of accepting you, to try and get their stats up--but these phone calls and mailings went way beyond that so it was actually very surprising when he was rejected. Thankfully, he wasn't "crushed" since CNU wasn't really even on his radar until they "harassed" him anyway, but just kind of a "WTH?"

That was very uncool of them. Glad your son wasn't upset.

[Anonymous]

My daughter was in the same boat except a few C's in freshman/Sophomore year. Not sure if being a AA female helped but in some ways I think it did. She HATED her private school and struggled socially. By Junior year she stopped focusing on trying to find friends and got straight A's. She ended up Junior year at 3.2 and doing excellent in Senior year. She didn't submit SAT's which were okay and she only took them once. She got into many good state schools (UMD, Wake Forest, Clemson, PSU and others) and a few private schools (Elon, Villanova to name two). DO NOT WORRY. He will be totally fine. They look at the whole student and understand **IT happens. I'm finding more the of 3.3 to 3.5 students are being admitted - atleast from her school and what she is hearing.

[Anonymous]

My DS junior in same boat. He is also looking at RIT. Keep an eye on schools that took late applications this year. JMU and RIT were two of them. Along with a lot of Catholic schools. They may be looking to fill spots next year as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in the same boat except a few C's in freshman/Sophomore year. Not sure if being a AA female helped but in some ways I think it did. She HATED her private school and struggled socially. By Junior year she stopped focusing on trying to find friends and got straight A's. She ended up Junior year at 3.2 and doing excellent in Senior year. She didn't submit SAT's which were okay and she only took them once. She got into many good state schools (UMD, Wake Forest, Clemson, PSU and others) and a few private schools (Elon, Villanova to name two). DO NOT WORRY. He will be totally fine. They look at the whole student and understand **IT happens. I'm finding more the of 3.3 to 3.5 students are being admitted - atleast from her school and what she is hearing.

This is private school GPA which is generally much lower than a public school GPA. I know public school kids in this range who are going to be happy to go to George Mason, Radford, Longwood (VA Schools) etc. Not getting into Elon and Villanova at all...so not sure if the OP's GPA is public or private but keep this in mind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in the same boat except a few C's in freshman/Sophomore year. Not sure if being a AA female helped but in some ways I think it did. She HATED her private school and struggled socially. By Junior year she stopped focusing on trying to find friends and got straight A's. She ended up Junior year at 3.2 and doing excellent in Senior year. She didn't submit SAT's which were okay and she only took them once. She got into many good state schools (UMD, Wake Forest, Clemson, PSU and others) and a few private schools (Elon, Villanova to name two). DO NOT WORRY. He will be totally fine. They look at the whole student and understand **IT happens. I'm finding more the of 3.3 to 3.5 students are being admitted - atleast from her school and what she is hearing.

what major?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in the same boat except a few C's in freshman/Sophomore year. Not sure if being a AA female helped but in some ways I think it did. She HATED her private school and struggled socially. By Junior year she stopped focusing on trying to find friends and got straight A's. She ended up Junior year at 3.2 and doing excellent in Senior year. She didn't submit SAT's which were okay and she only took them once. She got into many good state schools (UMD, Wake Forest, Clemson, PSU and others) and a few private schools (Elon, Villanova to name two). DO NOT WORRY. He will be totally fine. They look at the whole student and understand **IT happens. I'm finding more the of 3.3 to 3.5 students are being admitted - atleast from her school and what she is hearing.

This is private school GPA which is generally much lower than a public school GPA. I know public school kids in this range who are going to be happy to go to George Mason, Radford, Longwood (VA Schools) etc. Not getting into Elon and Villanova at all...so not sure if the OP's GPA is public or private but keep this in mind!

PP here. Her overall GPA was 3.2 when she applied in the Fall this year. I am not sure if going to private matters (at least from what I hear on this board). I honestly think her extra curricluars and overall picture helped. Plus, a good essay! Most of the people she talked to who got in to one of their reach schools with GPA's in that range. I think schools outside of the Ivy's want academic diversity and not everyone with 4.0's. Just my two cents based on our experience.