Which colleges are the B students going to from the top independent schools?

[Anonymous]

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I think this question is asking for heated debate because one college for a "B" student may be the dream college for another! And also, what is your definition of "top" private!

It's a good question though and I'd asked myself that earlier. I think you should look at each private school's website as they all list their school placements for the past five years. You can form your own opinion then.

[Anonymous]

Don't assume a B is a bad grade at privates (or top public) schools.

[Anonymous]

Look up the old thread on the exact same thing.

[Anonymous]

Carleton

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Completely anecdotal from my DD's school over the past few years... assume $ isn't a factor because then it is a different game. This is reflective of a typical UMC unhooked student (did not include the student with Cs who is now at Stanford due to parental sway and boat loads of $$$$$ etc.

A student: Ivies, MIT, CalTech, Williams, Amherst etc.

A/B Student: Michigan, William & Mary, Pomona, Bowdoin, Ivy Specialty Schools(I.e. Cornell Human Ecology, Upenn Nursing etc.), Wellesley, Lehigh, UCLA etc.

B student: Bates, Colby, Hamilton, BC, BU, Oberlin, Mcallister, Carleton, Scripps, Pitzer, Spellman, GWU, Washington & Lee, UT Austin, Villanova, Wisconsin, USC etc.

B/C student: Pepperdine, SMU, College of Charleston, Elon, High Point, Clark, Conn College, Trinity, Dickinson, Denison Muhlenberg, Ithaca, Lewis and Clark, UDel, Drexel, American, Kenyon, Rollins, Random southern state schools (Ole Miss, University of South Carolina, UGA)

[Anonymous]

9:53, seems like an informed list. But is Lehigh really that high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9:53, seems like an informed list. But is Lehigh really that high?

+1 Also I feel like Colby and Hamilton are becoming more popular and trying to get from the reputation as back-ups for prep school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9:53, seems like an informed list. But is Lehigh really that high?

+2 - especially because of the engineering program

[Anonymous]

Yes -- Lehigh for an engineering student is very strong.

[Anonymous]

Woahh if a B student can get into USC which accepts 17% of its applicants or an A/B kid can go out of state to UCLA maybe these schools are worth the cash.

-signed mildly impressed suburban public school parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Completely anecdotal from my DD's school over the past few years... assume $ isn't a factor because then it is a different game. This is reflective of a typical UMC unhooked student (did not include the student with Cs who is now at Stanford due to parental sway and boat loads of $$$$$ etc.

A student: Ivies, MIT, CalTech, Williams, Amherst etc.

A/B Student: Michigan, William & Mary, Pomona, Bowdoin, Ivy Specialty Schools(I.e. Cornell Human Ecology, Upenn Nursing etc.), Wellesley, Lehigh, UCLA etc.

B student: Bates, Colby, Hamilton, BC, BU, Oberlin, Mcallister, Carleton, Scripps, Pitzer, Spellman, GWU, Washington & Lee, UT Austin, Villanova, Wisconsin, USC etc.

B/C student: Pepperdine, SMU, College of Charleston, Elon, High Point, Clark, Conn College, Trinity, Dickinson, Denison Muhlenberg, Ithaca, Lewis and Clark, UDel, Drexel, American, Kenyon, Rollins, Random southern state schools (Ole Miss, University of South Carolina, UGA)

Wow! It's very impressive to me that a kid with a GPA in the 3.0-3.3 range would get into BC, Carleton, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Completely anecdotal from my DD's school over the past few years... assume $ isn't a factor because then it is a different game. This is reflective of a typical UMC unhooked student (did not include the student with Cs who is now at Stanford due to parental sway and boat loads of $$$$$ etc.

A student: Ivies, MIT, CalTech, Williams, Amherst etc.

A/B Student: Michigan, William & Mary, Pomona, Bowdoin, Ivy Specialty Schools(I.e. Cornell Human Ecology, Upenn Nursing etc.), Wellesley, Lehigh, UCLA etc.

B student: Bates, Colby, Hamilton, BC, BU, Oberlin, Mcallister, Carleton, Scripps, Pitzer, Spellman, GWU, Washington & Lee, UT Austin, Villanova, Wisconsin, USC etc.

B/C student: Pepperdine, SMU, College of Charleston, Elon, High Point, Clark, Conn College, Trinity, Dickinson, Denison Muhlenberg, Ithaca, Lewis and Clark, UDel, Drexel, American, Kenyon, Rollins, Random southern state schools (Ole Miss, University of South Carolina, UGA)

Sounds about right to me although I'd put a couple of your Bs in a B+ category. One of my DCs was a B/C (but with good scores) and goes to one on your list and accepted at a couple of others. There's also some nuance there though.

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Anonymous wrote:Woahh if a B student can get into USC which accepts 17% of its applicants or an A/B kid can go out of state to UCLA maybe these schools are worth the cash.

-signed mildly impressed suburban public school parent

Actually applying to ucla as an out of staters, the admission would be easier than those applying from within California. As for USC, because of its tuition, it is not that hard to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Woahh if a B student can get into USC which accepts 17% of its applicants or an A/B kid can go out of state to UCLA maybe these schools are worth the cash.

-signed mildly impressed suburban public school parent

Particularly since UCLA is ranked second among public universities in the United States (after Berkeley), and had about 110,000 applicants this year.