Where do average students go to school?

[Anonymous]

Directional schools.

"Directional" in that there is usually some geographic designator to the school. University of Maryand @ Baltimore County. Northern Michigan, Eastern Illinois, SE Missouri.

[Anonymous]

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School;
several from Yale University

Anderson Cooper has a good chapter in his book
about his job prospects post graduation from Yale,
they were not good and he was more connected than most.

Many times kids from blue collar families or middle
America families struggle getting jobs post graduation
from the Ivys as the kids do not have the connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere they want if their parents have enough money (see Lori Loughlin and Jared Kushner)

Or Chelsea Clinton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truly "average" students in this country do not attend four year college.

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Yes they do.

More kids than ever are attending college...which is precisely why it's become so competitive. It was relatively easy to get into umcp in the 80s. It got harder in the 90s, and then within the last decade or so it became ridiculously hard.

And if you get an Associates from MC with a certain GPA, you automatically get into umcp. Google it.

Lastly, St. Mary's is the honors college in MD. Is it really easier to get into than umcp?

Only about a third of Americans have a college degree. I know that about 65% of HS seniors go on to college but I couldn't find stats on what percent go to 4 year vs. 2 year vs. online.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cpa.asp

The year after graduation, roughly 45% go to 4 year, 25% to 2 year, and the rest do not enroll (though they might in later years).

And of course 5+ percent of kids don't graduation from HS. (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cpa.asp)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truly "average" students in this country do not attend four year college.

Says the "expert." Hey expert .... my truly average ds has a college degree with a starting salary of 150,000 and is pursuing his masters. You are such an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truly "average" students in this country do not attend four year college.

Says the "expert." Hey expert .... my truly average ds has a college degree with a starting salary of 150,000 and is pursuing his masters. You are such an idiot.

Bragging about your kid is pathetic at best.

-dp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truly "average" students in this country do not attend four year college.

Says the "expert." Hey expert .... my truly average ds has a college degree with a starting salary of 150,000 and is pursuing his masters. You are such an idiot.

I think the poster was trying to make the point that the majority of people don’t go to college, making your son well above average. Take a deep breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truly "average" students in this country do not attend four year college.

Says the "expert." Hey expert .... my truly average ds has a college degree with a starting salary of 150,000 and is pursuing his masters. You are such an idiot.

I think the poster was trying to make the point that the majority of people don’t go to college, making your son well above average. Take a deep breath.

And that wasn’t even hard to comprehend. I thought her post was clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DS had a slightly higher GPA (3.4 UW) last year
Accepted: Towson, Miami OH, Delaware, Elon, JMU, VT, South Carolina, Pitt, Indiana

Denied: UMD, Clemson, Tulane, U of Miami

What were his SAT/ACT scores? My DS has a similar GPA and trying to finalize our list.

[Anonymous]

Michigan, Tulane and George Washington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with "average." I went to University of Delaware.

Great jobs and career after graduation.

As the other poster said....there is a lot to be said
for life skills.

I know a lot of Ivy League graduates working
in retail or as secretaries post graduation or otherwise
doing jobs you could get with a high school degree only.

But U DE is tougher to get into these days. Doubtful 3.2 GPA gets in.

And that is the point of this post. Where do you end up with a 3.2?

[Anonymous]

Do students in public school even end up with a GPA that low these days? If they are taking honors and AP courses, their GPA should be higher than that if they actually belong in those classes. If they aren’t in those classes, are they really college bound?

[Anonymous]

You can probably get a rough ballpark from an old IQ test he's done. Figure out the approximate range -search for IQ to sat on the internet. Go to collegeresults.org , then advanced search, then click on a few nearby states, then click results. Go to student characteristics, sort by est. SAT score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do students in public school even end up with a GPA that low these days? If they are taking honors and AP courses, their GPA should be higher than that if they actually belong in those classes. If they aren’t in those classes, are they really college bound?

I figured that the 3.2 is unweighted, but OP didn't clarify, so who knows?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do students in public school even end up with a GPA that low these days? If they are taking honors and AP courses, their GPA should be higher than that if they actually belong in those classes. If they aren’t in those classes, are they really college bound?

Some students study art or music in college - don’t really need AP Calculus for their careers.