Please Be Kind: 2.6 GPA

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Anonymous wrote:My DC has a 2.6 GPA (lower if you look at only core classes) at a (not big 3) DMV private. 1380 SAT. Applied EA to 10 colleges recommended by school counselor. Only one college has rolling admissions and it was on the “match” list. Wait listed. Very concerned DC won’t get in to college. Has anyone else been in a similar grade/SAT situation? If so, where did your child get accepted? Wondering whether DC should apply to a couple more safeties RD. DC needs a small nurturing college with good supports (tutoring, writing center, approachable professors). Thank you. Please no snarks. And please no suggestions for community college. Thank you.

The key missing fact is whether you are seeking financial aid. If not, it will work out. DC was a 2.9 GPA with 26 ACT. Admittedly case a wide net - about 20 schools. But, in the end, got in to more than 3/4, even getting "merit" at a NESCAC (probably because of gender imbalance). Worried as well at the start, as things began with getting rejected ED but shortly thereafter got into big state school with rolling admissions and that took most of the pressure off.

Your DS got into a NESCAC school with those stats?

NP here. Please, previous PP, tell us which NESCAC and what year your child was admitted. The only one I could conjure up is maybe Conn College as full-pay male athlete?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. 8,000 students, 90% acceptance rate.

With a learning assistance program
https://www.bridgew.edu/academics/academic-achievement

Not exactly warm and nurturing though.

What about Dean College in MA or Roger Williams University in RI?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC has a 2.6 GPA (lower if you look at only core classes) at a (not big 3) DMV private. 1380 SAT. Applied EA to 10 colleges recommended by school counselor. Only one college has rolling admissions and it was on the “match” list. Wait listed. Very concerned DC won’t get in to college. Has anyone else been in a similar grade/SAT situation? If so, where did your child get accepted? Wondering whether DC should apply to a couple more safeties RD. DC needs a small nurturing college with good supports (tutoring, writing center, approachable professors). Thank you. Please no snarks. And please no suggestions for community college. Thank you.

The key missing fact is whether you are seeking financial aid. If not, it will work out. DC was a 2.9 GPA with 26 ACT. Admittedly case a wide net - about 20 schools. But, in the end, got in to more than 3/4, even getting "merit" at a NESCAC (probably because of gender imbalance). Worried as well at the start, as things began with getting rejected ED but shortly thereafter got into big state school with rolling admissions and that took most of the pressure off.

Your DS got into a NESCAC school with those stats?

NP here. Please, previous PP, tell us which NESCAC and what year your child was admitted. The only one I could conjure up is maybe Conn College as full-pay male athlete?

PP here. Full pay, male, non-athlete. We did visit. Last year.

[Anonymous]

I’m 11:33 - another one to think about is College of Charleston. It is known for having lots of supports. I read on another message board that sometimes people think that large public schools won’t be accommodating and that small private schools will be but that sometimes is not the case. In some cases, the small private school may not have an office of disability services and requests for accommodations are handled by a dean. Whereas at a larger school, there is likely a fully staffed office. This of course is not the case for every small private school but the poster just cautioned the group not to rule out larger schools.

Another school is John Carroll in Cleveland - they do have a good disability services office. If your dc has a diagnosis, you may want to talk to his doctor about what accommodations will make him more successful in college (e.g., extra time on tests, preferential seating (assuming classes are in person next year), etc.). You can talk to the disability services offices after he has been accepted to the schools to help make a decision.

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Trinity College gives merit aid

https://www.trincoll.edu/Admissions/finaid/prospective/

Conn Coll gives up to 30K

https://www.conncoll.edu/admission/scholarships-and-grants/

Wesleyan gives very selective merit aid

https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/admission/undergraduate/Scholarships-and-Financial-Aid-Home.cfm#:

So, that's three NESCAC out of 11 at least.

It took me two minutes to google, that, less time than it took to read the arguments about it here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try rolling schools like Arizona State, Alabama and Ole Miss. He will find a place, don't worry.

Can you not read, or are you unwilling to answer the question asked? Small, nurturing schools. That does not include SEC or big party schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC has a 2.6 GPA (lower if you look at only core classes) at a (not big 3) DMV private. 1380 SAT. Applied EA to 10 colleges recommended by school counselor. Only one college has rolling admissions and it was on the “match” list. Wait listed. Very concerned DC won’t get in to college. Has anyone else been in a similar grade/SAT situation? If so, where did your child get accepted? Wondering whether DC should apply to a couple more safeties RD. DC needs a small nurturing college with good supports (tutoring, writing center, approachable professors). Thank you. Please no snarks. And please no suggestions for community college. Thank you.

The key missing fact is whether you are seeking financial aid. If not, it will work out. DC was a 2.9 GPA with 26 ACT. Admittedly case a wide net - about 20 schools. But, in the end, got in to more than 3/4, even getting "merit" at a NESCAC (probably because of gender imbalance). Worried as well at the start, as things began with getting rejected ED but shortly thereafter got into big state school with rolling admissions and that took most of the pressure off.

Your DS got into a NESCAC school with those stats?

NP here. Please, previous PP, tell us which NESCAC and what year your child was admitted. The only one I could conjure up is maybe Conn College as full-pay male athlete?

PP here. Full pay, male, non-athlete. We did visit. Last year.

Interesting. NP here. My DS who is a male, full pay athlete from a highly regarding NE boarding school did not get into CC with much higher stats than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trinity College gives merit aid

https://www.trincoll.edu/Admissions/finaid/prospective/

Conn Coll gives up to 30K

https://www.conncoll.edu/admission/scholarships-and-grants/

Wesleyan gives very selective merit aid

https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/admission/undergraduate/Scholarships-and-Financial-Aid-Home.cfm#:

So, that's three NESCAC out of 11 at least.

It took me two minutes to google, that, less time than it took to read the arguments about it here.

The poster’s child had a 2.9 GPA and said he got a merit scholarship. Doubtful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trinity College gives merit aid

https://www.trincoll.edu/Admissions/finaid/prospective/

Conn Coll gives up to 30K

https://www.conncoll.edu/admission/scholarships-and-grants/

Wesleyan gives very selective merit aid

https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/admission/undergraduate/Scholarships-and-Financial-Aid-Home.cfm#:

So, that's three NESCAC out of 11 at least.

It took me two minutes to google, that, less time than it took to read the arguments about it here.

The poster’s child had a 2.9 GPA and said he got a merit scholarship. Doubtful.

That is private info I could not care less about as it is not falsifiable. I was responding to the "MESCACS (sic) don't give merit aid. So, no." post.

[Anonymous]

It was 10k. I don’t think tuition discounting is that rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was 10k. I don’t think tuition discounting is that rare.

It isn’t but it is in exchange for high stats.

[Anonymous]

I knew plenty of kids like this in school. In general, the ones that went to small D3 liberal arts schools did well. The ones that went to random New Mexico State type schools came home after a year to a small school and did ok. The ones that went to community college totally disengaged and dropped out.

[Anonymous]

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Interesting. NP here. My DS who is a male, full pay athlete from a highly regarding NE boarding school did not get into CC with much higher stats than that.

RD or ED?

Check the CDS for conn coll and you will see the acceptance rates for each are very different.

https://www.conncoll.edu/media/Common-Data-Set-2019-20.pdf

[Anonymous]

Professor here. In this economic climate with Higher Ed in crisis you need to look at the financial health of the smaller colleges you’ll be applying to: many will be suffering. Also, Fall 21 is likely to be somewhat hybrid, so think about how that would affect your kid and their issues and look for schools that have handled the pandemic in a way that suits your child. Talk to admissions about mentor shop and orientation. Ask to connect with a department or two your kid is interested in. If they truly have no interest and are not ready to self motivate (this is harder with remote learning) of consider community college for a year. I realize it’s not desirable for you but it often positions kids like yours to succeed, whether that means they mature/acclimate OR they find an alternate vocational path, which also is honorable. MC and NOVA are excellent schools, and as a full pay family, surely you’d be able to put your kid in an apartment if that is important.

Look at St. Mary’s in MD, Marymount in Arlington, and McDaniel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Professor here. In this economic climate with Higher Ed in crisis you need to look at the financial health of the smaller colleges you’ll be applying to: many will be suffering. Also, Fall 21 is likely to be somewhat hybrid, so think about how that would affect your kid and their issues and look for schools that have handled the pandemic in a way that suits your child. Talk to admissions about mentor shop and orientation. Ask to connect with a department or two your kid is interested in. If they truly have no interest and are not ready to self motivate (this is harder with remote learning) of consider community college for a year. I realize it’s not desirable for you but it often positions kids like yours to succeed, whether that means they mature/acclimate OR they find an alternate vocational path, which also is honorable. MC and NOVA are excellent schools, and as a full pay family, surely you’d be able to put your kid in an apartment if that is important.

Look at St. Mary’s in MD, Marymount in Arlington, and McDaniel.

OP here. Thank you Professor. This is helpful.