Where are the painfully average kids getting into college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son had those stats and got into

Va tech (from Md)
Penn state
Dayton
U of S. Carolina
Elon
Boulder
Tennessee

Denied from college Park

+1 DD had about same stats as you DS and got into 9/10 schools. South Carolina was in state tuition for Business school. Also got into Delaware, Penn State (summer start), Va Tech, West Virginia, James Madison, Auburn, USF. Rejected at Clemson only. Your kid will be fine!!!

[Anonymous]

OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, your kid isn't average. An average gpa would be between 1.7 and 2.3. an average SAT is about 1050.

And there are 4 year schools for this kind of kid too. I have a kid in this range who got into 5-6 schools. He’s on the spectrum and decided to take a gap year but he had some nice options. With Covid, it just wasn’t the right time for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son had those stats and got into

Va tech (from Md)
Penn state
Dayton
U of S. Carolina
Elon
Boulder
Tennessee

Denied from college Park

+1 DD had about same stats as you DS and got into 9/10 schools. South Carolina was in state tuition for Business school. Also got into Delaware, Penn State (summer start), Va Tech, West Virginia, James Madison, Auburn, USF. Rejected at Clemson only. Your kid will be fine!!!

Haha I forgot my din didn’t get into Clemson and is now at USC doing business... in state tuition.

[Anonymous]

These threads are distortions of reality and are pretty demoralizing. I teach a lot of college kids who are not standout high school students, and the assumption that kids need to be 4.0 rockstars with pristine backgrounds to be worthy of attending a college that is worth their time and money is preposterous. Plenty of kids who are average -- truly truly average -- make something of themselves in college, and their learning and my (and my colleagues) teaching has value and potential. Not every kid is and should be college bound. But certainly more kids are college worthy, and more colleges are worth attending, than DCUM makes it seem.

[Anonymous]

Your child isn't painfully average and doing very well.

[Anonymous]

University of Mississippi! Check it out - you might be surprised.

- Ole Miss grad, almost exactly as average

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child isn't painfully average and doing very well.

Seriously. Good grief. I’d be thrilled if my kid had these stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a depressing thread for a parent of a ninth grader. She's getting a B in math, so I guess it's all over for her!
I should definitely not open these threads.

Drexel.

[Anonymous]

What does he want to study? Rochester Institute of Technology is very different than Marist if you see what I'm saying.

The short answer is that there are many more schools that he can get in than not. The Ivies + top 20/50 schools are a small fraction of all colleges in the US.

Eight hours driving distance is a 500 mile radius around you and there are many decent schools in the range of his stats.
Only you know your budget which is very important to consider unless it's a non issue.

You can see the sat + gpas of accepted students if you add colleges to the Big Future on College Board. Graduation rates and lots of other info too. Start there adding colleges and see what he thinks.

[Anonymous]

Genuine average kids go to a regional public U or community college. Most never finish or take 5-7 years to complete an easy BA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genuine average kids go to a regional public U or community college. Most never finish or take 5-7 years to complete an easy BA.

And many excel there, and go on to fantastic graduate school! Good luck OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And when I say average, I mean actually average. Not DCUM average?

3.4 uw 3.8 w, 1250 SAT, typical sport and club type activities
typical suburban white kid

He’s a junior. We don’t know where to start. What medium-big solid schools anywhere within 8 hours driving distance would he definitely get into?

HYPES - make a huge donation, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These threads are distortions of reality and are pretty demoralizing. I teach a lot of college kids who are not standout high school students, and the assumption that kids need to be 4.0 rockstars with pristine backgrounds to be worthy of attending a college that is worth their time and money is preposterous. Plenty of kids who are average -- truly truly average -- make something of themselves in college, and their learning and my (and my colleagues) teaching has value and potential. Not every kid is and should be college bound. But certainly more kids are college worthy, and more colleges are worth attending, than DCUM makes it seem.

Thank you, good teacher.

[Anonymous]

Delaware? SMCM?