big state schools with high accept rates, but where a motivated student can get a great education
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It used to be that the top state schools had high accept rates. However, the faculty were excellent, and a motived student could still get a great education there. Such a school would be a great places for a kid who has recently got their act together, and is getting much better grades (second half of junior year) than they did earlier.
Are there schools like that still around today? |
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UW, Texas A&M, Maryland College Park, UPitt, Rutgers, Arizona State, Cal Poly Obispo, CU Boulder
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UMD and Pitt do not belong on the list. Ohio U. |
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University of Arizona is a better school than Arizona State. |
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| George Mason |
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| Any flagship or "second flagship" (Michigan state, Texas A and M, VT, Clemson, Auburn etc.) will have a plethora of opportunities regardless of selectivity. Find the ones that are a match for your kid's stats (literally - make a list of states and their flagship(s), look up 25/75th and average GPA, and determine if he could get in) and you should be good to go. |
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Don't know how hard it is to get into from OOS but San Jose State (SJSU) is supposed to be great for CS. 53% admit rate
Last year, UW-Madison and UW-Seattle admitted 49 and 45% respectively. |
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| Faber |
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JMU
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| How bad are the grades? Wyoming, NDSU and SDSU might be possibilities if they're not so great. |
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+ 1. Thank you. Go 'Cats. |
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| Reseach obviously. Start by considering each state's flagship university. |
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| Virginia Tech |
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| Virginia |