B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

No. Penn State received 150,000 applications last year. They are not taking 3.0 students.

They may admit the 3.0 student at a satellite but probably not the main UP campus.

Valid point.

My kid has a 2.9 and got into the main campus

Congrats -- I've been hearing of kids with 4.0's getting offered Altoona.

+1!!!

PP, what major?

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Nebraska has a high acceptance rate, lets in a lot of B to B+ students, and you get a degree with Big 10 academic prestige.

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When I graduated high school in Senegal my final.GPA was 11/20 which is equivalent to a C in the US system. I obtained a HS diploma called Baccalaureate C (math and physics specialization). I got rejected by so many schools. Luckily and miraculously BYU admitted me. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Physics.

I don't know how kids in this country have As after As. I struggled so much in HS. My final Baccalaureate exam which I barely passed consisted of a 4 hrs exam in both math and physics, the equivalent of Calc 1 & 2 and Physics 1 & 2. I never had any exams closed to the difficulties of the tests I took in HS.

I wish other countries had a system similar to the US where kids can have As to boost their confidence. Instead most of us end up depressed and think we are incapable. But then I come to this forum and found that a B is bad performance lol.

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Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.

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Sorry private school mom. A B student is a B student.

What GPA does a "B student" have? 3.0 ?

Anything below 3.7 is a B student.

What? a 3.7 on a 4 point scale is an A-. A B is a 3.0. Has the math changed?

PP seems to think a "B Student" is any student who ever got a B in their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.

We recently moved to VA from NY and never considered private as NY has so many great public schools that have great college placements.

Irrelevant to the conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:Adelphi, Allegheny, Clark, U of Denver, Dickinson, Elon, Endicott, Furman, Goucher, Guilfird, Muhlenbwrg, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Susquehanna, Wofford

why don't you just name every no-name school in the universe?

Those are not no name schools. They are actually very good schools.

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Anonymous wrote:When I graduated high school in Senegal my final.GPA was 11/20 which is equivalent to a C in the US system. I obtained a HS diploma called Baccalaureate C (math and physics specialization). I got rejected by so many schools. Luckily and miraculously BYU admitted me. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Physics.

I don't know how kids in this country have As after As. I struggled so much in HS. My final Baccalaureate exam which I barely passed consisted of a 4 hrs exam in both math and physics, the equivalent of Calc 1 & 2 and Physics 1 & 2. I never had any exams closed to the difficulties of the tests I took in HS.

I wish other countries had a system similar to the US where kids can have As to boost their confidence. Instead most of us end up depressed and think we are incapable. But then I come to this forum and found that a B is bad performance lol.

Everything is a mess right now. Grade inflation was on the rise before the pandemic, but then lots of kids learned to cheat their way to As. Some kids can genuinely earn all As, but for most smart kids, As and a few Bs used to be the norm. Now, they'll whine their way to straight As because they're competing against so many other kids with straight As.

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Anonymous wrote:When I graduated high school in Senegal my final.GPA was 11/20 which is equivalent to a C in the US system. I obtained a HS diploma called Baccalaureate C (math and physics specialization). I got rejected by so many schools. Luckily and miraculously BYU admitted me. I graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Physics.

I don't know how kids in this country have As after As. I struggled so much in HS. My final Baccalaureate exam which I barely passed consisted of a 4 hrs exam in both math and physics, the equivalent of Calc 1 & 2 and Physics 1 & 2. I never had any exams closed to the difficulties of the tests I took in HS.

I wish other countries had a system similar to the US where kids can have As to boost their confidence. Instead most of us end up depressed and think we are incapable. But then I come to this forum and found that a B is bad performance lol.

It really depends on the high school. There are over 27,000 high schools in the U.S., and they all grade differently and all have different academic standards. Even every teacher within a school is differnt. Some give brownnosing pets an easy A, while others do the opposite. You really can't judge anything from a GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

No. Penn State received 150,000 applications last year. They are not taking 3.0 students.

They may admit the 3.0 student at a satellite but probably not the main UP campus.

Valid point.

My kid has a 2.9 and got into the main campus

Congrats -- I've been hearing of kids with 4.0's getting offered Altoona.

+1!!!

PP, what major?

Business. He did break 1400 on the SAT which may have helped offset his crappy GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

No. Penn State received 150,000 applications last year. They are not taking 3.0 students.

They may admit the 3.0 student at a satellite but probably not the main UP campus.

Valid point.

My kid has a 2.9 and got into the main campus

Congrats -- I've been hearing of kids with 4.0's getting offered Altoona.

+1!!!

PP, what major?

Business. He did break 1400 on the SAT which may have helped offset his crappy GPA.

Maybe that was it. PSU is TO, but high SATs certainly help.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio

Good one! And they're generous with merit.

You will not get much with a 3.0.

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

VT for engineering?

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Anonymous wrote:Share one school that fits this description in 2026:

Excellent reputation, strong programs, and accepts a good number of B students?

You're going to need to provide a more specific gpa and test score

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

VT for engineering?

Sarcasm right?!

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Anonymous wrote:Second Delaware. Also Penn State, Pitt, UVM, CU Boulder, VA Tech. (Based on my B students experience)

VT for engineering?

Sarcasm right?!

A B student is not getting in at VT. Maybe 20 years ago but not today.