Business Schools for a B student

[Anonymous]

Trying to help DS put together a list of schools. 3.0 unweighted GPA and 28 ACT.
Interested in a business program.
We are in MD and cost is not a factor.
Please don't say community college.
I understand the top tier schools are not an option.

[Anonymous]

Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

[Anonymous]

DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

Babson is a reach with a 28 with a GPA that low. Unless the GPA was earned in a very intensive high school program.

I'd look at also-ran state schools in MD if you refuse to consider community college (which to me makes no sense). Sure, you're full pay, but even full pay doesn't mean throw money away. Your student needs to prove herself first.

[Anonymous]

OP what is the student’s weighted GPA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

Babson is a reach with a 28 with a GPA that low. Unless the GPA was earned in a very intensive high school program.

I'd look at also-ran state schools in MD if you refuse to consider community college (which to me makes no sense). Sure, you're full pay, but even full pay doesn't mean throw money away. Your student needs to prove herself first.

A 28 ACT is like 90th percentile!! I’ve know a bunch of kids to graduate college with a <25 ACT score. This is a bizarre post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

My kid’s stats were as follows:
-5 AP classes including in the hard sciences
-GPA is not on a 4.0 scale at kid’s high school but kid was in top 10%. We don’t live in the DC area anymore.
-Years of work experience
-Did two varsity sports all four years

I was trying to be helpful to OP but I won’t next time. Thanks for your kind reply!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

Babson is a reach with a 28 with a GPA that low. Unless the GPA was earned in a very intensive high school program.

I'd look at also-ran state schools in MD if you refuse to consider community college (which to me makes no sense). Sure, you're full pay, but even full pay doesn't mean throw money away. Your student needs to prove herself first.

A 28 ACT is like 90th percentile!! I’ve know a bunch of kids to graduate college with a <25 ACT score. This is a bizarre post.

What's bizarre is your failure to consider the score in context. Yes, a 28 is a fine score, but at Babson College a 28 puts you in the 25th percentile among admitted students. The mean score is a 30. So you're talking about a kid applying to a school with below average grades and test scores. That makes it a reach by definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

Babson is a reach with a 28 with a GPA that low. Unless the GPA was earned in a very intensive high school program.

I'd look at also-ran state schools in MD if you refuse to consider community college (which to me makes no sense). Sure, you're full pay, but even full pay doesn't mean throw money away. Your student needs to prove herself first.

A 28 ACT is like 90th percentile!! I’ve know a bunch of kids to graduate college with a <25 ACT score. This is a bizarre post.

What's bizarre is your failure to consider the score in context. Yes, a 28 is a fine score, but at Babson College a 28 puts you in the 25th percentile among admitted students. The mean score is a 30. So you're talking about a kid applying to a school with below average grades and test scores. That makes it a reach by definition.

You are suggesting that OP’s kid will fail out of a 4 year school and will “throw money away.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP what is the student’s weighted GPA?

OP here. WGPA is 3.36.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

My kid’s stats were as follows:
-5 AP classes including in the hard sciences
-GPA is not on a 4.0 scale at kid’s high school but kid was in top 10%. We don’t live in the DC area anymore.
-Years of work experience
-Did two varsity sports all four years

I was trying to be helpful to OP but I won’t next time. Thanks for your kind reply!

I wasn't trying to be unkind. I was merely trying to tell you that your kid sounds like a stronger applicant than OP's. If you really want to help, tell the full story. Geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

What an ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP what is the student’s weighted GPA?

OP here. WGPA is 3.36.

Private or public hs? I suggest looking at Naviance as well?

Did your kid take a rigorous courseload?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Babson may be an option if you are full pay.

Babson is a reach with a 28 with a GPA that low. Unless the GPA was earned in a very intensive high school program.

I'd look at also-ran state schools in MD if you refuse to consider community college (which to me makes no sense). Sure, you're full pay, but even full pay doesn't mean throw money away. Your student needs to prove herself first.

A 28 ACT is like 90th percentile!! I’ve know a bunch of kids to graduate college with a <25 ACT score. This is a bizarre post.

What's bizarre is your failure to consider the score in context. Yes, a 28 is a fine score, but at Babson College a 28 puts you in the 25th percentile among admitted students. The mean score is a 30. So you're talking about a kid applying to a school with below average grades and test scores. That makes it a reach by definition.

You are suggesting that OP’s kid will fail out of a 4 year school and will “throw money away.”

Not at all. I'm merely suggesting that when a kid has a pretty high ACT or SAT score and doesn't have the grades to back it up I'd think twice about starting out at a full pay private school. If it were the reverse I'd consider it though.