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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For our MCPS school, here's some schools where average accepted student GPA (unweighted) is between 3.4-3.6.

Catholic University
George Mason University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Juniata College
Loyola University Maryland
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Penn State (might include multiple campuses)
St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Temple University
University of North Carolina Wilmington[/quote]

I think, other than the really huge schools (I don't see him at Penn State or JMU for example, and he's not going anywhere with "technology" in the name) that he'd be fine at any of those schools.

How different would that be from a 3.7 list?  I think that's what I'm trying to get at. 
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My kid was 3.7 (UW, 4.2 W). She got generous scholarships from some of the schools on that list, and it also got her into Dickinson, Mount Holyoke, Franklin & Marshall (off the waitlist). So, if he does a bit better, he will have more options and probably more merit aid. I would not say to become some fake version of himself, to move up three places on the USNWR ranking. But you want him to learn how to prioritize school, so he will be in that habit for college (where there are even more distractions: including sex and alcohol/drugs).

Let him pick what he is willing to cut. [/quote]

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