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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sense is that once one gets beyond the top 1/3 or so of the class, you see more kids attending SLAC and fewer going to large universities.

At the point it seems to depend on whether the kid has a mix of As and Bs or closer to straight Bs.

The A/B kids seem to attend many of the mid-range NEAC colleges (e.g., not Williams and Amherst or Trinity or Conn. Coll.) or Kenyon or Oberlin.  If they attend a university it may be Michigan, Tulane, Boston College, Wake Forest, etc.

The straight B kids seem to attend well-regarded, but not top SLACs.  Think Dickinson, Gettysburg, Trinity Connecticut College. If they attend a university, it might be BU, Wisconsin, or Northeastern.  I.e., sold B students with decent scores get into solid schools.[/quote]

Do your homework.... You can not get into Tulane University with a B average! 30 ACT, 3.6 GPA plus to be looked at. [/quote]

Both kids who went to Tulane from my school in my year had B averages. You cannot make broad statements about GPA without taking the quality of the school into account. Yes, from a standard suburban public, you're not getting into Tulane with a 3.6; from St A/NCS? You definitely have a shot.[/quote]

According to CollegeData - the average GPA at Tulane is a 3.5.  And it's safe to assume the vast majority of those are kids from public schools.  So yes, many public school kids are getting into Tulane with B averages.

And keep in mind that many kids at public schools have GPAs well above a 4.0 due to weighted courses.  So a 3.5 coming from a public isn't all that. 
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