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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My junior is going to have a few Cs this year. It is what it is. Hardworking kid in AP classes, rough year due to a variety of circumstances. He will have around a 3.4 or 3.5 weighted GPA. ACT score pending, but practice was a 29.

What 4 year schools should he be looking at that can look past a few bad grades in a craptastic year? Anywhere along the east coast, and any price point is fine. [/quote]

So far no one asked what major, or did I miss it? It really depends on whether he is applying to engineering/STEM majors vs liberal arts/undecided. Getting into STEM will require higher GPA and C's in math & science in junior year will deny admissions to most schools in the top 100 ranked, except a few that may be matches. If you want safety, then you'd need to look at 100+ ranked schools, again for STEM major.

If liberal arts major then a lot of schools will open up. But, you'll also pay full tuition, and then it's a question of whether OOS full pay for liberal arts is worth it, in most cases it isn't, but you get a college degree. I'd rather to to 100+ ranked school or community college then do 2+2 to transfer to better school with STEM, if he is interested in that. [/quote]

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