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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we get back on topic?  My middling student is a mainly B with some Cs at one of the Big 3.  No hooks.  Diverse extracurriculars, to include playing in band, drama, and student govt.  Strong lax player, but won't be recruited.  Very popular and well liked by al if that counts for anything.  Are we community college bound?[/quote]

Read the book "Colleges the Change Lives" to get a sense for how many solid options there are for B students. Think hard about your child's strengths and weaknesses and where he really is intellectually. He's a B/B- student in a demanding program in a fairly elite pond, yes? Compared to the national average, he's probably quite bright and capable. With his record of ECs, he's obviously a go-getter, likes to be involved and active in his community. Second tier SLACs salivate over kids like this, and many of them provide top-notch educations. Think about applying to places where he will be more than a dime a dozen--mid-western and southern schools that don't get the volume of applicants that the east coast schools get (and where he might be attractive because of the geographic diversity he represents). While I agree with the PP that he might be a good candidate for Gettysburg, Dickinson, etc, you might also look at Lawrence in Wisconsin, Rhodes, Wooster, Beloit, Kalamazoo, Southwestern.[/quote]

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