Anonymous
08/19/2025 02:25
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:My average '25er (gpa 3.5, several Cs, no APs or test scores) fell in love with a school with 70% acceptance rate that had the exact right academic program. Applied ED and was accepted with generous merit.
How did they get merit? Apply for specialized scholarships?
Anonymous
08/19/2025 02:16
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They are enjoying the start of senior year and planning to apply to great colleges like University of Denver and University of Colorado Boulder!
Those are good. Other popular choices with the A/B maybe a C crowd are University of Oregon, Gonzaga, University of San Diego (private one not UCSD), Pitt, Arizona State.
If they are choosing a non impacted major then their local Cal state or ones other than SJSU, Cal Poly SLO or SDSU (unless they are choosing an easy major and live within the service area). Community college and scrambling for internships, gig code work, start ups for engineering kids that don’t have perfect GPAs.
Are you talking about kids who don’t have much rigor?
Anonymous
08/19/2025 01:54
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:They are enjoying the start of senior year and planning to apply to great colleges like University of Denver and University of Colorado Boulder!
Those are good. Other popular choices with the A/B maybe a C crowd are University of Oregon, Gonzaga, University of San Diego (private one not UCSD), Pitt, Arizona State.
If they are choosing a non impacted major then their local Cal state or ones other than SJSU, Cal Poly SLO or SDSU (unless they are choosing an easy major and live within the service area). Community college and scrambling for internships, gig code work, start ups for engineering kids that don’t have perfect GPAs.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 22:42
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
I have one! Life is a little tougher for my average kid. Things are more stressful, they need more downtime, they take things more personally. But they love their sport and they have a small good friends. I’m a little worried about their future, but I keep it to myself.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 22:08
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
My kid is only a rising junior, but will be sure to bookmark this and come back to it when the time comes. Thank you!
Anonymous
08/18/2025 20:39
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:My average '25er (gpa 3.5, several Cs, no APs or test scores) fell in love with a school with 70% acceptance rate that had the exact right academic program. Applied ED and was accepted with generous merit.
And this is exactly why ALL schools should offer ED.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 20:08
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:College for Awesomely Average Kids on Facebook. Group rules are no weighted GPAs above 3.5 or SATs above 1100.
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+1 on this FB group. Lots of great average kids going having success in the college search! Even getting lots of merit. DCUM is a bubble. Your kid will do great!
Anonymous
08/18/2025 20:07
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
They are enjoying the start of senior year and planning to apply to great colleges like University of Denver and University of Colorado Boulder!
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:44
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Gettysburg full pay - outcomes probably the same as WASP within 10 years - don’t sweat it and let the kid have fun and develop his social skills and eq
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:41
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Anonymous wrote:Those parents aren't on here. DCUM is not for chill people who know that things will work OK without stressing out.
This is for the hyperaware.
I only read DCUM for about a week when I was a new parent. Too many debates, too nasty, and I was already gone from the DMV by then.
Came back for the college forums because where I live now there are hardly any strivers, Ivy applicants, even kids going out of state.
A huge fraction of America's 1500+ SAT students are concentrated in just a few geographies. It's interesting to me to hear people act like being top 1-2% is typical.
+ 1
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:27
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Those parents aren't on here. DCUM is not for chill people who know that things will work OK without stressing out.
This is for the hyperaware.
I only read DCUM for about a week when I was a new parent. Too many debates, too nasty, and I was already gone from the DMV by then.
Came back for the college forums because where I live now there are hardly any strivers, Ivy applicants, even kids going out of state.
A huge fraction of America's 1500+ SAT students are concentrated in just a few geographies. It's interesting to me to hear people act like being top 1-2% is typical.
This is for the hyperaware.
I only read DCUM for about a week when I was a new parent. Too many debates, too nasty, and I was already gone from the DMV by then.
Came back for the college forums because where I live now there are hardly any strivers, Ivy applicants, even kids going out of state.
A huge fraction of America's 1500+ SAT students are concentrated in just a few geographies. It's interesting to me to hear people act like being top 1-2% is typical.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:24
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
My average '25er (gpa 3.5, several Cs, no APs or test scores) fell in love with a school with 70% acceptance rate that had the exact right academic program. Applied ED and was accepted with generous merit.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:22
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
College for Awesomely Average Kids on Facebook. Group rules are no weighted GPAs above 3.5 or SATs above 1100.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:10
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
In VA, lots of normal kids go to the non-flagship state schools like VCU, CNU, UMW, ODU, Radford or smaller privates like Randolph Macon, Hollins, Roanoke, etc.
Anonymous
08/18/2025 19:03
Subject: Where are the parents of average kids at?
Just regular good ole kids. Not all APs. Not championship athletes. Didn't found a nonprofit. Some As, some Bs, maybe even a C or two!
Just enjoying life and being a teenager.
Reading this board, these kids must be dinosaurs. But I know it's not true! So parents of regular kids, check in here and tell me about their (average, run of the mill, non-flashy even!) college plans!!!!
Just enjoying life and being a teenager.
Reading this board, these kids must be dinosaurs. But I know it's not true! So parents of regular kids, check in here and tell me about their (average, run of the mill, non-flashy even!) college plans!!!!