Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 07:35     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
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Anonymous wrote:I was a C student in high school. My high school ran out of room to house all the high school freshman, so we attended the middle school. So my brain never said "You are in high school, you should care about grades." I languished and didn't do so hot. I graduated with a C average and was placed in remediation classes my freshman year at a small Catholic college. Guess what? All my remediation class professors, said "Why are you here?" I had attended the top high school in my county that had high writing, speaking, and analytical skills. I sailed through college and graduated with a 3.67 GPA in religion, business, and education. Oddly enough, I have told by multiple professors "C students from my high school alma, or most competitive Surburban schools do way better academically than A students from urban and rural schools. There is an inequity in education, and no what is assigned freshman year in my alma matter is what most students take in their college freshman year.

Not really sure what this has to do with what schools accept a B-/C high school student.


An C student at a NOVA suburban school is an A at a DC school. Get it?

Ok?
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Post 01/17/2024 06:42     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
My B-/C+ student got into some of the smaller Virginia publics (Longwood, etc). I would reccomend a smaller school that has supports in place and within a 3-4 hour drive. College is a huge transition and all these people who are reccomending a school a plane ride away clearly do not have kids that have struggles. You need to be able to get there quickly if something goes awry.
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Post 01/17/2024 02:48     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
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ODU. Loved my experience there! Study Abroad and live close to the beach!


NP, YES, the beach. Thats what i have been trying to sell to my kid!! Convinced that she "must" go out of state.


If she's in the ODU range, tell her she hasn't earned the opportunity yo go outvof state.


Good gravy. You are a nasty piece of work.

ODU has a lot to offer and it’s sad that people continue to have such a lousy attitude about it.


I took what the PPs were saying to be more along the lines of saying their DCs aren’t necessarily mature and/or hard working enough for the parent to be willing to financially support them going way out of state.

But I can see where it would also be construed as shitting on ODU
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 00:55     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Shenandoah Univ
Appalachian State
Junior college or community college for 2 years and then transfer. Let not having to live at home be his motivation for getting good enough grades to transfer.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 00:52     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Anonymous wrote:Yale.

George Jr said he was a C student when he said to all the C students of the world that they, too, can become president of the US.


This is silly. He was a C student when C literally meant “average”
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 00:46     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
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Anonymous wrote:I was a C student in high school. My high school ran out of room to house all the high school freshman, so we attended the middle school. So my brain never said "You are in high school, you should care about grades." I languished and didn't do so hot. I graduated with a C average and was placed in remediation classes my freshman year at a small Catholic college. Guess what? All my remediation class professors, said "Why are you here?" I had attended the top high school in my county that had high writing, speaking, and analytical skills. I sailed through college and graduated with a 3.67 GPA in religion, business, and education. Oddly enough, I have told by multiple professors "C students from my high school alma, or most competitive Surburban schools do way better academically than A students from urban and rural schools. There is an inequity in education, and no what is assigned freshman year in my alma matter is what most students take in their college freshman year.

Not really sure what this has to do with what schools accept a B-/C high school student.


An C student at a NOVA suburban school is an A at a DC school. Get it?
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 00:42     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
ECU
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2024 00:40     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
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Anonymous wrote:College prof here.

There are C students who sincerely care and try or maybe they have difficulties that are hard to overcome. They are genuinely benefitting from college.

There are C students who are smart enough but absolutely not interested in school and are getting a C average because they are earning Ds and Fs in some classes and Bs and As in a few easy ones or ones where they can game assignments or group work. These students hardly come to class and often surface at the last minute or ask for favors from classmates and teachers.

The former are good candidates for smaller schools that form personal relationships with students or ones that have programs like PP mentioned. The later should take time to mature or decide if they'd rather pursue a passion or trade. I say this as someone who watches students waste thousands of dollars each year, many unbeknownst to parents until it's too late.


I think there are more than two kinds of C students. Mine tests off the charts in many areas of strength, but has severe ADHD, very low executive function, and visuospatial processing disorder. This makes some classes, especially the quant-based classes in his business school curriculum, very hard. You're right that he does do well in other types of classes, which you may consider easy, while getting Ds and even an F in the ones that are harder for him. This is not because he doesn't show up. It's because he has challenges. He will graduate with a C+ GPA from a top 25 national university. He will probably struggle to find a job and may wind up in trade anyway. But it's not a waste to us. He is building incredible knowledge and making lifetime connections with bright, hard-working people.


Your kid sounds like the first category the Pp mentioned yet you are being defensive about the second category?
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Post 01/16/2024 23:44     Subject: Re:Are there four year colleges for C students.
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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on the high school. My son went to local very rigorous private. Graduated with a 2.99, admitted to Pitt, F&M, Lafayette, Furman, Sewanee, Indiana, Conn College and a few others I am forgetting. Maintaining a C+ average in college, too, unfortunately, because of his LDs. Incredibly intelligent kid, excelling in some subjects and bombing others. Fortunately, he knows this about himself and has learned to be okay with it. He will have a degree in a year and half and then figure it out from there. But yes, college is possible if he is hard worker and knows his strengths.


Lol yea “incredibly intelligent” but couldn’t break a 3.0 in either high school or college. Ok.


I'm guessing you are not "incredibly intelligent," otherwise you would know that plenty of highly intelligent people get low grades, especially in high school.


Nope. Not all through high school and college they don’t. Especially not nowadays.


Come on now. WTF are you talking about. My kid who has a higher IQ and is very intelligent gets worse grades than my less smart but harder working kid. Were you literally born yesterday?


If your kid has a C average in both high school in college, then no, the kid is not “very intelligent”. I don’t care what some silly test says about his IQ.


How about you just shut up if you can’t offer kind and constructive advice. No need to be so hateful and such a know it all.

-NP


I am offering constructive advice, which is that a student with a C+ average in high school is highly unlikely to do well at most colleges, and probably should aim very low. I also would not invest any money in educating that student at a private college. There is at least a 50-50 chance that the student will not graduate.


Tell me you don’t know a thing about human brain development without telling me you don’t know a thing about brain development. (Hint: doesn’t fully develop until 25)

-Ivy League grad (magna cum laude) who held a lower than C GPA in high school.


I call bullshit. Total bullshit.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 23:15     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
This page loves to break down a B or C student. It’s bonkers. Yes they can go on to do great things and even go to good schools.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 23:02     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Oops, forgot one: University of Cincinnati
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 22:58     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
The gpa depends a bit on what coursework your child took, what school and what scores… but some suggestions:
Temple, Univ of Iowa, Univ of Northern Iowa, Univ of Arizona, Univ of Kansas — if you’re okay with the religious influence, BYU, Catholic, U of Utah,

You have many suggestions for smaller schools but if the student will remain local, you may want to consider Trinity College in DC.

In Md, Salisbury and Frostburg are easier for admissions.

Also,
- If SAT scores are low, consider taking the ACT. A good test score can help an applicant with a lower gpa.


Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 22:57     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Rider and Georgian Court in NJ might work

Slippery Rock or Bloomsburg (now under Commonwealth U umbrella) in PA

A little outside the radius, but you might also look at Springfield College in MA
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 22:22     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Check out the SUNY schools.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 22:20     Subject: Are there four year colleges for C students.
Of course and good luck!! Your kid learned to persist. And, pending a lower maturity level, will likely do fine at many places mentioned. Lots of kids don’t hit their stride until college!