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Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:46 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

Why not JMU?

JMU is a B+/A admit.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:46 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone speak to the merits of Longwood and CNU?

My B/B+ student is interested in them but doesn't want to miss out on the classic college experience!

A friend from grad school went to Longwood for undergrad and loved it. Definitely a real college experience.

CNU also a real college experience. DC didn’t like it after visiting as much as some other because the buildings, while beautiful, felt kind of like grand hotel spaces rather than a cozier feel (DC’s words), and DC just couldn’t really picture being there. Seems like a solid choice, though.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:45 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

VCU is a real and interesting school with reasonable admissions standards, yes. The rest of those schools bite.

Sorry, what? The rest of those schools are good to very good, especially George Mason, Mary Washington, and CNU. Grow up.
DP

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:11 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone speak to the merits of Longwood and CNU?

My B/B+ student is interested in them but doesn't want to miss out on the classic college experience!

I have a timing relative that went to longwood and graduated a few years ago. Definitely a real college experience with Greek life, dating, gojng into town for fast food etc. it’s a pain to get to. But he did well and has a good career now. I’d note that he had a lot of friends that struggled and a few that dropped out. The school provides good support but the flip side of accepting lots of kids with mixed academic records is that some of them are just not that into college or are not sufficiently mature for it.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:07 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

to schools where they are going to have the best years of their life, meet the best people and go on to be very successful.

Nobody is going to give a crap where they went to school after their first job. Only the parents will tell everyone until they die that johnny went to harvard.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:04 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

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Anonymous wrote:Jesuit colleges and universities that aren’t Georgetown or BC. Excellent and practical educations that lead to great careers after a fun four years.

Agreed…Marquette, Xavier, fordham, Gonzaga, the Loyolas, depending on what they want out of it.

Im not OP but am in a similar situation and am struggling a little. Like Marquette has an average admitted student gpa of 3.6 — that’s more as than bs so not really a B average student. (And that 3.6 includes the hooked students, athletes etc.). I know everyone says there are lots of options but …. It’s not quite that easy.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 21:01 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Can anyone speak to the merits of Longwood and CNU?

My B/B+ student is interested in them but doesn't want to miss out on the classic college experience!

Anonymous

08/05/2025 20:56 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:Quality LAC’s that many top students overlook- Ohio Wesleyan, Earlham, Wofford, Rhodes, Wooster, Centre, Hendrix, and the list goes on…

Without some hook, neither Rhodes nor Centre are likely to admit. OWU and Wooster more likely. Visited all four of those with my recruit but ended up elsewhere. Don't know much about the others but those four are all great options.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 20:38 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

agree

Anonymous

08/05/2025 20:22 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is an A student (uw 4.0) and top choice is currently Mary Wash. It’s a great small school. Size is right for DC, they have strong programs in areas of interest, DC has spent time on the campus for a summer program and loved the grounds and facilities, has talked to several professors and really liked them. The price is great at DC’s stats would get automatic merit aid. Just because B students can also get into doesn’t make it a bad school.

FWIW, second choice is currently U of Richmond but we can’t afford it without a hefty chunk of aid, and UR isn’t known as being super generous.

I’ve been pushing W&M, which DC has the stats to be a target, but they don’t like it nearly as much as the other two.

It’s great that VA has so many public and private options.

Mary Washington is an amazing school that doesn’t get much love on this site. I’m an alum and proud of it. I went on to grad school at a more prestigious university, but Mary Washington was a much better experience.

It’s high on DC’s list. So happy to hear this!

Anonymous

08/05/2025 19:31 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

If you’re on FB, there’s a group called something like: College Admissions for Awesomely Average Kids. The group is specifically for kids with under 3.5 weighted GPAs & 1100ish (or less) SAT scores.

Lots of good info on colleges that readily accept kids with these stats. You can search the page for your kid’s GPA to find “results” posts from previous cycles (note: for some schools, like JMU, they admit OOS kids with way lower GPAs than NoVA kids. So shoot your shot, just something to be aware of)

Anonymous

08/05/2025 19:19 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

What GPA range is a B student? I always thought of it as being someone with more Bs than As (ie below a 3.5 UW). But some of the schools mentioned here, like the Jesuit schools, if you look at the common data set, don’t accept many students below 3.5 UW.

Crazy that when I graduated mid-90s with a 3.6W I went to a T50 LAC, but seems like these days I’d be aiming for a 90% admit rate school or CC.

Anonymous

08/05/2025 19:07 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

VCU is a real and interesting school with reasonable admissions standards, yes. The rest of those schools bite.

Lol - my rising senior at one of those schools just finished up his summer internship (for the third summer in a row) and has a job offer up on graduation.

So?

So those schools don't "bite."

Anonymous

08/05/2025 19:04 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

VCU is a real and interesting school with reasonable admissions standards, yes. The rest of those schools bite.

Lol - my rising senior at one of those schools just finished up his summer internship (for the third summer in a row) and has a job offer up on graduation.

So?

Anonymous

08/05/2025 19:02 Subject: Where do the "B" students go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are thousands of colleges. What state are you in?

Virginia.

ODU
Radford
Longwood
VCU
Mary Washington
George Mason
CNU

VCU is a real and interesting school with reasonable admissions standards, yes. The rest of those schools bite.

Lol - my rising senior at one of those schools just finished up his summer internship (for the third summer in a row) and has a job offer up on graduation.