Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:47
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Not if OP is talking about an actual 3.0.
3.0 go to community college no offense. My son had a 3 in AP calculus and 3 in AP Chemistry and that's what I considered a B student. My son despite being extremely bright, he just wants to do the bare minimum and was still getting high 80s/low 90s (on rare occasions). My son goes to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT is okay.
Now straight Bs that's bad.
No....You can go to Radford, ODU, Virginia Wesleyan, etc with a 3.0. The average is higher but the lower quartile is 3.0.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:43
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Not if OP is talking about an actual 3.0.
3.0 go to community college no offense. My son had a 3 in AP calculus and 3 in AP Chemistry and that's what I considered a B student. My son despite being extremely bright, he just wants to do the bare minimum and was still getting high 80s/low 90s (on rare occasions). My son goes to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT is okay.
Now straight Bs that's bad.
huh?
why?
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:42
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Not if OP is talking about an actual 3.0.
3.0 go to community college no offense. My son had a 3 in AP calculus and 3 in AP Chemistry and that's what I considered a B student. My son despite being extremely bright, he just wants to do the bare minimum and was still getting high 80s/low 90s (on rare occasions). My son goes to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT is okay.
Now straight Bs that's bad.
huh?
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:38
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Not if OP is talking about an actual 3.0.
3.0 go to community college no offense. My son had a 3 in AP calculus and 3 in AP Chemistry and that's what I considered a B student. My son despite being extremely bright, he just wants to do the bare minimum and was still getting high 80s/low 90s (on rare occasions). My son goes to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT is okay.
Now straight Bs that's bad.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:35
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:\Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.
Sorry private school mom. A B student is a B student.
Actually I’m a public school mom and I say that because my FCPS kid wouldn’t get into some of the schools private kids do who have certain GPAs. Facts.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:29
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Oh bullshit
Why? Not PP, but this is the case at our school too.
3.0 students are not getting into Tulane, let alone UChicago.
Thus the call for OP to actually specify what GPA they are referring to.
Tulane's ED acceptance rate is almost 70%. It probably goes up to 80-90% for full pay. If you apply ED and can pay full freight, you can be half tarted and they'll let you in.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:29
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Good one! And they're generous with merit.Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:28
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:OP-I think it also depends if it’s public vs private HS school.
We recently moved to VA from NY and never considered private as NY has so many great public schools that have great college placements.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:17
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Oh bullshit
Why? Not PP, but this is the case at our school too.
3.0 students are not getting into Tulane, let alone UChicago.
Thus the call for OP to actually specify what GPA they are referring to.
+1000000
Anonymous
03/26/2026 19:13
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Not if OP is talking about an actual 3.0.
Umm not if op is talking about anything below a 3.8. Those schools are competitive and highly rehective
Anonymous
03/26/2026 18:52
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Oh bullshit
Why? Not PP, but this is the case at our school too.
3.0 students are not getting into Tulane, let alone UChicago.
Thus the call for OP to actually specify what GPA they are referring to.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 18:49
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Oh bullshit
Why? Not PP, but this is the case at our school too.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 18:33
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
The answer if looking for publics and from the DMV area is JMU in Virginia and Towson/UMBC in Maryland. There are tons of others as well, of course, but these are two very popular options. JMU is more of the traditional college experience, but Towson is awesome too if the student doesn't necessarily want rah rah.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 18:33
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
Anonymous wrote:Tulane ED, Northeastern ED, if private high schools. Chicago ED if feeder schools.
Oh bullshit
Anonymous
03/26/2026 18:11
Subject: B Student “Sweet Spot” Well Regarded Colleges and Universities
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