Anonymous
Post 01/23/2021 08:31     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know nothing about private school grading and how it translates to the college admissions realm, but check out St. Lawrence if she's looking for a small liberal arts school in New England.


St. Lawrence is not in New England. It is in NY.


I realized after I wrote that I shoudl have clarified. While it is not technically in New England, it is comparable in many ways and draws mostly New Englanders. (I am an alum)
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2021 08:26     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:My kid graduated with 3.0 from one of the big 3 private schools, and got rejected by UVA. He spent a year at NVCC, got a 4.0 there. He transferred to UVA after his freshman year via the Guaranteed Admission Program. He is now a junior at UVA with a 3.9 GPA there.

He said that classes at the big 3 private schools are much harder than UVA. Classes at NVCC are ten times easier than classes at the big 3.


I have been debating sending my kid to NVCC partly just to see his "Big 3" go apoplectic. In the years we have been at this school, not once have I seen community college on the matriculation list. We are so disappointed with the our kid's results so far (no acceptances yet), that I am about to say forget it and do CC for a year then figure it out. I think the school will not even know what to do with themselves. How did they react when your kid did that?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2021 08:13     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:I know nothing about private school grading and how it translates to the college admissions realm, but check out St. Lawrence if she's looking for a small liberal arts school in New England.


St. Lawrence is not in New England. It is in NY.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2021 08:11     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:There are a few good options in the Mid Atlantic and even more good options in the Midwest. Check CTCL.org.

Goucher, Washington, Allegheny, Juniata, Knox, Earlham, Beloit, Kalamazoo, Lawrence, Denison and Ohio Wesleyan come to mind.

Some of those may be too selective or too hard once you're there. But you may be able to find a decent fit at some of them.


+1

But not Denison, too much of a reach.

Consider Ursinus.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2021 07:27     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
My kid graduated with 3.0 from one of the big 3 private schools, and got rejected by UVA. He spent a year at NVCC, got a 4.0 there. He transferred to UVA after his freshman year via the Guaranteed Admission Program. He is now a junior at UVA with a 3.9 GPA there.

He said that classes at the big 3 private schools are much harder than UVA. Classes at NVCC are ten times easier than classes at the big 3.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 19:23     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:Is she at a Catholic HS? If so, Catholic colleges tend to understand students coming from Catholic HS. My DS is in a tough Catholic HS. The average GPA is an 88%. He's right around there. Anyway, check out schools like Xavier, Manhattan, Lasalle, Loyola MD, etc.


Don’t forget St. Joseph’s University in Philly.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 17:56     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
+1 for CTCL. Maybe consider borrowing or purchasing a used copy of the book to learn about the philosophy and the various schools.

https://ctcl.org/category/college-profiles/
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 17:21     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Providence
Dayton
Ohio Wesleyan


You need higher grades for Providence.


Not true from our school's naviance (zero rejections, even kids with below a 3.0).

OP, a private school with very tough grading and no weighting, where really smart students get Bs/Cs, will have different GPA admissions statistics than the local public schools. (For example, some prep schools' median GPA for HYPS admitted kids is 3.8). You cannot get your information from random sources like this. You have to talk to your college counselor and look at your school's scattergrams on Naviance. GPAs are not apple to apple comparisons because schools grade so differently. The same GPA can be "likely admit" from HS A, but "no shot" from HS B.



If you want that excuse what about SAT and AP results?
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 14:18     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
There is a reason colleges and universities have regional admissions officers === because it is their job to know the fine points of each school in their region. An admissions officer that serves this region (i.e. visits your child's HS) should know how that school grades and what it means to their admissions.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 14:01     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:There are a few good options in the Mid Atlantic and even more good options in the Midwest. Check CTCL.org.

Goucher, Washington, Allegheny, Juniata, Knox, Earlham, Beloit, Kalamazoo, Lawrence, Denison and Ohio Wesleyan come to mind.

Some of those may be too selective or too hard once you're there. But you may be able to find a decent fit at some of them.


The average GPA of Juniata admits if 3.76
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 13:54     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Providence
Dayton
Ohio Wesleyan


You need higher grades for Providence.


Not true from our school's naviance (zero rejections, even kids with below a 3.0).

OP, a private school with very tough grading and no weighting, where really smart students get Bs/Cs, will have different GPA admissions statistics than the local public schools. (For example, some prep schools' median GPA for HYPS admitted kids is 3.8). You cannot get your information from random sources like this. You have to talk to your college counselor and look at your school's scattergrams on Naviance. GPAs are not apple to apple comparisons because schools grade so differently. The same GPA can be "likely admit" from HS A, but "no shot" from HS B.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 09:41     Subject: Re:B/c student-college ideas
I know you said east coast and mid Atlantic but my dd is very happy at College of Wooster. There are lots of small LAC’s in Ohio. She looked at a lot of the ones mentioned here in Ohio and PA but liked Wooster the best. You also may want to consider Ithaca College, Susquehanna, Elon (if the school is familiar with your high school), Muhlenberg.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 09:20     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
Loyola U of MD
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 08:12     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
SAT or ACT score ?
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2021 08:11     Subject: B/c student-college ideas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:High Point U
Villanova


Definitely not Villanova


Agreed. Definitely not Villanova. And I the kid OP described is not right for High Point. At least, I didn't see her say anything about a lacrosse-playing dude.