<p>Are there ANY good schools out there who will accept people whose averages are between 80-85. Is there ANYONE in this board that does have averages between 80-85. </p>
<p>I have been so upset and scared I'm not going to get into college and it bothers me that people just say "oh go to community college." I am not going to cc thanks!, and I'm pretty sure I'll get over 100 views with no reply on this topic.</p>
<p>There are more than 2500 colleges in the United States.</p>
<p>While collegeconfidential focuses mostly on the first tier and second tier schools, almost all of the third tier schools and even many schools at the low end of the second tier accept students with your statistics.</p>
<p>Additionally, some of these schools, due to their ability to be less selective in who they admit, occasionally offer financial aid packages as incentives to entice students with pretty good statistics to their schools.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, also, that a 80-85 average in a regular course which is a B- to B average is not treated the same when it is achieved in an honors course--and especially not treated the same when achieved in an AP or IB course.</p>
<p>In these cases the college might treat the 80-85 as an A- or A average for purposes of admittance--realizing that you were taking a much tougher courseload than your peers. </p>
<p>I would do the following if I were you:
If you took any honors courses, post your grades on here and we'll try to figure your "weighted" GPA for you and suggest some colleges. </p>
<p>If you didn't take any honors, figure your GPA yourself, then get a copy of the U.S. News and World Report College Issue (you can get it at any bookstore), and look in it for National Universities (low 2nd tier--schools ranked 95 or higher (I think they go from 95 up to 116 or so), or 3rd tier schools). Look in the back of the magazine under the states where it describes each school. Look at what their average admission GPA and SATs are and compare these to your expected scores.</p>
<p>Also look at what most of the students major in at these school, and try to find schools that focus on your major. Then go to the schools' websites and try to get a feel for which of these schools you might be interested in--and apply there. </p>
<p>Be sure to pick a few schools that match your GPA and test scores, a few that are going to be a bit tough to get into (but not outlandishly so), and pick one or two that you should be almost "guaranteed" to get into. Also, consider your local state schools, since they normally cost the least. For example, here in California, we have three sets of state schools--the University of California campuses, the Cal State University schools, and the community colleges. You can only get a four-year degree from the first two groups of schools, but the system is designed so that anyone who does well in the community colleges gets into one of the other two systems.</p>
<p>Which brings up my last point: Don't be so quick to be critical of the community colleges. I know someone who was accepted to an Ivy league school, but his family couldn't afford it, so he went to a community college then transferred and graduated from a Cal State and later on went on to get his MBA from UCLA. His total cost of college tuition (for all 6 years) came to a total of about $15,000. Many prestige colleges charge that much or more for one semester. </p>
<p>You can do the same, just don't give up hope--and do the work to research the schools that are a match for you. There is one that will be perfect for you (and more than one that will be glad to accept you as a student at their school).</p>
<p>Best of success.</p>
<p>P.S. Realize that a B- (2.7 GPA) to B (3.0) GPA, averages to a 2.85 GPA overall. If you took even 8 semesters of honors, your weighted GPA will probably be about a 3.15 GPA, which will possibly get you into some great schools like the University of Oregon, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, and Xavier University in Lousiana, and Evergreen State University in Washington. Be looking for schools like these.</p>
<p>There are plenty of schools that will accept a B student. Try reading the book "Colleges That Change Lives" by Loren Pope.</p>