<p>Grande Antilles, I think the question is which college will NOT accept a B student with average SATs. </p>
<p>On CC, we're all focused on the most elite schools, but there are MANY more colleges that will readily accept the average student than those that will reject him/her.</p>
<p>Plenty of school will accept a student with these stats. But saying that the CTCL schools are easier to get into is not entirely true. And the work, once there, is challenging.</p>
<p>agreed. many schools on the CTCL list have SAT scores higher than those stated, and higher reported GPAs. There are a million opportunities for B students with 50 or 60 percentile SAT scores, but it can be harder to find them because so much more information is readily available on "top colleges" that is why the CTCL is a good place to look, and from there use websites that will lead students towards similar colleges, or other colleges students have looked at.</p>
<p>I just want to say that if you dream of going to schools like Harvard, you should apply. Anything can happen. I've seen students with 3.1 UW GPA's attend schools like Amherst, Brown, and Dartmouth. :) Good luck.</p>
<p>This is a great thread. My son went to an elite college, my daughter is not the same type of student. She had almost the same stats as the person mentioned in the original post. I felt so alone :-)</p>
<p>She actually got in everywhere she applied...all state schools and two private LAC's. Belmont Abbey College and Guilford College. She absolutely fell in love with BAC, with great financial aid, etc. Like many other less competitive schools, it also has an Honors Institute to attract A students.</p>
<p>The point is the same as everyone else here...there are many schools out there for the average student. It would be GREAT however, if a part of this forum could be dedicated to those schools. Parents and students check this forum not only for "What are my Chances?", and Stats. We also check for inside information. It would be great if students and parents from these lesser-known schools would give their input as well.</p>
<p>I have the same dilemma with child #2. We live in NY and are looking at SUNY. However, SUNY's are iffy with those stats. We visited Cortland last week. They are looking for an 88 average, 1100 SAT or 25 ACT. I'm not sure he can get there! Plattsburgh will probably be OK-not Oneonta. I'm very worried. Any ideas for affordable schools in the NE? We probably don't qualify for any aid, but will have three (stepdaughter also) in school next year. Thank you.</p>
<p>nothing. prepare to fail and go to community college. IF they accept you</p>
<p>I am happy to see this discussion about B students. There are students who are just as talented but their grades dont reflect it. My daughter is an excellent violinist but academically she struggled. She got into several good schools but settled for a small liberal arts school in the southeast. After visiting the school with the professors there and they talked with her extensively, she concluded "for the first time I see myself double majoring in Biology and Violin - the two areas I am passionate about and I dont have to leave one or the other behind." She could never have done that if she had gone to Bard, Carnegie Mellon or Vanderbilt - she would have been steam rolled by more academically gifted and aggressive students instead she found the right enviornment, not a nationally named school but one that for the past five years turned out 100% acceptance into medical school. It always works folks - One does not have to go to Yale or Harvard to be successful. Then again, we need to define success!!!</p>
<p>"nothing. prepare to fail and go to community college. IF they accept you"
Who said so?:D</p>
<p>"nothing. prepare to fail and go to community college. IF they accept you"
this is a very condescending statement. I hope it was not meant that way, but it certainly did come across like that.</p>
<p>Aaviolinist,I hope that the person who said " Nothing " was joking.</p>
<p>I used some college search sites to find my top choices. College Board and Princeton Review have good sites and there is a new one called myusearch. They are all free. I like college board and myusearch the best:</p>
<p>Collegeboard:
College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School</p>
<p>myusearch:
[myUsearch[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Princeton Review
[url=<a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp%5DCounselor-O-Matic">http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp]Counselor-O-Matic</a> Academics on The Princeton Review](<a href="http://www.myusearch.com%5DmyUsearch%5B/url">http://www.myusearch.com)</p>
<p>Firsttimelisa: I felt the same way when I was helping my daughter in NC. I looked at all the stats and began to worry. In the end she got into all of them, which leads me to be suspicious about their stats, or....and this may open a whole new can of worms...the NC state schools (except Chapel Hill) are only 1% or 2% Asian American. My daughter is Asian-American. Could that have been a factor?
Anyway, my point really is that the state schools may be easier to get into than you might think. However, I don't know the differences between the SUNY's and the UNC's.</p>
<p>He actually likes <a href="mailto:UNC@Greensboro">UNC@Greensboro</a>. If only it weren't so far away!</p>
<p>We visited UNCG, and for awhile it was her first choice. It's a beautiful campus. It's highly regarded down south and her high school counsellor couldn't believe that she chose Belmont Abbey over Greensboro.
As for the distance, well, it's something we parents have to get used to. :)
My son is at U. Rochester (graduating in May), and we live way down south (south of Florida LOL). It took a while to get used to (especially obsessive mom here tracking flights, because he had to make two, sometimes three connections). I understand how you feel about the distance.</p>
<p>of course i was joking. what do u think? "IF they accept you?" since when do community colleges NOT accept anyone? And I'm not saying that B-range students go to Community college either; it was a BIGGGG exaggeration</p>
<p>Narcisa I misinterpreted your joke.thought that you said " if they accept you" because his grades were so low that he would not even stand a chance at a CC. Did you see that I posted your joke in your thread. :D</p>
<p>I have a 3.4 gpa and a 30 ACT score...do u think i would get accept into U of I (Urbana) because i have heard that it is getting very competitive now...but it is my dream school to go to</p>
<p>HaoJin is completely accurate. You can't be accepted if you never apply....the scores/stats posted are averages meaning some higher, some lower. You might as well go for it if you are willing to do the application work and pay the $$. If you don't try, you'll never know.</p>
<p>first post. i have that book though, its pretty good, but after i read it i still had my heart set on NYC, so i'm looking at Eugene Lang</p>