<p>I second khsstitches. If u don't try, u never know. I have been rejected by top-notch colleges in the US...My frens didn't apply to those bcoz they thought they would never get accepted. At least, I tried. I didn't succeed, but I definetely tried.</p>
<p>there are some reasonably good to really good but little-known colleges, mostly lacs but some state schools as well, that can and are willing to offer a place to b students with gpas of around 2.5 to 3.5. i happened to come across a number of such schools when searching on the college guides/websites like collegeboard, princetonreview and usnswr. a couple of dozens from state of north carolina alone sound interesting. any has ever heard of or known someone who's been or going to these schools. they're small colleges, a couple of thousands, liberal arts, small class sizes (20s and 30s), quite beautiful campuses, all about 100 years old. they are:</p>
<p>belmont abbey college, nc
chowan u, nc
high point u, nc
methodist u, nc
greensboro col., nc
unc pembroke
or other small schools in this category in north carolina. really love the natural environment and weather there.</p>
<p>anybody's been there, going there or about to attend, pls share your comments. thanks a lot.</p>
<p>My D will be attending Belmont Abbey in the fall. She had a 3.49gpa weighted I think, at time of application, and her SAT's were 1550 combined.
Beautiful, small, friendly, supportive are the words that come to mind.
We visited UNC-Greensboro. It's also a great place. Very nice, but D felt it was too large for her. I felt a lot of great energy there, and it seems to be very well regarded in NC.
UNC-Pembroke was too close to family, so she didn't apply there. It is more of a commuter campus I think.
UNC- Asheville we visited and it's in a beautiful area. I understand that if a you go to the study center for extra help (it's free of cost, of course), your name is actually forwarded to the professor so that he/she knows that you're going the distance, and you actually get credit for it.</p>
<p>mom0809: thanks a lot for your input.</p>
<p>Heard that High Point is a wonderful school!</p>
<p>the title of this thread is misleading - it should have an important
caveat - if you’re able to pay!</p>
<p>Cause if you can’t, all those wonderful choices will disappear. With
stats like those in my state all that would be available would be
your local community college. So if you don’t have the dough -
this is misleading nonsense.</p>
<p>A few more schools to consider–Wittenberg and Marietta in Ohio, DePauw in Indiana, Lake Forest in Chicago, as well as Loyola/Chicago–there are a lot of good schools out there for B students</p>