<p>oh, lol i guess that means my post wasn’t good lol. Or was it…?</p>
<p>I think my stats are a bit more average or something…</p>
<p>I didn’t want to offend anyone. The point of my post was that I have a 3.1 GPA and am still going against the “CC” grain of trying reach schools and that a 3.1 is still viable for good schools like Fordham. A mod can remove my post if they so choose, I just wanted to post some success for a 3.1 in hope that others can try for good schools as well and not be intimidated by the highly skewed stats of a “normal CC’er”</p>
<p>modestanarchist, congrautulations on your wonderful acceptances. You know that you have 7 APs and that when weighted, you are an A student. This thread is really not a place for you to post. This is one of the few places for true B students and their parents to post without students and parents of A students interjecting. Also, typical B students do not score a 33 on their ACT. Good for you though!</p>
<p>JAJdude, Great news! Congratulations!! You have some wonderful choices!</p>
<p>modest: congratulations on your Fordham acceptance!!; unfortunately for most of the students on this particular thread, Fordham would be a huge (well maybe not huge, but nevertheless) reach…
as a matter of fact, given your ACT score, you could probably apply to even more selective schools…good luck next year!</p>
<p>Northeastmom: Thank you. I’m assuming you know about these schools lol. I want to major in psychology, and if i get accepted into UNC(hopefully) I’ll probably decide between that and NC State.</p>
<p>Which do you think is better. I mean, either way I’ll get involved with the research triangle(which i am so excited about) but im just curious.</p>
<p>Yeah, I depressed myself the other day by going into the ‘Class of 2014 Post Your Acceptances Here Thread’.</p>
<p>If it weren’t for this thread, I’d be feeling like S has no future - if all I had to compare him to were the students over there trying to decide which full ride they’ll take.</p>
<p>JAJude, I don’t want to steer you in any way because I don’t know enough about these schools. I am only a bit familiar with Asheville and Drexel. My son has a good friend who is a junior at Drexel (business major). He loves it!! The neighborhood might be an issue, so you should definitely visit. My son has visited and says that he sees so many police in the area that he feels safe. There must be a reason to have all of the police he has seen around campus.</p>
<p>My son was considering Asheville, but he decided not to apply. We are OOS for this school though. We loved it. I still worry about their graduation rate. I think you should explore that before matriculating there.</p>
<p>You might want to send Packmom a PM. She seems very familiar with NC schools. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Drexel is waaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive.</p>
<p>UNC Asheville is nice, but after hearing more about the Research Triangle, I need something more high-powered and busy. That and i’m quite independednt(my mom was just the credit card hahah)</p>
<p>Im so glad this is almost over. Congrats to everyone else’s children in the thread for their acceptances.</p>
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As someone who has run up against this issue before, can I just get cranky here and say that if this is really a criterion posters have to worry about, then we need to change the title to “New 3.0 to 3.3 (GPA–Weighted), under-2000-SAT, under-30-ACT Parents Thread.” </p>
<p>As a matter of fact, if you read RTR’s original post, he specifically includes “B or B+ students who are fantastic kids and may shine in other areas…test scores…ECs…community service…or whatever” among those the thread is intended for. </p>
<p>There is unfortunately some ambiguity in that first post about the weighted-vs-unweighted thing; on the one hand RTR says “This thread is for parents of kids who have GPAs from 3.0 to 3.3. This would be weighted or unweighted.” On the other he says “Please if your kid has a 3.3 GPA but it’s weighted up to a 4.0, there are many more options open to your child and many more threads at CC for you. This would not be your thread.” The first quote places modestanarchist squarely in the group that’s welcome to the thread, the second pretty clearly asks her to go elsewhere. I know the “sense of the thread” has evolved in the latter direction, but it’s a bit much at this point to expect anybody to read the whole thread; if I were just seeing it for the first time, I’d read the initial post and act accordingly. (It’s really unfortunate at times that CC doesn’t allow post edits after that first brief window.)</p>
<p>hi nc: </p>
<p>RTR could probably clarify; yes, original post was a little ambiguous…probably should have said 3.0-3.3 weighted AND unweighted to actually retain the true nature of the thread…</p>
<p>and we weren’t really trying to chase modestanarchist away from CC; just thought he/she was a little overqualified to be here…not exactly sure why he/she just posted stats without a question (like, please chance me? or give some ideas of more schools?)…</p>
<p>I would second Rose-Hulman. Their 25%-75% SAT is a 1700-2030 per CB, and they have an outstanding reputation for taking solid students and turning them into terrific engineers.</p>
<p>Edit: I’ve also heard Missouri University of Science and Technology has a very good engineering program (and some cool courses with explosives).</p>
<p>I did try to clarify my original post (as nightchef stated, it’s too bad I couldn’t edit it). When I said “weighted or unweighted” I really meant that these kids would have similar weighted and unweighted GPAs because they weren’t the kids taking seven AP classes, etc. I didn’t do a very good job with that first post but did elaborate in a future post, which, as mentioned, can be a bit hard to find in this long thread.</p>
<p>I did specifically exclude test score ranges as well because, as nightchef also stated, these kids do shine in many other ways and test scores are perhaps one of them. A 4.0 weighted kid at our school is a kid that could be going to an Ivy, and isn’t meant to be part of this type of discussion…but fortunately for them, there are many many (many) CC threads for them!</p>
<p>Modest anarchist…schools aren’t looking at you as a 3.1 kid since your weighted average is a 4.0. You would never be compared with a kid who took no honors or APs and had the same grades as you, or a kid who took the same courses as you did and received much lower grades (weighted up to a 3.0 to 3.3). So your results are not really applicable to this group. Congrats on your successes though!</p>
<p>Martina (and all)…just wanted to share that I went to a New Year’s party the other night in my town…which as I’ve mentioned, always seems chock full of students like the ones on CC. However, at this party, I meant dozens of parents with kids at colleges we are discussing here. The entire night, I only met one parent of a kid at a top LAC…the rest of the parents had kids at schools like High Point, Marist, Muhlenberg, and our state flagship. It was very refreshing when I met a parent who was a graduate of a state flagship and told me point blank (and with good humor) that his own son didn’t make it in there. There are plenty of us out there. It’s just that we don’t tend to be the types to broadcast our children’s accomplishments on message boards.</p>
<p>However, I fully intend to post the list of schools to which my son has been admitted when all is said and done, for two reasons: (1) to provide another data point for 3.0 to 3.3 parents, and (2) so that I can get input to help him make a decision, since he doesn’t seem to be any closer to having a preference than he was several months ago!!</p>
<p>RtoR - I also realized the same thing at my son’s New Year’s Eve get together. Most of the kids are applying to what would be considered “average” schools. No one is concerned about prestige. They are just applying to schools that they like. </p>
<p>So while CC has given me soooo much knowledge and we would never have finished so early or cast such a wide net with out it, it has also created some unnecessary paranoia. My son is now 10 for 10. He just smiles as each acceptance comes in because he though that I worried for nothing. I guess he was right. Of course, all those acceptances are good for the ego and he’ll definitely have some great choices.</p>
<p>Just wanted to add a comment about Drexel. I work for a large research based pharma company. One of the VPs of research (who is a worldwide expert in virology) told me recently that the company has had several summer interns from Drexel that have been very impressive. When you conisder the fact that kids from colleges all over NY, NJ, PA, MD, and New England apply for these internships, I think that speaks very highly of the job that Drexel is doing.</p>
<p>While we are pleasantly suprised by all the acceptances DD has gotten, we are amazed at the merit scholarships that have come with some of them. For a 3.1uw and 1830SAT we never expected this but it is wonderful. </p>
<p>However, most of these come with a hook of maintaining a certain gpa. One of her top choices offered a $12K per year but needs to maintain 3.2gpa. Considering she has a 3.1gpa in high school I think it would be dangerous to accept this offer. </p>
<p>Do you think the school knows this and wants to lure you in then have you pay a full-ride? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone have experience with a child not meeting the requirements of a scholarship, what is the process and what happens?</p>
<p>seenitall: welcome to the thread!! as a parent of similar student, I would say that it depends on the college in question…a 3.2 in one school may be easier to achieve than in another…since we don’t know which school you are referring to, hard to give you an answer…</p>
<p>also, is her high school rigorous? is she in the top half of the class with the 3.1? public HS or private? all of these factors can make a 3.1 more competitive and make it very possible that her college GPA could be higher…</p>
<p>The college requiring the 3.2gpa for the scholarship is St. Joe’s. She wants to major in Accounting or Food Marketing. What do you think?</p>
<p>Her public hs is very competitive, one of the top in our state. Her class rank is exacly 50% (180/360). She has taken challenging courses honors and 2 APs this year so she is capable but not always organized.</p>
<p>Any inputs on the grading rigor at these other schools?
LaSalle
Elizabethtown
McDaniel
Scranton
Mt. St. Mary’s (MD)</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>Well I guess my son is a bottom feeder on this thread, but I need guidance. 2.8 GPA on transcripts, but 3.2 for current senior grades and only a 22 ACT.</p>
<p>Here is my dilemma. He was accepted at a private school (Carthage) which would be a great fit for him. Small classes, only 4 courses required per semester, good business program and he is very interested in attending. Our out of pocket would be about $40,000. He was also accepted to a public university - U of Wyoming (10,000 students, 5 course per semester, good business program and minimal interest- this is a conditional acceptance which would require him to participate in some type of first year program with other conditional students. Out of pocket costs $22,000. </p>
<p>So - do we send him to the private and hope for a good first year at big bucks or send him to the public and hope for a good year at half the cost? His academic issues are time management and poor reading skills. Any opinions on where he might have the best success? We want him to try a four year before trying a community college.</p>
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<p>This is how I feel about it. We would not let our children go to a school offering such an award. I guess, if YOU KNOW you could get the same amount in FA, if your kid falls below a 3.2 it might be fine for some families.</p>
<p>Different schools handle losing merit aid differently. I have a friend whose son lost his scholarship. He had very low gpa at the end of freshman year. He sought help from the school and help was provided. They extended his scholarship for one more semester, in my opinion, so that he would stay at this school and not be counted as a statistic in their retention rates (meaning dropping out after freshman year). The plug was pulled mid sophomore year and the parents came up with full freight. It meant borrowing money against their home. Their son did graduate within 4 years. He did switch majors and they are now paying for him to attend an “easier” four year school. He currently commutes and is taking the necessary classes for him to get into a grad program that he’d like. This also means that they have had to now purchase a 3rd car for him to commute (he did not have his own car at the residential 4 year college). This is not an inexpensive situation for them!! It is similar to paying for 6 years of college for this child, IMO (4 years of residential, and 2 years as a commuting student). As soon as she finishes, their younger son begins college. They are trying to look for LESS expensive schools for their younger son.</p>
<p>I have come across a school that allows you “to earn back” your scholarship if you lose it (meaning that the difference in cost parents might pay once the scholarship is lost, can be refunded if the gpa is pulled up to meet the cut off). Frankly, I would not be willing to gamble and fund college with this idea in mind. I think this is a way to keep seats filled at full fare from parents. This idea actually scared me away. My son never applied to that school.</p>
<p>My son has awards at 3 different schools that don’t require anything higher than a 2.0 to keep their merit scholarship. This is not an accident. I researched schools, to shop for schools just like this.</p>