<p>Great info on this thread! Just wondering has someone talked about good school for that GPA range in the WEST. Like Washington state, California, Colorado , Idaho , Arizona? Looking for school in these areas for a boy in that GPA range. SAT’s 1400 haven’t taken the ACT yet.</p>
<p>Keene State - Average GPA is 3.0 and average SATs are 880-1180. I am not sure how a 20 ACT relates to the SATs but your daughter’s GPA is above the avergage. </p>
<p>Mount Saint Mary College - Average GPA is 3.1 and ACT averages follow:
ACT English 25th-75th percentile range: 16-22
ACT Math 25th-75th percentile range: 17-23
ACT Composite 25th-75th percentile range: 18-23</p>
<p>tjmoment’s query reminds me that I wish CC had granted our requets to turn this into a subforum, with regional categories. The great success of this thread shows how badly it is needed–but has produced a length that makes it very hard for someone to quickly see the suggested schools in one particular region (especially outside the Northeast).</p>
<p>MaryAnn C, a 20 ACT is equivalent to SAT 940-970</p>
<p>There are California, Mass, and New York subforums.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/state-forums/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/state-forums/</a></p>
<p>MaryannC, based on when my son applied (hs '07) PC was definitely harder to get into than Stonehill. Both are good schools, though. DS was admitted to PC with no scholarship money, he was admitted to Stonehill with an offer of their Honors program and $18k/year merit money. He decided not to attend either school because they were too close to home.</p>
<p>SAT - ACT Concordance Tables:
<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/act-sat-concordance-tables.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;
<p>Also, from Stonehill’s website:
Stonehill Admission Stats:
<a href=“http://www.stonehill.edu/Documents/Planning%20and%20Institutional%20Research/CDS/CDS_0910_Section%20C.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stonehill.edu/Documents/Planning%20and%20Institutional%20Research/CDS/CDS_0910_Section%20C.pdf</a></p>
<p>From Providence’s website:
PC Class of 2013 Academic Profile
<a href=“http://www.providence.edu/net/Class-of-2013--Student-Body-Profile.pdf[/url]”>http://www.providence.edu/net/Class-of-2013--Student-Body-Profile.pdf</a></p>
<p>tjmoment, can you tell us more about your son’s interests, size of school wanted, etc.? I can recommend University of Oregon as a great school with strong school spirit and a beautiful campus for students in this range (although they are getting more competitive every year). Arizona State and University of Arizona are also within reach of students on this thread. There are many others that might work, but would like to know more about your son to provide further ideas.</p>
<p>"Great info on this thread! Just wondering has someone talked about good school for that GPA range in the WEST. Like Washington state, California, Colorado , Idaho , Arizona? Looking for school in these areas for a boy in that GPA range. SAT’s 1400 haven’t taken the ACT yet. "</p>
<p>My S has a 2.9 gpa and a superscore of 1550 on the SAT (waiting for 11/7 scores). He has applied to the following schools, ALL of which are match/reach according to stats, which is why there are so many - we want to make sure he covers all options!</p>
<p>ASU
UofA
Northern AZ U - accepted (!)
Oregon State
University of Oregon
Chico State
Long Beach State
University of Hawaii
University of Nebraska
University of Kansas (should be safety - guaranteed OOS at 2.5 core curriculum)</p>
<p>reaches:
Indiana U
Michigan State
Ohio State</p>
<p>others we looked at but he didn’t apply to included Washington State, Colorado State - Fort Collins, Boise State, and Kansas State. We are instate California.</p>
<p>If you look at the common data for each of the schools, you will see that your son is within range at most. </p>
<p>FWIW, my S did way better on SAT than ACT - retook ACT in October and got the exact same score (20) as before.</p>
<p>And I agree, there definitely should be a subforum for us!</p>
<p>3.4 on this quarters progress report! Of course that includes an A in “Physical Conditioning”…The best part is, he seems really psyched to improve it by the next one.</p>
<p>^Isn’t it great when they get good news and that positive feedback loop of confidence gets going?</p>
<p>Shrink, congrats! I found that success breeds success, by instilling both confidence and a desire to repeat the success. Of course, in my son’s case, offering cash incentives did not hurt–my wife originally was skeptical, but our son eally got into keeping score of how much money he had won and the videogames, etc he bought with itserved as academic trophies.
I am not sure it was ideal parenting, but the 3.75 for junior year might not have been achieved if we had spent 5 times that on tutors (which would have produced 50 times the arguments).</p>
<p>^Thank You! FWIW, we did/do financial incentives too. For my son; never needed it for my daughter. At first he wanted the money, but he doesn’t really ask about it anymore, at least until he wants something.(often video games… hmmm… “Assasin’s Creed” release is tomorrow think…)</p>
<p>LOL–Assassin’s Creed came out today and he has it with incentive $! He doesn’t ask for the cash; he just keeps a total in mind and enjoys knowing that he can order things without any static from us when they arrive. Fortunately, he is not a big spender (or maybe unfortunately–perhaps he could have gotten a 4.0).</p>
<p>I hope some good college news is headed your way shortly.</p>
<p>My DS, high school class of 2013, asked for an xBox 360 for Christmas. With a PS2 and a Wii at home I let him know that I didn’t think it was neccessary to bring yet another gaming system into the house. Then he brought home his quarter report card. He has a 3.0 but I told him if he brings two Bs up to As and one C up to a B and none of his other grades fall by the week before Christmas break he can have the 360. I too never needed such incentives for my girls but they are different animals.</p>
<p>XBox 360 FTW! (and we have a Wii and a PS3 too…)</p>
<p>This is a thank you to a bunch of smart, delightful strangers as I head out tonight to my first college meeting at D’s school (she’s a Junior). We’re dealing with a bunch of issues (LD, low test scores, not tons of EC’s, etc.) but thanks to lurking on this board for the better part of the fall, I feel like I could run the conversation myself! (I’ll try not to look smug and overly calm. Could lose friends that way). I’m sure I’ll return again for specific questions and comments, but for now–thank you! thank you! thank you!</p>
<p>Historymom, best of luck to your son! One warning: Xbox 360 is so popular because kids can talk other kids they are playing with–this can lead to your hearing a lot of excited yelling, sometimes at inconvenient times! Our generation had overseas pen pals; this generation has overseas partners in shooting monsters (while our generation has moved on to overseas kids we give CC advice to).</p>
<p>ACS, I hope your GC appreciates your ability to add 50 good schools for 3.0-3.3 kids to his list! If we start seeing more Georgia posters, we will know you are spreading the word that Northerners have some use after all!</p>
<p>Yup, my S will be playing games online with his 360 and start talking. I always look up thinking he is talking to me if I am in the room.</p>
<p>And you can “do” facebook now, and watch Netflix “with friends” too. Hmmm… I wonder if the parents on the 3.5+ GPA threads know as much about Xbox live…</p>
<p>LOL, Shrink!</p>