also look at U of Maine at Orono. It’s got 90+% acceptance rate AND it has tuition-matching program, so you’d pay about what you’d pay for your in-state college. It’s a pretty school in a beautiful state.
Other schools with really solid academics that take below 3.0 averages with decent FA include–
- Wheaton in Massachusetts (14% below 3.0 average)
- U of Maine at Orono (23% below 3.0 average)
- Beloit (cheap school and 25% below 3.0 average -- also a fun school)
- Drew U (17% below 3.0 average)
- Muhlenberg (21% below 3.0 average)
- Fairleigh Dickinson U -- Florham campus -- http://view2.fdu.edu/campuses-and-centers/florham-campus/ (34% below 3.0 average)
- Ursinus (30% below 3.0 average)