<p>A 4.0 is an “OK gpa?”</p>
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<p>I’ll have to join you on that thread…</p>
<p>I need to join that too. Did anybody actually start one?</p>
<p>Anyone know anything about Muhlenberg?</p>
<p>Count me in on that thread too. What should we title it?</p>
<p>How about something descriptive like “Good students who cannot score well on standardized tests”? (not very succinct though!)</p>
<p>More succinct might be “Decent GPA/mediocre test scores”.</p>
<p>Okay, here we go! Decent GPA but Mediocre Test Scores thread:
<a href=“Decent Grades but Mediocre Test Scores - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>Decent Grades but Mediocre Test Scores - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums;
<p>Thanks so much for starting it… I will go there now :)</p>
<p>Cpelz…I didn’t mean “OK” as in mediocre…I meant that her GPA is okay but her test scores are low…and that 4.0 is just for this school year…her cumulative un-weighted GPA is more in the 3.75 range… I haven’t computed it lately…I know it is a good GPA , but her test scores don’t match it…on to the other thread…</p>
<p>i understood the 7-8K was for OSU. i was asking where to find info n merit aid at OU.</p>
<p>and we have the 29-30 now. hoping to improve on that, as well.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>lkf725, thanks for starting that thread. That’s the one I needed a year ago. 
But all is well, my D got into a school that should be a great fit and I don’t have to agonize over the SATs/ACTs ever again.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone, for the helpful MidAtlantic suggestions.</p>
<p>As for geography, in our particular case, we will stick to the corridor between Fairfield and Goucher. Roanoke, Wheaton, Hobart and Alleghenny are fine places, but longer drives and, in some cases, snowier weather than my son desires.</p>
<p>Mike W…if you go to the OU site and look at scholarships there is one for OOS students with a 29-30 GPA. Your D should be eligible for that one…It’s called the Honor’s Scholar which is $14,000/year for OOS students with that ACT score and a 3.7 GPA</p>
<p>Yikes, I guess I need to stop pushing OU - D has good grades but she’s not going to have a 29 ACT.</p>
<p>That’s my D Missypie…would LOVE for her to get a 29 so we could get that tuition break. We did visit OSU…took D kicking and screaming…she wanted no part of it…but guess what? We had an excellent tour guide that she fell in love with and consequently she liked OSU much better than she thought she would. She does qualify for some merit aide there with her ACT score…her dad and I feel that OU would be a better ROI for her major though…she is re-taking the ACT in June…we’re keeping our hopes up…</p>
<p>swtcat - can you post a link?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Hi Mike…hopefully this link will do it! You will have to click on Freshmen Scholarships and thenscroll down to the Honors scholarship.</p>
<p>[Scholarships:</a> OU Prospective Students](<a href=“http://www.ou.edu/go2/home/scholarships.html]Scholarships:”>http://www.ou.edu/go2/home/scholarships.html)</p>
<p>Our guidance counselor, like many, strongly encourages applying to at least 5 “reach” schools.
My instinct is that, if your child’s first choice is not a reach, so all you get from achieving the “reach” is a slightly more prestigious degree, then parents should just explain to kids the possible value of the more prestigious degree (and the possible offset of a lower GPA from that school) and leave it up to the student. I am assuming there is not a $ issue.</p>
<p>What do others’ think?</p>
<p>Part of the problem with applying to a lot of “reach” schools is that a reach school is not likely to provide much financial aid. The phenomenon of “admit/deny” may admit students to a reach school, but a school is not likely to provide much, if any merit aid because the student is in the lower half of the applicant pool.</p>