<p>Our junior S is not one who, next year at this time, will be agonizing over Pomona vs Whitman, USC vs UWashington, UCLA vs Berkely, soooo....he's not that guy.</p>
<p>What are some decent choices for THIS kid who is working hard to stay above 3.0, and probably can't hope to break 1800 on the SATs? Do you have a nice kid like this? Where are they going, or looking?</p>
<p>The 529 still looks fine, so fortunately he won't have that issue.</p>
<p>Here are some really good schools that he might have a decent chance at: Beloit, Earlham, Knox, Cornell College (Iowa), Kalamazoo, Wooster, Puget Sound, and Willamette. Good luck!</p>
<p>Kansas State and KU require either a 2.5 GPA or a 24 ACT.</p>
<p>Iowa State and U Iowa might also be within range.</p>
<p>Others, not as ‘prestigious’ as the above but still decent schools…Wyoming, Montana State, and Idaho.</p>
<p>The Midwest is filled with LAC’s that would be within range.</p>
<p>What are his interests? Are there areas where he is much stronger than others?
Is this a school that is particularly tough grading or what do you see as the issue?
Are there undiagnosed learning disabilities or is he may be a late bloomer?</p>
<p>Both my kids took a year off, one to do domestic community service the other to volunteer abroad. It can help a lot of kids to take a breather & refocus…</p>
<p>If you have the funds to not need aid for private school. I have heard good things about university of puget sound in case learning issues are a concern. ( & even if they aren’t)</p>
<p>If you are in the west coast you should know about these schools.
[Western</a> Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.wiche.edu/wue]Western”>Save On College Tuition | Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE))</p>
<p>Emeraldkity4: yes, he has a dx’d learning disability, a “reading disorder” and gets extended time. All support avenues explored and in place x years. He’s at a tough private school that does not weight or rank. He’ll repeat the SAT in May, and try the ACT in June, but this is about where he will land with scores and GPA (possibly as high as 3.2) by the end of junior year, most likely. He’s pretty consistent, and works hard. </p>
<p>Even with an LD, colleges will rely heavily on GPA and scores, rigor of the courses, yadayada, especially if the grades are pretty consistent with no crazy ups or downs, and the kid discloses accomodations. The kid still needs to be able to do the work in college, and I believe my kid can, so long as it’s not too rigorous a college. </p>
<p>I’ve seen many other threads for 3.0-3.3 GPAs, but these parents are usually wringing their hands because the kid is pretty darn smart but just not working up to their abilities, as evidenced by their occasionally great grades, and disproportionately high SAT/ACTs.
I’m talking about the kind of kid who IS ALREADY working hard, and this is about where they land, time after time. </p>
<p>He’s a boy, so like many others, he still has some maturing to do, of course. </p>
<p>We’ve got another kid well-launched, a sophomore, at a Top 20 LAC on the east coast. She was a 3.2 GPA, 34 ACT first sitting, 2 varsity sports, who hit her academic stride and made big efforts senior year. Two very different kids, so although this is not our first college search rodeo, it’s a whole different game with this one. </p>
<p>I’ve even changed my CC name for this College Admission Cycle, 2.0…</p>
<p>University of Denver, Depauw, Marquette, any number of Catholic schools. Make sure he takes the ACT as well.</p>
<p>Well, I did get the WUE from NMT; I had a 3.16 GPA when I applied and a 32 ACT(E:30, M: 34, R: 32, S:30). So I’ll end up paying only about $3K, without loans. But I am getting aid from the government, just the WUE itself makes the total cost go down to about $13K. With a 3.18 GPA, I got waitlisted at wooster, so I guess more an more people are applying there.</p>
<p>Westminister in Fulton,Mo maybe?</p>
<p>U of Dayton, most of the “other” OH schools (Akron, Wright State, Kent)</p>
<p>Thank you, all who have responded so far! Davidthefat, as I said this is NOT a kid who will have high test scores, so he’s not like you! Congrats on your success! My kid will take the ACT but I’m guessing he’ll be more in the 25 range.</p>
<p>Hanover, DePauw, Ripon, possibly Hiram</p>
<p>3.0 GPA meets minimum eligibility for CSU for California residents. 3.0 GPA with 25 ACT or 1110 SAT CR+M meets minimum eligibility for CSU for non-residents.</p>
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<p>However, that only applies to non-impacted campuses and majors – impacted campuses and majors have higher standards. The non-impacted (less selective) campuses are more likely to have a larger local commuter student population.</p>
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<p>The Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Monterey Bay, and Stanislaus campuses are not campus impacted for freshmen applicants, although nursing is impacted even at these campuses and business may also be impacted there.</p>
<p>I would say that he would be able to get into pretty much any private LAC in the midwest with the exception of Carleton, Macalaster and Grinnell. I know most of the state schools in the midwest have extensive programs for LD kids too and several of the midwest states have relatively reasonable out of state tuition too. Try doing a search here or on the SAT site for schools that admit a high percentage of applicants. You can do a search by individual states even. Also, you can search by college size, town size, etc.</p>
<p>I will second looking into Cornell in Iowa. It’s a great option for LD kids. Students take one class at a time and that class lasts for several hours (4 maybe) each day. They then only have homework for that one class. It’s a great campus, nice, smaller town too.</p>
<p>University of Cincinnati. Rolling admissions. Apply early, get decision early. Certain schools there (Arts and Sciences, College of Exploratory Studies) will be an almost sure admit with a 3.0 GPA and 25 ACT. </p>
<p>Would have a tougher time being admitted to Engineering, DAAP or Conservatory.</p>
<p>S tested TERRIBLY on SAT, but did very decently on ACT (26 first time, and 29 second time). He normally does not test well.
3.19 GPA, reporting only ACT scores: He got into Lake Forest and OWU in the midwest. I think your son would have a very good chance there. Lake Forest is test optional by the way.
S is like consistent like yours by the way. 9th through 12th grade, 3.19GPA</p>
<p>There are a lot of good suggestions here. If your son is looking for a smaller college environment, I suggest you read the Colleges that Change Lives book as many of the smaller colleges being mentioned are in this book. Good luck! My daughter looked at a lot of these schools, fell in love with The College of Wooster, applied ED and is a very happy freshman.</p>
<p>[Columbia</a> College](<a href=“http://www.ccis.edu%5DColumbia”>www.ccis.edu) might be a good fit. You don’t mention a particular size, but it’s a very small LAC. He could get a lot of personal attention from professors. Class sizes are typically smaller than 25 students. There are also plenty of support services available, for learning disabilities and a variety of other things, including typical freshmen transition issues.</p>
<p>I have a friend whose son has similar stats. He’s super excited about Evergreen State in WA. My daughter and I recently got back from looking at Portland Sate. She loved it. Though won’t be going there because she got better offers else where. Also, you might want to look into some of the UCs and Cal States. His stats sound like they are in the range of some of those schools. Good luck! Since you’ve been through it before, I know you know he’ll find the just right college.</p>
<p>Alll great advice, thanks everyone. Son THINKS he wants a school of around 5,000 undergrads, which eliminates many, many stellar small schools. Looking for that rah rah DI athletic school spirit. But he’ll definitely be applying to some of those small schools, anyway.</p>