<p>Hypothetically speaking, do kids with only about a 3.0 GPA overall, A few honors and AP courses, nice, but not outstanding recommendations, and about a 2100 composite S.A.T score ever get into competitive colleges? If not, what schools do take kids with similar statistics?</p>
<p>community colleges :p</p>
<p>Don't have them on this board, so we can't say! :D</p>
<p>(btw those stats are actually pretty above average)</p>
<p>Well I'm probably going to case western with...</p>
<p>a 3.84 weighted/3.7unweighted gpa
1850 SAT/28 ACT
close to no extracurriculars
as you said "nice reccomendations</p>
<p>I'm pretty average, besides gpa. So yes. There's me :D</p>
<p>none of these stats are average! I would look at schools in the 25-75 range on US News Guides as a starting point and be sure to check out the liberal arts colleges as well as universities.</p>
<p>2100 is an excellent composite (depending on how it is broken down)</p>
<p>dude, 2100 is not average. average is actually around 1500 out of 2400. 3.0 is above average too! and most "average" kids don't even take any honors or ap courses? what kind of "average" are you talking about? lol because those aren't average stats</p>
<p>They go to state colleges, many of which are fairly "open access" in their philosophy (that is, take a decent college prep curriculum in high school, and you will be accepted). There are also numerous liberal arts colleges that aren't terribly selective, but still offer a wonderful college experience for students who aren't necessarily academic standouts.</p>
<p>This type of student is very underrepresented on this website, obviously.</p>
<p>A UC if you're in california, or a CSU</p>
<p>state colleges</p>
<p>ditto pongo</p>
<p>My mom says that if i don't get into UCLA or higher schools, we're goin' back to...my namesake...</p>
<p>That kinda sucks 'cause I got 3 B's this year, two of them being 89.4%...</p>
<p>Well, only time will tell</p>
<p>i love how people here think 3.5 and 1900 are average.</p>
<p>average kids- 2.7 GPA. 1600 SAT.</p>
<p>usually go to either community college or low state schools.
i live in LA, and most kids in my school are either going to the local CC of Cal State Northridge.</p>
<p>eh..a 3. 0 student with a 2100? that makes me feel dumb. cuz i have a higher gpa but low sat.</p>
<p>UC Davis! I hear they have great parties and a lot of hotties there.</p>
<p>3.0 and 2100 is above average. but yeah, the "average" people at my school go to the lower UCs or CSUs.</p>
<p>the OP is speaking relatively. Compared to many here, those are average. Its not that these are by any means bad, its just that many members are overachievers and are undermining what is usually a 'good'</p>
<p>And with a 3.0 and 2100, you can well step into a very good top 40 ranked college...</p>
<p>Ummm a 2100 is not an average score. You're ideas of average must be so skewed by CC. No way is 2100 an average score. An average SAT composite is probably around 1200-1700. My brother is an average students and from his PSAT scores is in that range. An average score on the SAT is around 500, give or take a little on each side. </p>
<p>These students generally go to smaller LACs or state colleges.</p>
<p>I don't know what the definition of average student is, but in California, they probably go to:[ul][<em>]community college
[</em>]CSUs other than Cal Poly SLO and SDSU
[<em>]maybe Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State
[</em>]HBCUs
[<em>]if students have money, LACs and other privates other than USC, Stanford and the Ivys, as well as oos public schools[/ul]There is data on the net that in 2004 (I don't know if this is 2003-04 or 2004-05), out of 343,481 public hs school graduates and 30,955 private hs graduates in California:[ul][li]26,333 enrolled in UCs [/li][</em>]38,877 enrolled in CSUs
[li]120,322 enrolled in community colleges[/ul]<a href="http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/OnLineData.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/OnLineData.asp</a></p>[/li]
<p>I don't know any California agency that tracks data like this for private or oos colleges.</p>
<p>California students really can end up anywhere in the country!</p>