<p>My son is one of those kids with mixed SAT scores and GPA. He has a 3.3 GPA and a 2180 SAT. His ECs are above average. He took a rigourous schedule (4 APs, 6 honors classes) at a top 3 public school in CT. What schools should he be looking at? He prefers bigger schools.</p>
<p>What is his math + CR? If it’s 1400 he still may have trouble at schools with roughly 1400 median (Hopkins, Rice, Emory, Georgetown) because of the grades although those schools could be reaches. What about places like Michigan, Brandeis, Boston College? Is urban like NYU of interest or does he want suburban/rural?</p>
<p>His math and CR is 1450…he likes urban but would be open to anything. Thanks!</p>
<p>Is that his weighted GPA that includes ALL of his classes? If not, what is his weighted GPA that’s on his transcript?</p>
<p>Is money a concern? how much will you spend each year?</p>
<p>Thats the GPA that is on his transcript…money not too much of an issue</p>
<p>NYU, BU, Tulane.</p>
<p>OK…what does he want…</p>
<p>Big sports to watch? Football?</p>
<p>Honors College?</p>
<p>What’s his major?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend NYU for a student who might want “larger schools.”
Yes, it’s a large school, but it has no real campus and no school spirit. Usually those that want big schools want all that goes with that…the full campus experience.</p>
<p>When you say “urban”…do you mean “not rural”? Because many schools are in good-sized cities, but aren’t really urban.</p>
<p>Holy Cross, William & Mary, Richmond.</p>
<p>He definitely would want a school with a lot of school spirit and good sports teams would be a plus. Doesn’t need to be urban but he doesn’t want it to be too rural.</p>
<p>His major would probably be business or econ.</p>
<p>Is BC out of the realm of possibility? I know his GPA might be too low, but what are his chances there?
What about Umiami?</p>
<p>Unless a person is a star athlete, a 3.3 is not going to get you into Michigan.</p>
<p>Patriot League schools-Holy Cross, Lafayette, and Lehigh have very good school spirit. HC’s school spirit tranlates into one of the nation’s highest alumni giving rates at 54%.</p>
<p>*He definitely would want a school with a lot of school spirit and good sports teams would be a plus. Doesn’t need to be urban but he doesn’t want it to be too rural.</p>
<p>His major would probably be business or econ.</p>
<p>Is BC out of the realm of possibility? I know his GPA might be too low, but what are his chances there?
What about Umiami? *</p>
<p>Looks like he wants Div I-A sports/football. BCS kind of schools??? Is that true?</p>
<p>BC is iffy. It has a 30% admit rate. 80% are in the top 10% of their class.</p>
<p>However, BC can be a reach school.</p>
<p>Since he has the GPA issue, you son needs a good mix of reach, match, and safety schools that fit his parameters of good B-School, big sports, not rural, etc.</p>
<p>What are some safety schools that fit those req’ts?</p>
<p>I think that because schools care somewhat more about scores than grades it’s hard to tell. 1450 is at the 75th percentile for Boston College, so I don’t see why BC isn’t pretty possible. Maybe it would be called a low reach.</p>
<p>With a 1450 SAT your son could succeed anywhere mentioned so far if he was willing to put in the work. It’s hard to know what a raw GPA score of 3.3 means because almost everyone uses weighted. Do you know class rank perhaps?</p>
<p>Since he likes larger schools, a top public is probably the way to go if he can get into somewhere like UVA, Illinois, Wisconsin, UNC. Good grades will likely be easier to come by at these rather than a private, especially initially. My friends who went to UNC were surprised it was easier to get an A as a Freshman than it had been in AP classes in high school, but that obviously varies a lot by school.</p>
<p>“…UVA, Illinois, Wisconsin, UNC. Good grades will likely be easier to come by at these rather than a private, especially initially.”</p>
<p>And your proof of this is a few friends who went to UNC?</p>
<p>“I think that because schools care somewhat more about scores than grades it’s hard to tell.”</p>
<p>Hitch123: Publics like Michigan, care much more about grades than scores.</p>
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<p>If anything, I’d say the opposite is the case (schools tend to care more about grades and rank than scores). Note the growing number of test-optional schools. I think we’ll wait a long time before we see selective grades-optional schools.</p>
<p>It is very hard to get into UNC as an OOS student…especially without a strong GPA to go with the test scores.</p>
<p>How about:</p>
<p>UConn
Pitt
Penn State UP
Syracuse
UGA
Florida
U Miami (FL)
Ohio State</p>
<p>West Virginia University, College of Business & Economics </p>
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