Grande Antilles

Aaviolinist,I hope that the person who said " Nothing " was joking.

yeoldstudent

I used some college search sites to find my top choices. College Board and Princeton Review have good sites and there is a new one called myusearch. They are all free. I like college board and myusearch the best:

Collegeboard:
College MatchMaker - Type of School

myusearch:
myUsearch

Princeton Review
Counselor-O-Matic Academics on The Princeton Review

mom0809

Firsttimelisa: I felt the same way when I was helping my daughter in NC. I looked at all the stats and began to worry. In the end she got into all of them, which leads me to be suspicious about their stats, or....and this may open a whole new can of worms...the NC state schools (except Chapel Hill) are only 1% or 2% Asian American. My daughter is Asian-American. Could that have been a factor?
Anyway, my point really is that the state schools may be easier to get into than you might think. However, I don't know the differences between the SUNY's and the UNC's.

firsttimelisa

He actually likes UNC@Greensboro. If only it weren't so far away!

mom0809

We visited UNCG, and for awhile it was her first choice. It's a beautiful campus. It's highly regarded down south and her high school counsellor couldn't believe that she chose Belmont Abbey over Greensboro.
As for the distance, well, it's something we parents have to get used to.
My son is at U. Rochester (graduating in May), and we live way down south (south of Florida LOL). It took a while to get used to (especially obsessive mom here tracking flights, because he had to make two, sometimes three connections). I understand how you feel about the distance.

Narcissa

of course i was joking. what do u think? "IF they accept you?" since when do community colleges NOT accept anyone? And I'm not saying that B-range students go to Community college either; it was a BIGGGG exaggeration

Grande Antilles

Narcisa I misinterpreted your joke.thought that you said " if they accept you" because his grades were so low that he would not even stand a chance at a CC. Did you see that I posted your joke in your thread.

ohyeahokay

I have a 3.4 gpa and a 30 ACT score...do u think i would get accept into U of I (Urbana) because i have heard that it is getting very competitive now...but it is my dream school to go to

khsstitches

HaoJin is completely accurate. You can't be accepted if you never apply....the scores/stats posted are averages meaning some higher, some lower. You might as well go for it if you are willing to do the application work and pay the $$. If you don't try, you'll never know.

shemp

first post. i have that book though, its pretty good, but after i read it i still had my heart set on NYC, so i'm looking at Eugene Lang

jasonshah

I second khsstitches. If u don't try, u never know. I have been rejected by top-notch colleges in the US...My frens didn't apply to those bcoz they thought they would never get accepted. At least, I tried. I didn't succeed, but I definetely tried.

dconcerned

there are some reasonably good to really good but little-known colleges, mostly lacs but some state schools as well, that can and are willing to offer a place to b students with gpas of around 2.5 to 3.5. i happened to come across a number of such schools when searching on the college guides/websites like collegeboard, princetonreview and usnswr. a couple of dozens from state of north carolina alone sound interesting. any has ever heard of or known someone who's been or going to these schools. they're small colleges, a couple of thousands, liberal arts, small class sizes (20s and 30s), quite beautiful campuses, all about 100 years old. they are:

belmont abbey college, nc
chowan u, nc
high point u, nc
methodist u, nc
greensboro col., nc
unc pembroke
or other small schools in this category in north carolina. really love the natural environment and weather there.

anybody's been there, going there or about to attend, pls share your comments. thanks a lot.

mom0809

My D will be attending Belmont Abbey in the fall. She had a 3.49gpa weighted I think, at time of application, and her SAT's were 1550 combined.
Beautiful, small, friendly, supportive are the words that come to mind.
We visited UNC-Greensboro. It's also a great place. Very nice, but D felt it was too large for her. I felt a lot of great energy there, and it seems to be very well regarded in NC.
UNC-Pembroke was too close to family, so she didn't apply there. It is more of a commuter campus I think.
UNC- Asheville we visited and it's in a beautiful area. I understand that if a you go to the study center for extra help (it's free of cost, of course), your name is actually forwarded to the professor so that he/she knows that you're going the distance, and you actually get credit for it.

dconcerned

mom0809: thanks a lot for your input.