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<p>Pulling a C/D level grades in high school and/or scoring 15-19 on the ACT is not what most people I know regard as good evidence of being “a highly educated high school student used to challenging work.” </p>
<p>This was the common perception even when such kids happened to graduate from highly rigorous high schools and only had problems in the GPA department. A reason why most C/D-level HS classmates’ parents…even the ones with ample means tended to send their kids off to a local commutable state/city schools. </p>
<p>The common mentality was…if one was a C/D student, the onus was on him/her to prove him/herself by excelling at a local state/city school first…and then consider transferring to more expensive public/private colleges if they did meet that standard, felt the need, and can wrangle admission there.</p>