Collegeboard Lies?

Applying to College
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<p>I am so utterly confused.
I have a low gpa (2.0) thus I have counted on collegeboard to ROUGHLY match where I could potentially get accepted. </p>

<p>On the collegeboard website it says that Long Island University has:</p>

<p>9% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
12% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
8% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
17% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
32% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
19% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
3% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99</p>

<p>On the Long Island University it says that high school applicants need a REQUIRED minimum GPA of a “solid B, 82-85, 3.0”</p>

<p>First I thought I read it wrong. Meaning that the criteria given on the collegeboard website was an overview of freshman students in the college already accepted. However it says H.S. = High School</p>

<p>A full 19% has a gpa between a 2.0 and 2.5, when the required GPA is a 3.0? I’m confused.</p>

<p>I thought this was a school that I could potentially match to, but apparently I’m not even eligible to apply. Please fill me in and help me.</p>

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<p>You should apply anyway.</p>

<p>What CB saying is that a Normal applicant should have 3.0 gpa. the lower tier gpas might be reserved for recruited athlites, legacies and URMs, not that sure if LIU has all of them.</p>

<p>BTW, LIU maybe a reach for you, so try Iona, Pace and CUNY also.</p>