<p>Ideas for colleges in the northeast for a boy with 2.9 unweighted gpa, superlative work experience in sports management and a 1200 sat ( Math and verbal)???</p>
<p>Are we out of our minds for applying to
BU ( general studies)
Northeastern
UMass Amherst ( I know they really want a 3.1 but weighted I think he has a 3.01 real close)
U Hartford
U Conn</p>
<p>Any other thoughts or ideas??
Thank you…</p>
<p>St. Michael’s in Vermont. (His stats match a friend of my son’s.)</p>
<p>Have you looked at St Anslem’s or Merrimack? How about University of Vermont, URI or UNH? I know a number of kids who are very happy at Roger Williams in Rhode Island and it’s supposed to be beautiful. If he’s interested in business you could also look at Bryant. You are definitely not out of your mind for applying to the schools listed, though you probably should add a few safer schools.</p>
<p>Alfred University in western NY has a program in athletic training and his stats would in line.</p>
<p>I have second-hand experience from a close friend’s kid with similar stats, altho GPA a little (and maybe an “important” little) lower at 2.8. There is an issue here: 1200 SATs are high in comparison to a below 3.0 GPA. The schools can tend to look at his SAT/GPA combo as “underachieving.” If he can work hard and get that GPA up this term (assuming he’s a senior?) I would really, really recommend it. Also, if there is a trend upward in that GPA over time, I would highlight it. Not trying to be a naysayer here, just forewarning you in the hopes that forewarned is forearmed. My grandS got into UNH with much lower SATs (970) and a 3.0 GPA, instate, good essay and some maturity gained by not going directly to college but having a year working in between. Not sure what were the factors which helped him get a “yes.” So your S’s stats are not the problem, just need to be aware that colleges seem to prefer to see a higher GPA with lower SATs than the reverse.</p>
<p>UMaine, Orono should be no problem at all. There has been a thread discussing this campus if you are not familiar with it. Western New England in Western Mass is another possible. Champlain College in Vermont, Salve Regina. Many kids from our hs with similar stats go to and like Roger Williams in RI. Quinnipiac ?(don’t really know about this one). I would look to such schools for some more safetey and then go for your list.</p>
<p>That superlative work experience in sports management may give him a boost/hook that I don’t know about. So my comments are assuming there’s no boost there. Is this the field he wants to pursue? If so, using his essays to take advantage of that and showing how he would use the schools’ curriculum to fit his goals will be a good strategy.</p>
<p>springfield college has a good sports management program</p>
<p>The school suggestions listed are good. I think rather than quoting the gpa you want to look at if the gpa picked up as a rising trend. A school will be more forgiving if the freshman year stats had a lot of lower grades and then the gpa improved into soph year, and improved some more in the junior year.</p>
<p>St Lawrence in NY? Nice preppy, sporty friendly LAC.</p>
<p>you are all terrific… these continue to be good ideas!</p>
<p>MASS PARENT - if your DS is looking to go forward in any type of sports management and stay in New England - you may want to consider Endicott - Colby-Sawyer - Bridgewater also</p>
<p>also, uconn has gotten to be much more competitve- the average scores are 3.5 gpaand a 1200, so it would be a reach for him. BU would be a huge reach, and northeastern is also a reach.</p>
<p>Do NOT use weighted GPAs to search for colleges. You cannot say , “well their avg. is 3.1 and I have a 3.0 W.” You need to look at your UNWEIGHTED GPA to compare. Just to be extremely safe. I am aware that alot of schools just clump everything together to make themselves look more selective than they really are.</p>
<p>Anyways, thank you for this thread! I have my final list set up, and my GC said it was VERY VERY realistic, considering my stats:</p>
<p>2.7-2.9 UW GPA/1320 (Math + Verbal):</p>
<p>(just using the ones you’ve mentioned):</p>
<p>UConn : reach
UHart: safety
BU/BC: reach
NU: reach
UMass: safety</p>
<p>What do you all think of uri and u maine as safeties under these circumstances???</p>
<p>Mass Parent - from the stats of kids I know (or have seen from my hs), I think UMaine is very safe. DK re URI.</p>
<p>Why not adde more safeties among the other U Mass schools (not just Amherst)?</p>
<p>^^^ They all supposedly have different feels. You cannot just smush all of them just because they’re in the same system.</p>
<p>Maybe (s)he doesn’t like Lowell, or Dartmouth. Or Boston. <em>shrug</em> It happens.</p>