<p>I know that we all try to get our kids into the “best” college possible, but I can’t help but wonder if we sometimes set our kids up for more than they can handle at college.</p>
<p>What colleges have your A/B students found to be manageable? Extra help offered?</p>
<p>If you know anything about the coursework at UDelaware, UMASS Amherst, Towson, Ithaca, Binghamton please let me know.</p>
<p>Good question questbest. I recently read that for a child to have an academically beneficial time at college while still being able to enjoy and partake in athletics and other EC’s that you should look for you child’s ACT/SAT score to be at the very top of the 50% range. (Unless you child is a super driven, extremely organized workhorse)</p>
<p>Actually the most “selective” colleges often are the ones that provide the most support (free tutoring, lots of peer and faculty advising, etc.)</p>
<p>And no school will accept the student if they are not sure that s/he is capable to do the work needed to graduate.</p>
<p>That said, at every single college half of the students graduate at the bottom 50% of their class…</p>
<p>While much is made of SATs as it’s a nice comparable tool and one that colleges use in competing in the selection and rankings game, it is not a good predictor of performance in college. </p>
<p>If I recall correctly- I’m sure someone else on here has the data from college board- SATs only predict freshman grades, and even then they only explain 22% of variance in freshmen grades, with more variance explained by highschool grades and rank.</p>
<p>Have you seen the list of, “A+ Schools for B Students”?</p>
<p>Take a look at the excellent Parents Forum threads for 3.0-3.3 students and B+ students</p>