A+ Schools for B Students
Don't pick a college just because you've seen its team on TV. Hundreds of lesser-known schools deserve a closer look
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Here is a sample of schools, chosen for regional variety,
that accept students with a desire to achieve but less
than stellar grades. The full list of 311 schools is here.
- Bennington College (VT)
- Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
- Coe College (IA)
- College of the Ozarks (MO)
- Drexel University (PA)
- Fisk University (TN)
- Florida State University
- Ithaca College (NY)
- James Madison University (VA)
- Linfield College (OR)
- Millsaps College (MS)
- North Dakota State University
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Oklahoma State University
- Pacific Lutheran University (WA)
- Randolph College (VA)
- St. Anselm College (NH)
- University of Dayton (OH)
- University of Redlands (CA)
- Washington State University
Reader Comments
A+ Schools for B Students
My advise to the foreign student. There are great schools over the USA. For example in California the UC System and CSU system are both good at the undergrade level. The grade level is where the UC system excels. It is just designed that way. The course work is nearly the same for undergrade. If you are an average student, I would advise starting at the CSU system. Working your grades up and then completing a grade program at a good school.
You should consider cost and climate in your school selection. If you have a GPA of 3.5 and a SAT score of 2000 you should find many good schools. Base your school selection based on the program and not on the name of the school. All UC schools are good...UCLA just gets extra mileage from being a large scool in a big city and age and large alumina.
Good luck.
A+ Schools for B Students
I am from India. There are some great schools in India...of course we call them colleges. Grade 1 to 12 is considered school, college is typically undergrad and later. University concept is very different ...in most cases colleges report into universities but function independently. Universities only administer exams, oversee curicula and students would have zero to minimum interface.
Typically no one will advise you to go to college in India. Many Grade Schools in India are very good especially Public Schools (these are really private). But then if you aare ready to pay and live in India...there are equal ones in the USA.
If you like to go to engineering...for the money you will be paying the only ones worth considering are IITs. If you get lucky and get admitted to one of those....you are too good and you probably have received offers from MIT, Cornell, Berkely, Stanford....with a scholarship.
Now here is an option....if you really won't to do medicine.. and cannot find admissions into one of the US schools...then it is worth looking at Indian schools. Try Kasturba Medical College...it has a program geared towards future practice in the USA. They are one of the top 10 schools in India.
I am sure other countries have similar programs. But I assure you that if you go to India as a student...your fellow students will go out of the way to accomodate you...you will join a family not an alumini or club.
Generally, people are good all over the world once hearts open up. American students are weak in theory but Americans in general are more hard working than Asians....of course we compare Americans in general with a group of motivated Asians in America and not all Asians in Asia.
The "Foreign Student" that comes to America to learn, produce, and work for a greater life has every right to out-compete and out-score a Native-born Student. I find it encouraging that a student like myself, that works hard but just can't make those A+ grades consistently can still make it into the top schools that a highly driven and hard-working student can.
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