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Posted on 09/25/2009 9:36:57 AM PDT by reaganaut1
What are the college options for a high school student whose transcript has mostly B’s or even C’s, and barely any A’s?
Plenty, according to Ann Goode, an education consultant and former high school college counselor.
“There are some gems that people don’t know about,” she told a packed workshop, titled “Where Can I Go to College? Options for the B/C Student,” held this morning at the annual convention of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
Though aimed at high school college counselors, the workshop was crammed with relevant advice for students and parents — particularly those whose high expectations may have been doused by the cold splash of reality that one’s grades are average (or even less-than-average.)
And yet, Ms. Goode urged counselors to assure families that there are many colleges that provide excellent educations for students in their position.
Among those smaller, liberal arts colleges with a reputation for being flexible with students — as well as providing more individual attention, and smaller classes — Ms. Goode listed Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Il. She also suggested students consider Benedict College in Columbia, S.C.; Fisk University in Nashville; and Texas A & M, in College Station.
Meanwhile, many in the audience had their own recommendations, including: High Point University in High Point, N.C.; Monmouth College in Monmouth, Il, and Carthage College, which has the added allure of a beach-front campus, in Kenosha, Wisc.
Robert Yerkan, a college consultant at Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, Il, reeled off a number of his own favorites, too, including Webster College in St. Louis; the Calumet campus of Purdue University, and Southwest Minnesota State University.
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From my observations the A students go on to be professors and the B students go to work for the C students.
I dunno. Texas A&M isn’t exactly a small college.
That's why I'm not in college now.
Whenever I do, I would really like to go to Utah for their gun laws.
I read where half of self made billionaires have ADHD (C students).
Their secret is that they delegate well (the B students).
Go to your local community college. Do not take a full load of classes. Instead, take only a few, assuring you have all the time needed to study to get straight As. Drop classes prior to the time they will appear on your transcript as something less than an “A” and take them a following semester. You will progress through college more slowly, but you will also be addressing all of the weak areas left from high school.
Virtually all colleges will take you as a transfer student if you have high grades. Universities don’t care about the number of semesters you were at a community college before you transferred, they only care about their current students that stretch out the semesters, making their stats look bad.
We need to question the universal college prep model in the American educational system. There are a lot of jobs that now require a college degree but that don’t require any of the skills a student should learn in college. We are wasting four years and tens of thousands of dollars to train secretaries and low level functionaries. Its an absolute waste of resources. Personally I believe that we need to invest more in vocational and community college type education and not steer as many kids who aren’t college material into a four year program. We need plumbers too.
My kid is an “A” student and she’ll be going to Texas A&M.
Your post reminds me of: Where do Drop-outs of Univ of Florida work? They become professors at Florida State Univ.
You may substitute your favorite Schools!
The sad thing is that today’s B and C student is probably yesterdays D and F student... the curriculum has been so dumbed down.
I totally agree with your point that a student should assess their desire / willingness to go to college. But to the specifics of the B/C student I would recommend one of the following options:
1) Local community college. It is usually cheaper, you can get remedial (Math, English, etc) education as well as other skills (speed reading, typing, work processing, study habits, library research, etc) that will help you later down the road.
2) Military. Yep, good old Army contract. To be honest, most 18 / 19 yr olds don’t have the discipline to go to college on their own. Armed service will make them mature up in a hurry. It will also provide training, many times in an area similar to their desired career field. Want to be a doctor? First learn to be a medic, etc. Also, the military has programs to aid the student. Some while in service, others after service and even a program to pay for tuition if the student wishes to obtain a commission
3) Vendor training. If the student has money saved up, often time a shorter path to a carrer can be to pay directly for education from a vendor to learn a skill or trade. The upper end of some of these programs can be nice 6 figure sums. The IT field offers many certifications from system administration to networking to security. I have heard that other areas, home/building inspectors, automotive, construction, trade schools, paralegal, etc can all have a less than 2 year training program that will get the student started in their field
The path that I took is was first Military (6 years) then IT vendor training (Cisco) though I was an A student. And I have been in the industry for 20 years now. But in all cases, you will get out of it, what you put into it.
My oldest is an Aggie and she was A student. I don’t know if B or C students can get admitted unless they are minorties or extremely involved with high test scores. Could they be talking about some of the smaller schools affiliated with TAMU? Kingsville, Commerce, Canyon?
I think you’re right. Commerce I’ve been to and could vouch for it.
I know someone with a Ph.D. from Princeton who is a successful college professor (several books published) but can’t read his own diploma. That’s because it’s in Latin.
He should have taken Latin American Studies.
Looks like all those C students from A&M are not being taught how to use the emergency brake.
I know that B’s and C’s will not cut it for the kids that want to go to the University of Texas.
Texas recently changed their automatic admission policy from the top 10% to the top 8%.
That B student should never have gone to high school, should have skipped it and gone straight to community college.
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