College Options for High School Grads with Low or Modest GPAs | deutsch29

College Options for High School Grads with Low or Modest GPAs | deutsch29

College Options for High School Grads with Low or Modest GPAs

In May 2018, Anna Wulick of ACT’s PrepScholar blog posted this informative entry for high school graduates who wish to attend four-year college but who have less-than-impressive GPAs.

For those high school grads whose GPAs are really low (like, “I walked the D-average line class after class, year after year”), the piece includes three institutions that base acceptance on criteria other than GPA:

If you have a low GPA but know that you are capable of so much more, three colleges now give you a totally different way to apply!

• Goucher College: How about this for a revolutionary idea: you only submit a two-minute video about yourself. That’s it. No transcript, no test scores—just you explaining why you deserve admission.

• Bennington College: Similar deal here in that there’s no need to submit a transcript or test scores. Instead, you’ll turn in a self-curated collection of your work that speaks to your creative and intellectual abilities.

• Bard College: Even though Bard still requires a transcript, you can opt to answer several college-level essay questions. Just think: an amazing performance would be a surefire way to prove you can do better than your GPA suggests!

Next– for those with somewhat more to offer on the GPA front– the PrepScholar posting includes, as Wulick, states, “a list of the least competitive campuses in larger and more competitive state university systems”:

School	Average HS GPA of Admitted Applicants	Admission Rate
Indiana University Northwest	2.96	79%
Louisiana State University Shreveport	3.29	81%
Penn State Schuylkill	2.90	73%
Rutgers Camden	3.30	58%
SUNY Potsdam	3.29	74%
Texas A&M Kingsville	3.35	82%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	3.21	59%
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs	3.37	91%
University of Illinois at Chicago	3.25	77%
University of Louisiana at Monroe	3.41	94%
University of Maine at Presque Isle	3.04	77%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	2.80	57%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	3.20	76%
University of Michigan at Flint	3.29	74%
University of Minnesota Crookston	3.21	78%
University of Missouri Kansas City	3.36	63%
University of Nebraska at Kearney	3.47	85%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke	3.40	74%
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	3.22	58%
University of South Carolina Beaufort	3.39	63%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	3.48	79%
University of Texas at Brownsville	3.09	87%
University of Washington Tacoma	3.23	83%
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee	3.10	73%

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