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State universities outside tier 1 cities don't care about grades except that they are passing (D or higher).
by matt3210 2y ago
State universities outside tier 1 cities don't care about grades except that they are passing (D or higher).
- nradov 2y agoWhich state is that? Most students need at least a B average for admission to even the lowest rated schools in the California State University system, like CSU East Bay or CSU Dominguez Hills.
- jandrewrogers 2y agoI don’t know what it is like today but that was not the case in the 1990s. I know people who got into San Jose State for STEM on a 2.xx GPA.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoThe CSUs are still more competitive than most state schools; and a B average is very low in our grade inflated world.
- johnnyanmac 2y agotime could have changed, but a decade ago local high schools in my CSU were guaranteed entrance with a 2.0 and a 1200 SAT score... in the days where we still had the 2400 system. So I suppose that would be 800-900 in the 1600 point system. But this is 12-14 years out of date. Maybe standards rose or they couldn't continue this guarantee.
- nradov 2y agoTimes have changed a bit. Some CSU campuses do guarantee admission based on GPA but only to students who graduate from high school in a limited set of local public school districts. Like CSU East Bay requires a 2.5 GPA from one of two school districts (SAT scores don't count). Other campuses like SJSU have no guaranteed admissions but do give preference to locals.
- EasyMark 2y agoThat is not true at all. There is competition to get in those schools as well, what makes you think everything outside the elite will “just take anyone”, which basically 95% of the people who graduate high school are well above a D. Only the lowest level community colleges don’t have some standard that they apply