It might be tough to get into the Ivy League, but that doesn't mean you can't get into a good school.
Money magazine's new list released Monday ranks the best schools where students who might not be at the top of their class can get accepted
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Each of these schools accept "at least 50 percent of applicants," and the typical admitted student had a high school GPA between 3.0 and 3.4.
Check out the list below to see the top 14 "best colleges that you can actually get into," or head to Money for the full run down.
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Principia College
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Elsah, Ilinois
2
University of Washington-Bothell
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Bothell, Washington
3
Manhattan College
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Riverdale, New York
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4
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
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Montana Tech of the University of Montana
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Butte, Montana
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Oregon Institute of Technology
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Klamath Falls, Oregon
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California Maritime Academy
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Vallejo, California
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Bryant University
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Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Louisiana State University and Agriculture & Mechanical College
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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University of Arizona
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Tucson, Arizona
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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Chicago, IllinoisCORRECTION: A previous version of this slide showed an image of the University of Chicago, not the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Rutgers University-Newark
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Newark, New Jersey