The homotopy type of BG for some small matrix groups G Let q be a power of an odd prime. We prove that the mod-2 cohomologies of BGL_2(F_q), BSL_3(F_q), and BGL_3(F_q), as algebras over the mod-2 Steenrod algebra, together with the associated Bockstein spectral sequence, determine the homotopy types of respectively BGL_2(F_q), BSL_3(F_q), and GL_3(F_q).