Help me think of colleges for our daughter

[Anonymous]

Stats:
Prob end up 3.5 or so unweighted (honors and AP)
Not sure on test scores but I’d estimate 30 ACT
Private school
EC good, niche sport, internships

Open geographically other than Midwest
Size not super small or super big 5-20k undergraduates
Wants Greek life
Not sure on major
Outdoor attractions (hiking etc) a plus

[Anonymous]

UDenver

[Anonymous]

Why isn’t SHE looking around? Or do you not like what she wants to consider?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why isn’t SHE looking around? Or do you not like what she wants to consider?

She’s starting. But ideas always helpful. There are a lot of schools out there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stats:
Prob end up 3.5 or so unweighted (honors and AP)
Not sure on test scores but I’d estimate 30 ACT
Private school
EC good, niche sport, internships

Open geographically other than Midwest
Size not super small or super big 5-20k undergraduates
Wants Greek life
Not sure on major
Outdoor attractions (hiking etc) a plus

Midsize is sort of hard: Catholic schools often the right size but in urban areas. Maybe Vermont; UMASS (maybe too big) and Ithaca College come to mind.

[Anonymous]

Lehigh, JMU, University of Vermont, Elon, College of Charleston

[Anonymous]

Southern Methodist

[Anonymous]

JMU good idea! Not great hiking in Dallas. A bit too big maybe, but Tennessee near the Smoky Mountains?

[Anonymous]

It really will depend on her scores. She could get merit aid at a lot of southern schools (where sororities are big)-- U Miss, Alabama, U South Carolina, Clemson, etc. And, check out some schools in Colorado.

[Anonymous]

Sewaneee

[Anonymous]

Chapman U in California

[Anonymous]

Syracuse.

[Anonymous]

University of Vermont
University of New Hampshire
UNC Asheville
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
Appalachian Stare
University of Utah
Southern Oregon University
University of Wyoming
Western Washington University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UDenver

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stats:
Prob end up 3.5 or so unweighted (honors and AP)
Not sure on test scores but I’d estimate 30 ACT
Private school
EC good, niche sport, internships

Open geographically other than Midwest
Size not super small or super big 5-20k undergraduates
Wants Greek life
Not sure on major
Outdoor attractions (hiking etc) a plus

Some place like the University of Vermont or the University of Maine.

If she can handle cold weather and wants a private school, Syracuse University seems to be hot. I know a kid there who truly loves the place.

If she prefers warm weather, maybe she could look at a place like Florida Gulf Coast University (public), the University of Miami (a reach private) or the University of Tampa (a match private).

If any of those options, or others people suggest, sound close but not quite right, she could go on Niche.com and search for a college. Toward the bottom of the page, you get a list of similar schools.