Did your kid go to a T100-T200 school? Tell me here
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Anonymous
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So much Ivy etc. focus on DCUM which is great but unrealistic based on acceptance rates, costs etc.
Did your kid attend a T100-T200 school? Which one? Why did they like it? School Urban/Suburban/Rural Cost (tuition and housing) DC is looking at mid-size or large schools and prefers Urban/Suburban near a major airport vs. regional airport with limited flights and/or a campus that is a three hour drive from landing. Want to avoid a suitcase school if possible. They have the stats to attend a top school but we don't have $400-$500k saved up for four year undergrad before they even go to grad school which is where I'd prefer to invest. Toying around with pre-law or bio (or both if environmental law) + potentially Japanese minor. |
Anonymous
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Sounds like Arizona State or Alabama.
I went to ASU but it was a looooong time ago. |
Anonymous
| What are you looking to pay? What are her interests major wise? What state are you in? |
Anonymous
| Minnesota is in the T100 but checks a lot of boxes for you (including honors, merit, city, airport). |
Anonymous
Great idea OP! For folks sharing their experiences, please also share your kid's stats - GPA (weighted/unweighted), school system, SAT as well as what they are studying in college. |
Anonymous
| A friend of mine attended a small Bible college in Oklahoma and then went on to become an MD. She is super-successful. |
Anonymous
| UF is about $28k OOS, less than $50k / yr all-in including room and board. Gainesville has a regional airport, but Orlando is also less than 2 hours. Not a suitcase school. |
Anonymous
| South Carolina- not far from Charlotte |
Anonymous
I will add: she is TJ-level smart (attended a TJ-level school) and earned a full ride to the college. |
Anonymous
UF is a top school and hard to get into OOS |
Anonymous
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I went to a school like this and consider myself pretty successful. 😊 My parents couldn’t afford full pay so even though I had the stats for a higher rated school, I went to a lower ranked one with a sh*T ton of merit, did the honors college.
Coe College Cedar Rapids IA (airport! Urban! but small) I went on to get my PhD as did many of my friends (plus JDs and MDs). It was a great place for me. Good luck, OP. There are sooo many schools out there your child could be happy anywhere. |
Anonymous
It's also ranked in the top 30. Not the criteria OP is looking for. |
Anonymous
| I've heard good things about U of Arizona - very generous! There's a girl on YouTube who just finished her first year in the honors college and has a stats video + also lists other schools she applied to. 4.0 UW, 34 ACT if I recall correctly. My kids are also looking around, so they showed me the video and lots of comments said that her videos made them excited to attend U of A. |
Anonymous
| Utah State and WVU outline what stats get how much merit. |
Anonymous
| I've heard of lots of kids getting good deals at Temple but I've also heard of the crime issues. |