Likely / foundation schools for very top students ? (Not in VA/MD)
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We are not in VA or. MD so aren’t in state for those schools. Trying to figure out some likely / foundational schools for a student w very top grades; rigor / AP scores, test scores , ECs. Would like to find some schools they’d be excited about where admissions are more probable given how hard admissions have gotten
- enjoy small classes w really engaged peers - want a campus but open to either a city - city adjacent campus or someplace outside a city that has great outdoor opportunities - interested in stem but also wants to pursue non-stem interests - wants to do research as an undergraduate and study abroad - not a big partier but social - sports / school spirit is a positive but not required |
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| Furman University |
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| Maybe someplace like UMass Amherst? Apply for the Honors College, though that’s not a safety. |
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Should add also not a safety if you’re applying CS or similar, I would think. |
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| Can you narrow geographic region preferences? East Coast/West Coast/South/Midwest? Would help with making more targeted suggestions. |
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| Purdue |
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| Lafayette College, Lehigh, |
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Given his preferences, I'd look at liberal arts colleges with acceptance rates over 50%:
College of Wooster Elon Goucher Gustavus Adolphus Hendrix Hobart and William Smith Juniata Knox Lawrence Lewis & Clark Muhlenberg Rhodes Sewanee St. Lawrence Washington College of Maryland Whitman |
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| University of Pittsburgh. |
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What does top scores mean? Perfect A+s, 1600, national awards (science and math olympiads) winner?
If all of those, aim for Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc... Some posters on this site complain that their not-so-top in the nation but still excellent students are being denied admissions to these top colleges, but most of that is just sour grapes. There are 50,000 valedictorians in the country. Not all of them should be going to HYPSM. |
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Very top student like you say and national recognition in two different areas…..very interested in Stanford , Princeton , brown , and maybe Dartmouth but they know those are all a gamble |
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Pitt, VATech, UMD, NC State.
These check most boxes except not necessarily small classes. |
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Prefer northeast / mid Atlantic or west coast. In the mid west would be ok near cities but not until Indiana. Not into Deep South , tx etc |
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she's asking for likely schools. does anyone read? |
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- not into Indiana, so likely not excited for something like purdue - also , this is a girl, if it matters |