Target and Safety schools for above average but not top stats kid?
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Anonymous
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My son is a good student, but not top of his class. His school is pretty rigorous and not grade inflated, his unweighted average is solidly A-. He has 2-3 APs in junior and senior year. He does one sport pretty well (won't be recruited), writes for the school newspaper and has a few other strong but not amazing ECs. He wants to study poli sci or economics or english in college and then grad or b-school down the line.
We're struggling to understand strong target/safeties for him beyond his public flagship. We've saved enough in 529 for full pay for 4 years (but not grad school). Due to family location, he is open to West Coast or Mid-Atlantic/North east. He needs to be near an airport. Ideal size of college would be 5000-15000 undergrad. |
Anonymous
| Harder to say without test scores |
Anonymous
| UMiami |
Anonymous
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Use College Vine. You can input the appropriate data and get ideas.
Can’t help you much without data. |
Anonymous
| Elon is worth a look |
Anonymous
| Unless he has near perfect test scores he sounds pretty average to me. |
Anonymous
| Not a lot of rigor there, so when you see average unweighted GPAs for any school, figure his as lower. |
Anonymous
| OP here to clarify on rigor. He has 2-3 APs per year in junior year, and another 2-3 APs in senior year (so 6-7 total). |
Anonymous
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People are commenting Elon and UMiami when the original poster said northeast not southeast ...
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Anonymous
| Look at GW, American, Rutgers, Syracuse, Loyola Marymount, Pitzer, Reed. |
Anonymous
| OK with 6-7 APs that A- average will go up! |
Anonymous
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Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount Bucknell Miami Fordham |
Anonymous
Santa Clara has gotten a lot harder now that Apple pulls from there for CS & Finance. In California, they've become more of a reach for traditional high achieving students, because admissions has gotten a bit whackey. Miami is very difficult to get into in general, even for a top stats student. |
Anonymous
| Denison |
Anonymous
Typical DCUM posters. Somebody will suggest University of Tasmania before it’s over. |