Need help with college list for class of 2027 B+/A- student (male)
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Anonymous
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I'd really appreciate some suggestions for my son who is a junior. Goes to a Catholic high school.
Tons of great community service fieldwork focusing on homelessness and science. Plays a sport on a national team, wants to play club in college. Budget is open- we have savings, would prefer to get merit. Location- prefers east coast or western US but open. Interested in engineering, or landscape architecture, also loves history. 3.7 unweighted/4.0 weighted GPA High math and science rigor for his school (school doesn't offer/allow many APs) Regular English French Art/Photography Hasn't taken SAT/ACT but planning for around 1350 based on PSAT/practice |
Anonymous
| Big? Small? Public? Private? Catholic? |
Anonymous
The biggest uncertainty so far is his test score. Depending on the eventual score (1350 vs 1500+), the college list could look very different. Wait until your DC has taken the test. Come here and ask again, more productive that way. |
Anonymous
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“Plays a sport on a national team”
Isn’t this a big hook/spike, even if he doesn’t want to be a recruit athlete? It’s not difficult to get his SAT score to 1450+ in the summer. |
Anonymous
Club teams include regional ones and national ones. No, it's not a big spike if not recruitable. |
Anonymous
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SAT score will put his GPA into better perspective. Not all 3.7s are the same. That's why TO or test blind is so misleading.
If he gets around 1300 it's very different profile than if he gets 1500. |
Anonymous
| Look into: Providence (probably need 1400 for merit, which should be very doable with practice), Loyola Maryland, Fairfield (be sure to make a registered visit and do interview), Delaware, Elon, St. Joe's, Dayton, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, Syracuse, South Carolina, Clemson, Pitt, JMU, Marquette. He sounds great. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| Gonzaga, Santa Clara |
Anonymous
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op- School type- public or private. Loves cities, ideally around 10- 15,000 but not tied to that.
Loves the sport but it's an EC at this point more than a recruitment tool. |
Anonymous
His catholic school is west coast and sends a TON of kids to Santa Clara. So I'm not sure he'd be a top candidate. We did visit and he enjoyed it. |
Anonymous
| Anywhere from TCU to BU. A lot hinges on the test score, major of interest, and your budget. Do you have a precise budget target? |
Anonymous
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Test score and school context are critical.
Suggest you look at your school’s Naviance for better insight on the broad possibilities. Undoubtedly there will be an abundance of great choices! |
Anonymous
It's worth it to apply and see if they give you enough merit. Gonzaga will be cheaper. In another direction, for engineering, a little smaller than his desired size range, but perhaps CO Mines. Also Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) schools like Colorado State Fort Collins. Maybe CSU Bozeman and U Utah may be on the WUE list too. |
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Tulane ED
Lehigh Villanova Oxford entry into Emory |
Anonymous
| From West Coast (if he doesn't want to go too far), Santa Clara, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, University of San Francisco, Oregon, Colorado Boulder, Colorado State and of course CS and UC schools (if he likes and it's doable with his GPA and limited APs). I would search up schools with his desired major and club teams in his sport and take it from there. I know the Arizona schools are huge, but there are ways to make a big school small (especially through a club sport), and they are good for both engineering and landscape architecture. Georgia and Auburn too if he wants to check out SEC schools. |