Tuition exchange
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Lafayette College and University of Pittsburg are also good schools in PA |
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I didn’t realize that. Thanks for pointing it out. |
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| Furman |
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| Fordham |
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| can't go wrong with Pitt |
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DC is interested in social sciences, prefers strong academics over other things, a place where a non athletic non partying kid can fit well, urban setting |
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| Definitely Pitt! |
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U Delaware Elon Worcester Poly Pepperdine U of Florida Fordham |
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LaSalle Drexel St. Joseph's Temple Villanova Pitt Duquesne Point Park Seton Hall Adelphi Fordham Hofstra Pace BU Clark Emerson |
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| Word to the wise: the Tuition Exchange awards are highly competitive at most schools. Students will typically need to have stats near that school's 75th percentile or above in order to be offered an award. You'll want to apply to a good number of them (10 or more) in order to have a decent chance of getting multiple offers. Some schools time it so that the TE award comes at the same time the student is accepted, which is great; others will have a long lag time, so you may have to wait a few more months to find out; others will put you on a TE waitlist which means it can take until late spring or even summer to know anything. |
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OP, the universities will list what percent of TE applicants actually get the award (and even then, may not be 100% of tuition). A lot of the popular schools - BU, Tulane, AU, GW, Syracuse etc. have waaaay more incoming TE applicants than outgoing so the odds of getting a TE scholarship are really low bc they try to balance imports with exports.
I work for a school on that list and have been through this with all three of my kids. It's a good program but proceed very very very carefully. if you click on each school on the link you gave, you will get the number/percent of students who get the scholarship and usually a blurb about how competitive it is. For example, less than 10% of students who apply for TE at Villanova get it, and "Tuition Exchange is a competitive, merit-based award at Villanova University. Villanova gives preference to upper-class students in awarding TE Scholarships." Occidental? They get between 90 and 100 applicants for TE and award a whopping two TE scholarships per year. Someone mentioned Bucknell, and they don't offer the award to incoming freshman. Fordham? 150 applicants for 20 spots. |
Anonymous
They are definitely competitive. Many TE schools report that less than 10% of TE applicants get it. |
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| Agnes Scott is right in the heart of Atlanta, if your DC is a girl. Plus they have dual degree programs with Emory which is next door. |
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Wow, OP, what an opportunity! Here's my very subjective list based on schools I've visited or known kids who went there. You have many excellent choices OP depending on your child's interests! Mills solid women's liberal arts college in CA Occidental in LA, great small liberal arts college Barry Obama went there for two years before transferring to Columbia USC -- film studies! Connecticut College NESCAC school, excellent LAC Trinity College great squash team, good LAC in Hartford American - politics, excellent liberal arts college GW -- large, urban, nice school, decent engineering Rose-Hulman for engineers Tulane - excellent LAC, good engineering, good overall Goucher College LAC, horseback riding! innovative president, solid academics, dance program is great MICA -- art!! St. John's -- very small, very good for the right student who wants classic great books education BU - large, urban, good school overall Clark good LAC Worcester Poly - excellent for engineers Hampshire, for groovy kids who like to do their own thing, excellent academics Sarah Lawrence -- excellent LAC, good for writers Case Western - large, good engineering, solid Ohio Wesleyan - LAC, good for underachievers Bucknell (hard to get in! what's it doing on this list?) excellent LAC with good engineering Franklin & Marshall -- excellent LAC, hard to get in Lafayette good second tier LAC, laid back atmosphere Johnson & Wales -- cooking! Bennington -- good LAC, good for writing, dance, the arts U of Richmond -- fairly good LAC |
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For kids who want big state schools: the University of Delaware; the University of Florida. For kids who want a conservative approach to the liberal arts: Hillsdale. For kids who want a very progressive approach to the liberal arts: Bard, Sarah Lawrence, Lewis and Clark, maybe Beloit. For kids who want women's colleges: Pitzer, Hollins, Simmons. For kids who want internships on the Hill: American University, Catholic University, GWU. For kids who wish they could get into Harvard but are realistic: Boston University; Suffolk University. For techie kids: WPI; Florida Institute of Technology. Rose-Hulman (I think that's just for men). For kids who appreciate beer: Bucknell. For kids who wish Northeastern were on this list: Drexel. For kids who want to make make movies: USC. And maybe Marymount? |