Please recommend some target schools for my junior

[Anonymous]

I second Bryn Mawr, Oberlin is about ~45 mins outside Cleveland but in a small town. Lewis and Clark, Sarah Lawrence (true, recent scandal), maybe, sorry I'm not super familiar with their locations or colleges actually located in suburbs. St. Olaf is in Northfield, about 50 minutes outside the Twin Cities. Kalamazoo is over an hour outside Lansing. Maybe Scripps in Claremont, about 40 mins outside of LA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, we can't afford full pay for elite schools so she'll need some financial aid.

Definitely look for schools that offer merit aid. But also, some schools are more generous with financial than others, so don't assume you'll pay the full listed price. Try to run the net price calculator for schools she's most interested in to get a sense of what you might pay out of pocket.

[Anonymous]

My boss's son went to Elon for almost free with some sort of Leadership scholarship.

Might be worth a look

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Can you afford w&m?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I second Bryn Mawr, Oberlin is about ~45 mins outside Cleveland but in a small town. Lewis and Clark, Sarah Lawrence (true, recent scandal), maybe, sorry I'm not super familiar with their locations or colleges actually located in suburbs. St. Olaf is in Northfield, about 50 minutes outside the Twin Cities. Kalamazoo is over an hour outside Lansing. Maybe Scripps in Claremont, about 40 mins outside of LA.

Thank you. She's interested in the schools near Claremont CA.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you afford w&m?!

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ Junior, female, Non URM, fun, creative, outspoken, loves challenges, resilient, kind. Most of the kids there are STEM kids, while she is more interested in humanities and arts. Some of her stats: GPA (4.49 as of today), 8 AP (+4 in senior year), most rigorous coursework, national level awards, varsity sport captain, athletic award, passionate volunteer throughout high school. She prefers a small/medium sized college, no greek life, in a suburb. She's pretty much decided on her reach and safety schools but needs help on a few target schools. Any suggestions? Oh, we can't afford full pay for elite schools so she'll need some financial aid. Thanks a lot for your time!

She sounds so much like my Blair kid! Swap passionate volunteer w/ arts, and there you go. Would you get FA at the CSS schools? We also can't afford full pay at elite, but because we are under $150K AGI, we got financial aid from the targets and reaches she was accepted to because they used the CSS. Targets were Vassar and Wesleyan. She had 2 safeties that had a lot to like about them, so the rest were reaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My boss's son went to Elon for almost free with some sort of Leadership scholarship.

Might be worth a look

This sounds great. Thank you. I will have my DD look into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second Bryn Mawr, Oberlin is about ~45 mins outside Cleveland but in a small town. Lewis and Clark, Sarah Lawrence (true, recent scandal), maybe, sorry I'm not super familiar with their locations or colleges actually located in suburbs. St. Olaf is in Northfield, about 50 minutes outside the Twin Cities. Kalamazoo is over an hour outside Lansing. Maybe Scripps in Claremont, about 40 mins outside of LA.

Thank you. She's interested in the schools near Claremont CA.

The other Claremont schools would likely be considered reaches.

[Anonymous]

+ 1

She should look into the Bronco scholarship @ Santa Clara. Those Claremont colleges are an absolute lottery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:TJ Junior, female, Non URM, fun, creative, outspoken, loves challenges, resilient, kind. Most of the kids there are STEM kids, while she is more interested in humanities and arts. Some of her stats: GPA (4.49 as of today), 8 AP (+4 in senior year), most rigorous coursework, national level awards, varsity sport captain, athletic award, passionate volunteer throughout high school. She prefers a small/medium sized college, no greek life, in a suburb. She's pretty much decided on her reach and safety schools but needs help on a few target schools. Any suggestions? Oh, we can't afford full pay for elite schools so she'll need some financial aid. Thanks a lot for your time!

She sounds so much like my Blair kid! Swap passionate volunteer w/ arts, and there you go. Would you get FA at the CSS schools? We also can't afford full pay at elite, but because we are under $150K AGI, we got financial aid from the targets and reaches she was accepted to because they used the CSS. Targets were Vassar and Wesleyan. She had 2 safeties that had a lot to like about them, so the rest were reaches.

Thank you for your reply. Yes we would get FA at the CSS schools. May I ask what were the reaches she got accepted to with FA?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ Junior, female, Non URM, fun, creative, outspoken, loves challenges, resilient, kind. Most of the kids there are STEM kids, while she is more interested in humanities and arts. Some of her stats: GPA (4.49 as of today), 8 AP (+4 in senior year), most rigorous coursework, national level awards, varsity sport captain, athletic award, passionate volunteer throughout high school. She prefers a small/medium sized college, no greek life, in a suburb. She's pretty much decided on her reach and safety schools but needs help on a few target schools. Any suggestions? Oh, we can't afford full pay for elite schools so she'll need some financial aid. Thanks a lot for your time!

She sounds so much like my Blair kid! Swap passionate volunteer w/ arts, and there you go. Would you get FA at the CSS schools? We also can't afford full pay at elite, but because we are under $150K AGI, we got financial aid from the targets and reaches she was accepted to because they used the CSS. Targets were Vassar and Wesleyan. She had 2 safeties that had a lot to like about them, so the rest were reaches.

What were the safeties?

[Anonymous]

Rice - not a suburb, but definitely a suburban feel given Houston's sprawling nature. And being a non-Stem student would be a plus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second Bryn Mawr, Oberlin is about ~45 mins outside Cleveland but in a small town. Lewis and Clark, Sarah Lawrence (true, recent scandal), maybe, sorry I'm not super familiar with their locations or colleges actually located in suburbs. St. Olaf is in Northfield, about 50 minutes outside the Twin Cities. Kalamazoo is over an hour outside Lansing. Maybe Scripps in Claremont, about 40 mins outside of LA.

Thank you. She's interested in the schools near Claremont CA.

Scripps would be a target and they have some generous merit scholarships.

What are her reaches and safeties? I have a TJ grad from 2017 who had similar stats and was told to consider UVA and WM as safeties - is that still the case?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second Bryn Mawr, Oberlin is about ~45 mins outside Cleveland but in a small town. Lewis and Clark, Sarah Lawrence (true, recent scandal), maybe, sorry I'm not super familiar with their locations or colleges actually located in suburbs. St. Olaf is in Northfield, about 50 minutes outside the Twin Cities. Kalamazoo is over an hour outside Lansing. Maybe Scripps in Claremont, about 40 mins outside of LA.

Thank you. She's interested in the schools near Claremont CA.

Scripps would be a target and they have some generous merit scholarships.

What are her reaches and safeties? I have a TJ grad from 2017 who had similar stats and was told to consider UVA and WM as safeties - is that still the case?

She had a bunch of T20 schools in her mind. Pitts is considered safety for all of them. WM for most. UVA not so much.