Ideas to apply for a "good" fcps student

[Anonymous]

William & Mary, 100%

[Anonymous]

WM is on the list (OP here).

She is your typical suburban kid. She plays a sport outside of school (I don't want to name it because it will out her probably). She does a school club and is a leader in it. Otherwise, she's just a kid who spends time doing D&D with her friends.

Rigor is a weird thing. She's doing the IB program. So who knows how that will be viewed (it's either panned or lauded on here).

Personally, I would love to find merit. We have two other kids and she only has about 100K saved in the college account, so it's not enough to just write a full check and be done with it.

[Anonymous]

Virginia Wesleyan, Virginia Commonwealth, ODU

[Anonymous]

Emory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WM is on the list (OP here).

She is your typical suburban kid. She plays a sport outside of school (I don't want to name it because it will out her probably). She does a school club and is a leader in it. Otherwise, she's just a kid who spends time doing D&D with her friends.

Rigor is a weird thing. She's doing the IB program. So who knows how that will be viewed (it's either panned or lauded on here).

Personally, I would love to find merit. We have two other kids and she only has about 100K saved in the college account, so it's not enough to just write a full check and be done with it.

For merit - she should meet with her school counselor. Can she ask a fav teacher/counselor to be nominated for UNC/Morehead Cain (not sure how it works at your school). Also ask about the Davidson Belk scholarships. Same for Wake. We learned that our counselor has a lot of discretion in nominating candidates for these so make sure she knows you are merit shopping.

Also look at Grinnel/St. Olaf for $$$$.

[Anonymous]

Agree on Belk at Davidson. Those nominations come from the school around now (don't delay!!) - we know some URM girls who've gotten it in the past. They love it there.

https://www.davidson.edu/admission-and-financial-aid/financial-aid/types-financial-aid/scholarships/nomination-scholarships/john-m-belk-scholarship/nomination-and-selection-process

[Anonymous]

Good fit for a quirky kid: Chicago, Swarthmore.
A lot of recommendations are way off.

[Anonymous]

My similar DD is very happy at W&M. She went ED. Never considered UVA