Tell me about the schools your kid applied to
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Anonymous
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All over the place for both kids:
West coast, mid atlantic, midwest. The south did not appear to either of my DCs. City/rural/suburban Large public to small private Ended up at the oos flagship in the midatlantic for one, and in state flagship for the other. |
Anonymous
| Smaller less selective schools offering the major and allergy friendly dining options (on and off campus) within a few hours of DC |
Anonymous
| 3 kids who all wanted top SLACs, not in their home state, not the teeny tiny ones (so closer to 3000 students than 1000), and no Greek life. We visited on both coasts and in the Midwest, 2 wanted outdoorsy vibes, one wanted artsy, two got their top choices (ed1) and one is at second choice (ed2). It was pretty clear from the vibes which would be good fits and the not wanting big schools really helped narrow down the search. |
Anonymous
CA is an option… |
Anonymous
PP here. What did they choose? Mine is heading to NYU. |
Anonymous
Still deciding but leaning towards BU. |
Anonymous
Our DC had a pretty clear idea about what he wanted to study, so we put that as the initial filter, then we considered size and location. Since he is at a small high school, he started with more LACs on his list because he wanted smaller class size. But then he realized he wanted to be in an urban location and that eliminated many LACs (like Midd) that were seemed to be too rural or in the middle of nowhere. His rule on location was: in a city or as close as possible, but no more than 1-ish hour drive away from an interesting city. We also made sure he researched and applied to both medium-size and larger schools just to give him options to decide. His schools were all over the US, but also strong enough in his major, and of varying sizes but there were enough target/safeties in each size band. When the time came to decide, he picked a great medium-size college that was 30-ish minutes of a city and is very strong in his major/field of interest. He got into a lot of schools that spanned every location and size of interest so he could really choose. Note: He did change his view over the course of application season on size. He started out wanting smaller, but then 6 months later realized he may outgrow a too small size, and chose medium. He was also very open to a couple of larger schools in a cool city. So don't be surprised if your senior changes what they think they want during senior year. They are still growing, processing, developing a lot at this age. That's why we're happy he didn't do a binding early decision. |
Anonymous
So they ended up choosing much bigger than mid-size? Isn't NYU's main Greenwich Village campus around 25-30,000 undergrads? |
Anonymous
Not a lot of California schools with the sports culture you find in the south and Midwest. Try Arizona, Colorado, Oregon for big time sports with less cold outside the south. |
Anonymous
PP here. Correct. She wanted no smaller than medium-sized and was open to larger schools. |
Anonymous
| tt was going to be a large public, somewhere. Kid wanted to go where she could wear flip flops. Nope. Unlike UF, UNC or UVA, UConn wanted her and threw lots of money at her. She went where she felt the love. |
Anonymous
Yes, definitely, CA schools were on the list after visiting SEC schools, but they decided to stay East Coast. Its nice that there really is an option for each kid. |
Anonymous
| Northeast or Chicago schools only. All around 5k-8k undergrads except for Michigan, UVA, and Wisconsin. Wisconsin was the highest AR school and Columbia was the lowest AR. |
Anonymous
| Mine wanted a specific sport that isn't offered at every school. So that was the first criteria to narrow the search. After that, mostly schools with under 5000 students but also looked at large state schools. |
Anonymous
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A range of schools all over the country - SLAC, public flagships, expensive privates, and in-state options.
They are ending up at an expensive private with some merit. |