College recommendations for dd?

[Anonymous]

OP here -
She doesn't want a very urban campus (think NYU or GWU style).

She wants a school with a defined campus (suburban or rural is fine), and is open to anything from smaller schools to big state universities.

She is doing the IB diploma. So essentially all IB classes.
No sports, no instrument, but she does spend huge amounts of time volunteering with special needs kids.

[Anonymous]

Syracuse
Vermont

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here -
She doesn't want a very urban campus (think NYU or GWU style).

She wants a school with a defined campus (suburban or rural is fine), and is open to anything from smaller schools to big state universities.

She is doing the IB diploma. So essentially all IB classes.
No sports, no instrument, but she does spend huge amounts of time volunteering with special needs kids.

I'm not sure why you wouldn't provide the weighted GPA if your DD is taking courses that are typically weighted. I think that's leading posters to suggest that your DD wouldn't be competitive at some schools like Lehigh and Rochester, although it sounds like she's weak on extra-curriculars, which will be a negative.

[Anonymous]

Muhlenberg?? Sorry I don't have the spelling right.

[Anonymous]

Maryland.

[Anonymous]

"She wants a school with a defined campus (suburban or rural is fine), and is open to anything from smaller schools to big state universities."

This includes dozens of schools in the northeast and mid-Atlantic.

Start visiting schools.

[Anonymous]

Ursinus
Allegheny
Union
Dickinson
Eckerd
Lawrence
Muhlenberg
Rhodes
Mt Holyoke
Skidmore
Wellesley
Beloit
Wooster
Earlham
St Lawrence

[Anonymous]

OP, you say she is not sure re: campus/type of school.

I'm going to ask: you and your husband - private or state U? What was your experience?

[Anonymous]

University of Connecticut

[Anonymous]

^ medical school, speech & audiology, nursing, pharmacology, huge variety of medical tracks.

[Anonymous]

Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

[Anonymous]

Franklin and Marshall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"She wants a school with a defined campus (suburban or rural is fine), and is open to anything from smaller schools to big state universities."

This includes dozens of schools in the northeast and mid-Atlantic.

Start visiting schools.

+1. There are boatloads of forums (College Confidential, Unigo, etc) that give perspectives from the student point of view to admissions.

While well-meaning, there is not one poster here, including myself, that knows everything about every school and most likely doesn't sit on the admissions boards of most schools. You get the alumni interviewer here who can offer some advice, but I strongly encourage, as did PP, that you start visiting schools.

[Anonymous]

I think Rochester would be worth a shot. Union College is SLAC that's strong in STEM fields. If she's up for a women's college, Mount Holyoke is also strong in STEM.

[Anonymous]

Op - you didn't give enough info for us to provide anything meaningful. People are just throwing names all over. Not sure how it'd be helpful to your DC.