Looking for a college for my quirky DD

[Anonymous]

Best advice I ever received was to not have a personality. Make her stop being quirky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best advice I ever received was to not have a personality. Make her stop being quirky.

That seems like a truly unnecessary comment. The OP said the child has cerebral palsy. I expect she'd like to make that stop but presumably if she could she already would have.

[Anonymous]

VCU may fit a lot of your criteria, with the exception of location. The school has an excellent hospital on campus, though, so it may be possible to coordinate the medical care.

Otherwise, quirky students, test optional, strong in basketball, and possibly qualifies for honors program, which would give her a smaller classes, etc.

[Anonymous]

My D with similar stats and not-so-minor learning disabilities is a senior and just decided on a college in Virginia. Ones we looked at further north included Hood (her second favorite school), McDaniel and York College of Pennsylvania. She did not like the large size of Towson. There are some Pennsylvania state schools that might also work, including Westchester and Shippensburg. I'm not too familiar with Philly-area schools.

[Anonymous]

St. John's in Annapolis is a very interesting school. It will not have the sports.

[Anonymous]

Washington College, Marymount

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. John's in Annapolis is a very interesting school. It will not have the sports.

+1
they do have sports but things like croquet (not kidding). The big match every year is when St. John's and the Naval Academy face off.

Love that school!

[Anonymous]

She really likes VCU, but just location and size aren't a good fit. she's concerned about navigating a large campus as well.

[Anonymous]

SJC is a very good school if that's what you're looking for. If she isn't up for a lot of reading, entire discussion based classes, and a tiny, tiny school, she will hate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goucher, McDaniel, Ursinus

Very solid suggestions.

[Anonymous]

You should check out the book "Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late-Blooming, and Just Plain Different" by Donald Asher. It has plenty of information about different schools.

Also, you might add Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA to your list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous



SJC is a very good school if that's what you're looking for. If she isn't up for a lot of reading, entire discussion based classes, and a tiny, tiny school, she will hate it.

As an employer, I have had better results with St. John's grad vs Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous



SJC is a very good school if that's what you're looking for. If she isn't up for a lot of reading, entire discussion based classes, and a tiny, tiny school, she will hate it.

As an employer, I have had better results with St. John's grad vs Ivies.

Thanks for the anecdote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous



SJC is a very good school if that's what you're looking for. If she isn't up for a lot of reading, entire discussion based classes, and a tiny, tiny school, she will hate it.

As an employer, I have had better results with St. John's grad vs Ivies.

But that doesn't mean that everyone should go to St. John's. They say you shouldn't try to shove a square peg into a round hole, and St. John's a very peculiarly shaped hole. No one should apply to St. John's before they know exactly what they're getting into. The Great Books program is not for everyone.

[Anonymous]

University of Mary Washington, though not so big in sports. I agree with a PP about VCU and a really A+ medical campus.