ISO Recs for warm-weather mid-size small or mid-size city schools

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University of North Florida in Jax. Just voted one of the safest college campuses in the country. And the dorms are gorgeous! My daughter had a lazy river around her building. The kids studied while they floated. It’s near a great shopping center. Jax is a fun town. And the beach is only 20 minutes from campus.

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The Claremont schools might fit your bill. Their campuses are gorgeous and most have good reputations. Yeah, they're outside LA but they seem like fairly self-enclosed worlds.

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If she bumps up her SAT by about a 100, she could get into Barrett Honors College at Arizona State. That is about 4000 kids on their own campus next to Arizona State. Gorgeous weather, all suite dorms, outdoor pools, sand VB courts, and most honors classes and advisors are right there. The rest of Arizona campus is great too, but much larger. The best of a SLAC with the appeals of a large school combined.

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Anonymous wrote:The Claremont schools might fit your bill. Their campuses are gorgeous and most have good reputations. Yeah, they're outside LA but they seem like fairly self-enclosed worlds.

She wouldn't get into any of them with a 1300. Most are 10% of lower acceptance rates.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, university of Tampa (a beautiful campus), Emory, Occidental

Tulane and Emory are too selective for a 1300

Tulane is not. My DD's BF got in there with a SAT's in the 1200's

That is unrealistic. The 25th percentile for students admitted to the class of 2022 at Tulane is 1420. https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane

For class of 2022 enrolled students, the middle 50 percentiles are SAT EBRW 670-730 and SAT math 680-760. https://tulane.app.box.com/s/zwm37ymscy77bx5oh0elusqfcsnl66sz

So a 1300 is basically right below the 50 percentile of 1350.

Tulane is not that hard to get into. For a full paying OOS student, it is even easier.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and High Point in NC, Eckerd and Rollins in FL, Willamette in Oregon all might work. Possibly University of the Redlands in CA.

I'm from Oregon. Willamette is a fine school, but Salem is cool/cold and wet all fall/winter/spring. And the town's a pit. Corvallis (OSU) has the same weather, but at least is a great college town. Southern Oregon University (Ashland) isn't on the same level academically, but it has pretty good weather--although meaningfully colder through most of the academic year than anywhere in the deep south.

If she's not applying for engineering, she probably could get into Cal Poly SLO--great town and great weather; definitely worth a look if its hands-on approach would appeal to your DD.

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I second Eckerd. BEAUTIFUL campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, university of Tampa (a beautiful campus), Emory, Occidental

Tulane and Emory are too selective for a 1300

Tulane is not. My DD's BF got in there with a SAT's in the 1200's

That is unrealistic. The 25th percentile for students admitted to the class of 2022 at Tulane is 1420. https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane

For class of 2022 enrolled students, the middle 50 percentiles are SAT EBRW 670-730 and SAT math 680-760. https://tulane.app.box.com/s/zwm37ymscy77bx5oh0elusqfcsnl66sz

Hey...I’m just telling you an actual fact. My DD was accepted and offered merit aid of about $5000 per year. Maybe they want more kids from this area.

And you still haven't told us why she got merit aid when her SAT is way below the 25th percentile.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, university of Tampa (a beautiful campus), Emory, Occidental

Tulane and Emory are too selective for a 1300

Tulane is not. My DD's BF got in there with a SAT's in the 1200's

That is unrealistic. The 25th percentile for students admitted to the class of 2022 at Tulane is 1420. https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane

For class of 2022 enrolled students, the middle 50 percentiles are SAT EBRW 670-730 and SAT math 680-760. https://tulane.app.box.com/s/zwm37ymscy77bx5oh0elusqfcsnl66sz

So a 1300 is basically right below the 50 percentile of 1350.

Tulane is not that hard to get into. For a full paying OOS student, it is even easier.

...OOS is not a thing at private schools

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Anonymous wrote:I second Eckerd. BEAUTIFUL campus.

Don’t agree. St. Pete is beautiful and the school has surprisingly very good academic programs. Students are serious. DD had heard it was beautiful school so went to look and yuck. Buildings are very unappealing. Or at least to us they were.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane, university of Tampa (a beautiful campus), Emory, Occidental

Tulane and Emory are too selective for a 1300

Tulane is not. My DD's BF got in there with a SAT's in the 1200's

That is unrealistic. The 25th percentile for students admitted to the class of 2022 at Tulane is 1420. https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane

For class of 2022 enrolled students, the middle 50 percentiles are SAT EBRW 670-730 and SAT math 680-760. https://tulane.app.box.com/s/zwm37ymscy77bx5oh0elusqfcsnl66sz

So a 1300 is basically right below the 50 percentile of 1350.

Tulane is not that hard to get into. For a full paying OOS student, it is even easier.

Your info is outdated

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Rhodes in Memphis

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Chapman University

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University of Miami

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and High Point in NC, Eckerd and Rollins in FL, Willamette in Oregon all might work. Possibly University of the Redlands in CA.

Elon is rural / remote and per app, Sewannee is alone on a mountain top. Maybe Furman.