College suggestions for a nerdy girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a music plus science kid:


Wooster
Oberlin
St. Olaf
Carleton
Macalaster
Vassar
Wesleyan
Grinnell
William & Mary
Rochester
RPI if you are very sure she will never cross over to humanities
Case Western
Pitt (rolling decision gets you a yes in September)

We looked at smaller to midsize schools.

This is a good list. If you don't want woke, focus on the last four.

Enough with WOKE!!!! PANIC!!! It’s getting old. And what does Woke even mean? If everything and everyone is WOkE!!?,, then nothing and no one is WOKE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great lists here, but very few safeties. For safeties: Macalester, St. Olaf, and Lawrence. Lawrence has a music conservatory and many stem kids.

Macalaster isn’t a safety for most kids. Wooster would be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I too instantly thought W&M for this student when reading the description!

I like the suggestion of Wooster too as a target. UMW and SMCM could be good safeties in the local area. Maybe a SLAC like Muhlenberg as well?

+1 she sounds a lot like my DD although she was solidly focused on environmental science/biology. In addition to all the schools above, her list included Juniata and Washington College

[Anonymous]

Sounds like my DD. She will be going to Case Western. It seems like it will be the perfect fit for her.

Many schools mentioned her were also on her list - Rochester, Wooster, Grinnell.

Definitely look into Case.

[Anonymous]

OP here, Yes I am definitely noticing a W&M theme. It was not a school we were thinking of because we are out-of-state, but I will definitely put it on the list to check out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my DD. She will be going to Case Western. It seems like it will be the perfect fit for her.

Many schools mentioned her were also on her list - Rochester, Wooster, Grinnell.

Definitely look into Case.

Will definitely check it out, as well as many others mentioned here.

Congrats to everyone's kids and best of luck to them in the fall!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have an opinion on how UMD would be for such a kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have an opinion on how UMD would be for such a kid?

IMO UMD or a similar school (big state flagship with lots of STEM kids) would be the best fit for such a kid. If they went to a SLAC like Carleton or Grinnell or Vassar, they would be forced to be extroverted due to the small class sizes and the cliquey, insular nature of such schools. Going to UMD or a similar big state flagship would be best for nice, shy, nerdy girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have an opinion on how UMD would be for such a kid?

IMO UMD or a similar school (big state flagship with lots of STEM kids) would be the best fit for such a kid. If they went to a SLAC like Carleton or Grinnell or Vassar, they would be forced to be extroverted due to the small class sizes and the cliquey, insular nature of such schools. Going to UMD or a similar big state flagship would be best for nice, shy, nerdy girls.

I had thought the opposite, that a large school would be overwhelming!

[Anonymous]

A large state school doesn’t magically make a quiet introverted kid an extroverted, exuberant party animal. That said, I think they can do well and find their people at a place like UMD. Once you start visiting different types of campuses your child will get a feel for what they like. I wouldn’t rule UMD out but it’s a very different environment compared to W&M.

[Anonymous]

Caltech

[Anonymous]

William&Mary
JHU
Penn
Duke
Rice
Princeton
Williams
Emory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William&Mary
JHU
Penn
Duke
Rice
Princeton
Williams
Emory

UChicago! forgot the most important one

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Case Western. This is exactly the profile of kids there. Good, smart sciency kids, not into partying.

[Anonymous]

Duke?!?!