DC obsessed with the idea of a bad college(Minerva)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely you’ve visited some colleges before now? Which other ones appealed to her? What does the college counselor recommend for her stats and interests?

We've been to a few campuses. She hated Yale and Harvard with a passion and seemed miserable during the tour. She was ambivalent about Georgetown-liked the campus but can't stomach being close to home. Really the only campus we toured that she had a positive experience with was seeing her cousin over at Occidental, but she more enjoyed being with family is my guess. Her counselor was the first to suggest Yale and Vassar, since she seems to like tight knit, humanities-based environments. She still has an interest in Vassar.

Sounds like you should tour more SLACs, especially those that encourage study abroad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely you’ve visited some colleges before now? Which other ones appealed to her? What does the college counselor recommend for her stats and interests?

We've been to a few campuses. She hated Yale and Harvard with a passion and seemed miserable during the tour. She was ambivalent about Georgetown-liked the campus but can't stomach being close to home. Really the only campus we toured that she had a positive experience with was seeing her cousin over at Occidental, but she more enjoyed being with family is my guess. Her counselor was the first to suggest Yale and Vassar, since she seems to like tight knit, humanities-based environments. She still has an interest in Vassar.

NP, not being a smarta$$, but I get the idea of a "normal" state school is of no interest?

Just not a great overall fit. Not into the big college environments is all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had bizarre ideas about colleges too OP - like I was considering University of Alaska Fairbanks. My parents left me alone and I picked a good college I could afford in a place with normal seasons. Just let her figure it out.

I had the same exact dilemma. Turns out Princeton is slightly better for a pre-law student, but I was heavily considering it until the last second. It's amazing what you believe when you're younger.

[Anonymous]

Pomona
Wellesley
William and Mary
Carleton
Grinnell
Macalester
Rice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had bizarre ideas about colleges too OP - like I was considering University of Alaska Fairbanks. My parents left me alone and I picked a good college I could afford in a place with normal seasons. Just let her figure it out.

I had the same exact dilemma. Turns out Princeton is slightly better for a pre-law student, but I was heavily considering it until the last second. It's amazing what you believe when you're younger.

What was your GPA and major at Princeton?

[Anonymous]

Make sure she knows what Minerva's acceptance rate is.

https://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/more-pathways/standrews/

[Anonymous]

https://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Mapping-International-Joint-and-Dual-Degrees.pdf

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/2016-08-23/international-double-joint-degree-programs-on-the-rise

https://www.dur.ac.uk/english.studies/undergrad/courses/q300/

https://www.tcd.ie/English/undergraduate/fresher/reading-lists-2018-19/index.php

[Anonymous]

If she is looking for the liberal arts abroad model, have her check out Bard Berlin: https://berlin.bard.edu/admissions/