College recommendations for dd?

[Anonymous]

Gads, so many assumptions made based on the GPA. And lots of things can overcome that. SATs are not great, but experiences, other factors could be important - and especially put over the bar at a place like BU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

My friends daughter is at U of Rochester in a science field of some sort. She said it's considered to be tops in the field.
Sorry but I don't know her stats other than she too graduated from an IB program.

[Anonymous]

Juniata College

very strong pre-med with high acceptance rates to med school

strong community with service opportunities

Homecoming does not have king or queen . . . instead there are honors given to those who have served the community

no Greek organizations

beautiful natural surroundings

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Juniata College

very strong pre-med with high acceptance rates to med school

strong community with service opportunities

Homecoming does not have king or queen . . . instead there are honors given to those who have served the community

no Greek organizations

beautiful natural surroundings

Does any college have a homecoming king and queen? I've got a kid at a big school and a small school and neither do anything like that. I thought that was just a high school phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

+1. That's exactly why you have to do your own homework. There are too many so-called faux authorities on the admissions process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

+1. That's exactly why you have to do your own homework. There are too many so-called faux authorities on the admissions process.

Well 2 of my kids had very similar stats and coming from a local public HS (often maligned on this site), these stats put them barely in the top 50% of their class. So I find that many of the posters here give recent/current first-hand information. They're not claiming to be "experts" but their information is more relevant and helpful than all the know-it-alls who come on and spout about "when I went to college," which is usually not relevant or helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

[Anonymous]

Well, it was good score when I went to college!

[Anonymous]

Another issue to consider is that being a full-pay has become more of a plus in the past few years at many of the schools mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another issue to consider is that being a full-pay has become more of a plus in the past few years at many of the schools mentioned.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

I was wondering about this as well, but it's par for the DCUM course: 1%-ers at everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

Do your math, and also check the middle 50% at those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

Do your math, and also check the middle 50% at those schools.

Trust me. I have.