Suggestions for Smaller Colleges for Ridiculously Smart Boy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Scripps

OP's child is a boy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).

This list includes one women's college and 2 colleges without football teams. Are you sure your friend wasn't pulling your leg?

Are you sure the OP isn't pulling yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting to make lists of potential schools to look at for insanely smart as a whip kid currently attending elite private. Right now, he thinks he wants Ivy, but I would also like to encourage him to look at smaller, non-Ivy schools. Someone suggested places like Smith, Swarthmore, Haverford, etc. I know nothing about any of these schools as I graduated from a large California public university. Are there any other places like this that we could add to the list? DS also plays football in high school and may potentially want to continue playing (although not at a school where 6'5" 300 pound lineman are the norm).

This list includes one women's college and 2 colleges without football teams. Are you sure your friend wasn't pulling your leg?

Are you sure the OP isn't pulling yours?

Well I was going to add that comment. It does seem like a troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Scripps

OP's child is a boy.

He or she's at an "elite private" school, something you and I'll never see in our life time. Let the school figure out for him - or her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Scripps

OP's child is a boy.

He or she's at an "elite private" school, something you and I'll never see in our life time. Let the school figure out for him - or her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Scripps

OP's child is a boy.

But a boy who is already considering Smith. Maybe he plans to live life as a girl in college. Probably not out of the question at Smith.

[Anonymous]

This is definitely a troll post but some of the answers provided are fairly helpful for anyone else reading along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With what you said, the best fit seems to be the NESCAC LACs (Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Colby especially). They are called the "Little Ivies" with a preppy vibe and students who lean more on the pre-professional/ambitious side (great targets for finance and such). You can also add Colgate, Davidson, and URichmond.

For a school on the West Coast, check out Claremont McKenna as well. Pomona and Mudd have been suggested (and they have some of the best math departments out there), but with how you described your son, they don't seem like the best fit. Same goes for Swarthmore, Haverford, Grinnell.

Santa Clara might be a good fit on the West Coast, too.

[Anonymous]

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

[Anonymous]

My son is also super smart and loves to play football. He's on the team at Grinnell and LOVES both the school and the team. One of the nice things about playing football at Grinnell is he would actually see the field for all 4 years and that's kinda rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Smith is a women's college, so he can't apply.

What does he want to study? What draws him to an Ivy? What sort of student vibe would he like?

OP here - told you I know nothing about any of these places! Ha! Okay so Smith is out. He is a math brain and is thinking of accounting or finance as numbers are second nature to him. He’s at an elite private right now and likes the feel of kids who are competitive and compelled to do really well in life. He loves things like Vineyard Vines and fancy dinners. That type of kid. Hence he has it in his mind that the Ivies are the right fit. But he is also a genius without breaking a sweat.

How ... very.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

St. John's play Annapolis Cup Croquet with Naval Academy boys - better than football.
St. John's doesn't have a major in accounting. I know of no accounting program at a top SLAC.
I don't know many top SLAC with a football program, unless you are talking touch football.
After doing math from Newton and Leibniz's notes, picking up accounting would be a piece of cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

St. John's play Annapolis Cup Croquet with Naval Academy boys - better than football.
St. John's doesn't have a major in accounting. I know of no accounting program at a top SLAC.
I don't know many top SLAC with a football program, unless you are talking touch football.
After doing math from Newton and Leibniz's notes, picking up accounting would be a piece of cake.

Lots of great LACs have football.
Any kid that plays football will laugh at something as asinine as croquet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

St. John's play Annapolis Cup Croquet with Naval Academy boys - better than football.
St. John's doesn't have a major in accounting. I know of no accounting program at a top SLAC.
I don't know many top SLAC with a football program, unless you are talking touch football.
After doing math from Newton and Leibniz's notes, picking up accounting would be a piece of cake.

Most of the top SLACs have football teams.