College for a good student that does not test well

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Anonymous wrote:She might get some merit aid from Wooster, Juniata, Kalamazoo or any of those midwestern liberal arts colleges ranked in the 40s-60s. They tend to be high quality education, friendly welcoming vibe, lots of personalized attention.
She might get in Mt. Holyoke, but not likely to get much merit aid, but it sounds like it would be a good fit.
She might have a chance at VTech (I know it's big and not at all like W&M, but it's nerdy and they want more girls in physics) which would be must cheaper.

Unlikely, but certainly worth a try. OP's daughter's GPA is great. Va Tech GPA ranges bottoms 25% to top 75% a 3.88 to 4.25 for entering (not accepted, which is higher) students, but the SAT is at the bottom 25% of the entering class (range is 1200-1370). But we loved Tech on our tour. It is large but the architecture and focus around on the drill field makes it feel smaller than it is. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

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Mary Washington or St. Mary's College of Maryland. Both smallish public schools. SMCM is more rural.

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Anonymous wrote:If she loves the environment and would value a beautiful, unique school with an EXTREMELY small student body, consider College of the Atlantic (also test optional).

Any of the Eco League schools, really. http://ecoleague.org

Dickinson is the closest, and the most well-known. Alaska Pacific for those who want to go far far far away and this sunshine during the winter is really overrated.

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American U.

There are TONS of schools that are ‘test optional’ - those are the schools for your kid.

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What about Sweet Briar College?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She might get some merit aid from Wooster, Juniata, Kalamazoo or any of those midwestern liberal arts colleges ranked in the 40s-60s. They tend to be high quality education, friendly welcoming vibe, lots of personalized attention.
She might get in Mt. Holyoke, but not likely to get much merit aid, but it sounds like it would be a good fit.
She might have a chance at VTech (I know it's big and not at all like W&M, but it's nerdy and they want more girls in physics) which would be must cheaper.

Unlikely, but certainly worth a try. OP's daughter's GPA is great. Va Tech GPA ranges bottoms 25% to top 75% a 3.88 to 4.25 for entering (not accepted, which is higher) students, but the SAT is at the bottom 25% of the entering class (range is 1200-1370). But we loved Tech on our tour. It is large but the architecture and focus around on the drill field makes it feel smaller than it is. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

OP here: According to Naviance scatter grams, nearly everyone from her school with 4.0 or better was accepted to Tech. I am an alumni. I would rather her go to a smaller school. I fear she would fall between the cracks at tech (she will apply their).

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My sister had a great GPA but a sub-1000 SAT score. She has a visual impairment that wasn't recognized by the College Board that makes it impossible for her to fill in scantron bubbles accurately. She got into NC State with an explanation essay. She loved NC State and it set her up for a STEM PhD and awesome job.

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Have you looked at Gettysburg College? It has a same historic feel like W&M. I don't know anything about their majors.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She might get some merit aid from Wooster, Juniata, Kalamazoo or any of those midwestern liberal arts colleges ranked in the 40s-60s. They tend to be high quality education, friendly welcoming vibe, lots of personalized attention.
She might get in Mt. Holyoke, but not likely to get much merit aid, but it sounds like it would be a good fit.
She might have a chance at VTech (I know it's big and not at all like W&M, but it's nerdy and they want more girls in physics) which would be must cheaper.

Unlikely, but certainly worth a try. OP's daughter's GPA is great. Va Tech GPA ranges bottoms 25% to top 75% a 3.88 to 4.25 for entering (not accepted, which is higher) students, but the SAT is at the bottom 25% of the entering class (range is 1200-1370). But we loved Tech on our tour. It is large but the architecture and focus around on the drill field makes it feel smaller than it is. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

OP here: According to Naviance scatter grams, nearly everyone from her school with 4.0 or better was accepted to Tech. I am an alumni. I would rather her go to a smaller school. I fear she would fall between the cracks at tech (she will apply their).

She’s growing up and going off to colege. You have to let her try a school that she wants to go to and not just fear that she would ‘fall through the cracks’ there. Does Tech have any kind of disabled student support office? I’ll bet it does.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She might get some merit aid from Wooster, Juniata, Kalamazoo or any of those midwestern liberal arts colleges ranked in the 40s-60s. They tend to be high quality education, friendly welcoming vibe, lots of personalized attention.
She might get in Mt. Holyoke, but not likely to get much merit aid, but it sounds like it would be a good fit.
She might have a chance at VTech (I know it's big and not at all like W&M, but it's nerdy and they want more girls in physics) which would be must cheaper.

Unlikely, but certainly worth a try. OP's daughter's GPA is great. Va Tech GPA ranges bottoms 25% to top 75% a 3.88 to 4.25 for entering (not accepted, which is higher) students, but the SAT is at the bottom 25% of the entering class (range is 1200-1370). But we loved Tech on our tour. It is large but the architecture and focus around on the drill field makes it feel smaller than it is. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

For Va Tech- their internal data is better than SCHEV. Here it is, broken down by major: https://irweb.ir.vt.edu/webtest/FreshmenSummary.aspx

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OP, has your daughter tried the ACT? This test is more straightforward vs. the SAT and tends to be known as a test that has the tightest time constraint, but the extra time accommodation might give your daughter an edge. Also, we found that ACT was much more generous with accommodations. DS got only time and a half on SAT, but with ACT he got time and a half, mark answers in test booklet, keyboard for essay, and multi day testing. If you haven't already, you might want to see what kind of accommodations they will offer. You need to actually register for a test in order to apply for accommodations.

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For the majors she's interested in, VA Tech is a much better choice than William and Mary. I would think that with her grades, and an essay that mentions her autism, she could get into Tech.
How does she (and you) feel about her going far away, given her disability? I would think a school within 2-3 hours might be of interest. Another school that's not too far with good environ. sci and physics would be Pitt.

I think the PPs on this thread that are recommending SLACs are not paying much attention to her interests. SLACs will not have the majors that she wants.

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Anonymous wrote:For the majors she's interested in, VA Tech is a much better choice than William and Mary. I would think that with her grades, and an essay that mentions her autism, she could get into Tech.
How does she (and you) feel about her going far away, given her disability? I would think a school within 2-3 hours might be of interest. Another school that's not too far with good environ. sci and physics would be Pitt.

I think the PPs on this thread that are recommending SLACs are not paying much attention to her interests. SLACs will not have the majors that she wants.

You think there aren’t SLACs that have physics, environmental science majors?

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Earlham

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She might get some merit aid from Wooster, Juniata, Kalamazoo or any of those midwestern liberal arts colleges ranked in the 40s-60s. They tend to be high quality education, friendly welcoming vibe, lots of personalized attention.
She might get in Mt. Holyoke, but not likely to get much merit aid, but it sounds like it would be a good fit.
She might have a chance at VTech (I know it's big and not at all like W&M, but it's nerdy and they want more girls in physics) which would be must cheaper.

Unlikely, but certainly worth a try. OP's daughter's GPA is great. Va Tech GPA ranges bottoms 25% to top 75% a 3.88 to 4.25 for entering (not accepted, which is higher) students, but the SAT is at the bottom 25% of the entering class (range is 1200-1370). But we loved Tech on our tour. It is large but the architecture and focus around on the drill field makes it feel smaller than it is. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

For Va Tech- their internal data is better than SCHEV. Here it is, broken down by major: https://irweb.ir.vt.edu/webtest/FreshmenSummary.aspx

Very interesting stats. I hadn't seen that resource before - but still almost perfectly aligns with SCHEV stats but broken down further, general incoming entering high school range is 1180 (bottom 25%) to 1390 (top 75%). If just women, then it drops to 1160 (bottom 25%) to 1350 (top 75% median) and if white, both sex, bottom 25% is 1190 and top 1380. So OP's daughter has the GPA, the legacy but scores are a stretch. I'd still go for it. OP, my DD really loved tech when we toured, have you taken your DD there just to feel it out? You never know!