What colleges to aim for?
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Anonymous
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Quirky-ish boy (kind of a conventional quirky type) from an area private. 3.3 GPA, but he doesn't have a single C or D on his transcript thus far (junior). He took the SAT this fall and got 2100 without prep, so we are thinking he might be able to raise it a bit. Good ECs - varsity sport, forensics, service club, and does volunteering with underprivileged kids on a regular basis. Looking to major in economics or maybe finance.
The only criteria he has said is important to him is that it's in a mid-size city or above (say, Richmond size). Nothing rural. Any thoughts? |
Anonymous
| Is going South ok with him, then? |
Anonymous
Probably. Nothing too Southern (ie Washington & Lee) though. |
Anonymous
| Full pay? |
Anonymous
| Any APs? |
Anonymous
| Full pay. Five APs as of now, will probably do two next year. |
Anonymous
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The distance between his scores and his GPA are going to make it difficult to peg matches for him, so I'd cast a pretty wide net and make sure you have some *true* safeties on the list that he really likes. Some ideas to consider (some of these might be reaches):
Case Western Clark Dickinson Eckerd Goucher Kalamazoo Lafayette Lawrence Lewis & Clark Muhlenburg New College Northeastern Pitt Rhodes Union University of Denver |
Anonymous
That's an unweighted GPA? |
Anonymous
| Does your school have Naviance? |
Anonymous
Yes, unweighted. |
Anonymous
| What's his wt GPA? |
Anonymous
| I think his GPA is problematic. Any reason for low GPA? |
Anonymous
Problematic in what sense? He's a solid B student in AP classes. |
Anonymous
| OP, what has he scored on AP exams? |
Anonymous
| Sarah Lawrence, Muhlenburg, Reed, Earlham, -- There are a large range of schools he could get into but I pick these out as schools for quirky types. |