Thoughts on this list? Other suggestions?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Denison sounds like a great fit. The new Eisner Performing Arts Center is beautiful. My DD is an Environmental Studies major and is taking an art class this semester. She just started, but we have been really impressed so far. It's a beautiful campus (quite a few new buildings), and although the drive is about 6 hours from our home, it's a nice drive (scenic and mostly no traffic). The admittance rate this year is 22%, but I think many of the schools' admittance rates have become more selective since COVID. They also offer great merit. Other schools she considered: Lafayette, Bucknell, Elon, Rollins, Dickinson, W&M ...

https://denison.edu/campus/about/fast-facts

Odd that the fast facts page on the Denison University website never reveals the number of students enrolled at the school.

Denison's fast facts page is always wonky to me--I go by CDS because that includes waitlist numbers and other factors that convey information more clearly. Their 20-21 acceptance rate was 28% and they are test optional and only 28% submitted SAT scores--so don't worry that their SATs look high-ish. Also they seem to be more lenient on GPA than other competitive LACs--in 20-21 roughly 71% were in the top 10% of their class, 88% in top 25% and 100% in top half. So this is a good school for strong students interested in a LAC--they don't have to be at the very top. So they are attracting a segment of students where there are a lot of kids --above average grades and scores, but not the highest. So it seems like there could be more unpredictability in admissions (schools that accept the top 10% of scores and GPA you kind of know what your chances are if you have those scores) so you'd want to express interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd second the suggestion of Smith, Holyoke, and add Bryn Mawr. Great schools if she's ok with women's college, and offer merit.

I saw a suggestion of Colgate. Great academics but very greek heavy. I would not send a woman there.

I don't think Colgate has dance as a minor, anyway

Smith and Holyoke are part of the Five College Dance Consortium. https://www.fivecolleges.edu/academics/dance

I think I know someone with a child at Bryn Mawr doing a dance minor? Her younger is heading to a college in MA for a Dance BFA, but not one you would be interested in.

My daughter and I are going on a tour of a women's college in a few weeks (Meredith in NC) - she's a junior and a likely dance major, although not planning to become a professional. I like that it is a slightly larger college (1500 vs 3-400) and right next to NC State. Raleigh and the Triangle is a nice area for college students. She also can major or minor in exercise science, which is her other area of interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Denison sounds like a great fit. The new Eisner Performing Arts Center is beautiful. My DD is an Environmental Studies major and is taking an art class this semester. She just started, but we have been really impressed so far. It's a beautiful campus (quite a few new buildings), and although the drive is about 6 hours from our home, it's a nice drive (scenic and mostly no traffic). The admittance rate this year is 22%, but I think many of the schools' admittance rates have become more selective since COVID. They also offer great merit. Other schools she considered: Lafayette, Bucknell, Elon, Rollins, Dickinson, W&M ...

https://denison.edu/campus/about/fast-facts

Odd that the fast facts page on the Denison University website never reveals the number of students enrolled at the school.

Denison's fast facts page is always wonky to me--I go by CDS because that includes waitlist numbers and other factors that convey information more clearly. Their 20-21 acceptance rate was 28% and they are test optional and only 28% submitted SAT scores--so don't worry that their SATs look high-ish. Also they seem to be more lenient on GPA than other competitive LACs--in 20-21 roughly 71% were in the top 10% of their class, 88% in top 25% and 100% in top half. So this is a good school for strong students interested in a LAC--they don't have to be at the very top. So they are attracting a segment of students where there are a lot of kids --above average grades and scores, but not the highest. So it seems like there could be more unpredictability in admissions (schools that accept the top 10% of scores and GPA you kind of know what your chances are if you have those scores) so you'd want to express interest.

At the top of the page in red, it shows, "Enrollment: 2,300 Undergraduates." Is that the info you were looking for?

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Looks like Bryn Mawr does have it.

https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departments-programs/dance/major-minor

Academically, BMC very rigorous in general, and apparently not for everyone as a result.

[Anonymous]

Case Western for environmental science

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Bryn Mawr does have it.

https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departments-programs/dance/major-minor

Academically, BMC very rigorous in general, and apparently not for everyone as a result.

Yeah - if you are looking for something that is not a pressure cooker - and I don't really think BMC is - but I also don't think that it's for the student who is looking for a more relaxed experience. It has ALOT of other pluses but that is not one of them.

[Anonymous]

Juniata? Don't know about their dance, but lots of environmental options.