Need targets and safeties

[Anonymous]

For a student who likes Carleton, Kalamazoo College is a terrific likely admit option. Also on a trimester system, strong in STEM fields- they place a ton of their grads into strong PhD programs and it has a very pretty, liberal, diverse campus. Also St. Olaf- well known for math and of course, right near Carleton. FYI- my D26 got terrific merit aid from Kalamazoo and while she's still waiting to hear back from many schools, K College may end up being a contender in the end because she liked it so much and the price tag is great. Her brother is at Brown. He also loved Swat- that was his 2nd choice. He applied to Case Western but didn't get in- demonstrate interest in CWRU if you're serious about it as a target school.

[Anonymous]

^I'm the above poster, also maybe check out Brandeis. Not sure how strong their applied math program is specifically, but they are well known for STEM, and the campus culture will feel similar to Brown/Carleton.

[Anonymous]

St Olaf
Rose-Hulman

[Anonymous]

Harvey Mudd now is pretty close to a lottery - even for very well qualified applicants. They have many more highly qualified applicants than openings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reaches my DS likes best are Harvey Mudd, Carleton, Swarthmore, and Brown. He likes them because they are collaborative environments without substantial Greek life that have strong STEM offerings (he wants to be a math or statistics major and go to grad school).

What are possible targets and safeties? Assume he has the stats to be competitive at the above reaches, but they are still lottery tickets.

Curious, if your DS doesn't want to do Greek why does it matter if there is Greek on campus? He just doesn't get involved in it. I think you may be eliminating a log of school schools.

because at some schools it dominates social life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reaches my DS likes best are Harvey Mudd, Carleton, Swarthmore, and Brown. He likes them because they are collaborative environments without substantial Greek life that have strong STEM offerings (he wants to be a math or statistics major and go to grad school).

What are possible targets and safeties? Assume he has the stats to be competitive at the above reaches, but they are still lottery tickets.

Swat is a great school but it is known to be really intense. Does he know this? Is that what he wants?

[Anonymous]

Targets are hard to find. Look at

Rochester
Case Western
Lafayette
Lehigh
Denison
Furman
VA Tech
Dickinson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reaches my DS likes best are Harvey Mudd, Carleton, Swarthmore, and Brown. He likes them because they are collaborative environments without substantial Greek life that have strong STEM offerings (he wants to be a math or statistics major and go to grad school).

What are possible targets and safeties? Assume he has the stats to be competitive at the above reaches, but they are still lottery tickets.

Curious, if your DS doesn't want to do Greek why does it matter if there is Greek on campus? He just doesn't get involved in it. I think you may be eliminating a log of school schools.

because at some schools it dominates social life

True - but any school with 20% of less Greek life will have the vast majority of students involved in other activities.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reaches my DS likes best are Harvey Mudd, Carleton, Swarthmore, and Brown. He likes them because they are collaborative environments without substantial Greek life that have strong STEM offerings (he wants to be a math or statistics major and go to grad school).

What are possible targets and safeties? Assume he has the stats to be competitive at the above reaches, but they are still lottery tickets.

Curious, if your DS doesn't want to do Greek why does it matter if there is Greek on campus? He just doesn't get involved in it. I think you may be eliminating a log of school schools.

because at some schools it dominates social life

True - but any school with 20% of less Greek life will have the vast majority of students involved in other activities.
DP

As a guideline, this U.S. News list of fraternity participation extends to 19%:

2026 Colleges with the Most Students in Fraternities | US News Rankings https://share.google/Xq2vHK7sWbotHcyNg

[Anonymous]

This is the U.S. News list on sorority participation:

2026 Colleges with the Most Students in Sororities | US News Rankings https://share.google/tcHxUa32d6SVKqEL7

[Anonymous]

Christopher Newport has very good math/stats/data science. Good safety and would give you money.

[Anonymous]

Son is a math major at Rose-Hulman and absolutely loves it. It's a wonderful, collaborative environment and he's definitely found his people there.

[Anonymous]

If your son would like the freedom to take, say, 30 of 32 courses across math/statistics, computer science and natural and physical sciences, then research Hamilton, which offers such flexibility. Although an actual schedule would best be discussed with an academic advisor, students at Hamilton are permitted to concentrate in quantitative fields to a greater extent than even those at most technical institutes.

[Anonymous]

If your son likes the general concept of Reed but is hesitant about its core curriculum, then Reed's peer school lists, which appear to have been carefully chosen, may be worth browsing for further ideas:

Comparator Schools - Institutional Research - Reed College https://share.google/NnbWUY3NOkURInCoj

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges highly valued for their classroom experience may meet your criterion of a collaborative environment:

https://share.google/9qFZvNXbPAlOmL4bq

Grinnell, for example, may be of interest.

Grinnell also appears on this list of colleges with the friendliest students:

Friendliest Students | The Princeton Review https://share.google/srhLvpDAKXiU6RsFO