Smart kid wants a party/sports school (ugh)- Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, U Florida?

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Don't listen to DCUM, your child has a great chance in getting into those state school with just his GPA since he took lots of APs.

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Without considering STEM, I'd do Univ. of Florida!!

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Arizona/Arizona State

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Indiana probably should be on the list of anyone who loves Michigan and Wisconsin. Also Minnesota, but it's in the Twin Cities, so the Golden Gophers are not the only sports show in town.

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I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Purdue. They have put a lot of money into student mentoring & satisfaction.

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I had similar stats coming out of high school and went to Florida State on a full scholarship, had an incredible time, met a lot of great people, and came out making around $75k in 2017. Couldn’t recommend it any more.

UF, Texas, and UGA could also be good fits. I have no idea why anybody would want to freeze their ass off at Wisconsin or up north but hey that’s just me

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Va tech
Ohio state
Clemson
Indiana
Nc state
Tennessee
Alabama


Are all good fits and some would give you money.

And don’t rule out private. Lots of merit aid out there.

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Wisconsin has such a great college town. You get used to the cold.

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Anonymous wrote:The upside of wanting a kid with good grades who wants to go to a party school is he has a good shot at serious merit money.

The University of Michigan offers full ride scholarships for students from Virginia who major in engineering: https://scholarships.engin.umich.edu/gloria-wille-bell-and-carlos-r-bell-scholarship/

Iowa State also offers generous merit scholarships to out-of-state students: https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/scholarships/freshman/md

The University of Iowa is very fun party school, popular among Chicagoland residents. Nonstop flights from DC, lots of scholarships for students who can keep a 3.50 G.P.A. amid all that partying: https://clas.uiowa.edu/students/scholarships#Entering%20First-Time%20First-Year

It says in that link that 2-5 scholarships per year are awarded and Virginia residents got $20k/year. not sure where you're getting full ride. and this kid probably wouldn't even get into michigan, let alone get a scholarship that is only given to a tiny tiny silver of the incoming class

I knew people who got the scholarship. It used to be a full ride.

It's hard to think of this in the highly competitive atmosphere of this area, but there are a lot of state flagships that would be happy to have your kid and their superior academic achievement bringing up the averages. Lots of scholarships that basically give you in-state tuition at the University of Georgia (presidential waiver), etc. Just look outside the colleges like Michigan, Delaware, etc that have a long track record of attracting out of staters.

uh, no. UGA's 25th SAT percentile is 1310. How is a kid going to get a presidential waiver if they barely even meet the 25th percentile? LOL. It sounds like you went through college admissions a LONG time ago -- things have changed a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:If he wants to do STEM, a lot of the big state schools that have a lot of good sports teams also have great STEM programs (engineering, bio fields, chem, etc.). Some ideas:
UofF
UofAriz
Marquette
Not sure if he's competitive with those scores, but those are all good schools for STEM. Weather is obviously different between the three!

Marquette?

It is a smaller parochial school in Milwaukee. Not a big state school.

Marquette is not attached to a parish. It is Catholic but not parochial.

It still isn't a state school with a lot of school spirit.

It's not a state school, but basketball is huge and there is a lot of school spirit.

-alum

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Anonymous wrote:If he has stats for and interest in UF that's a good option. Tons of grads in this area if he wants to come back, great sports and plenty of social options. Every grad I know from there loved it and is happy /successful now.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Florida. How is this even a question? He wants a large, SEC Football school.

/Go Gators

DP. Not sure he'll get in.

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Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you - Wisconsin is actually a great pick

It is a great pick, but most like 1300 SATs are not going to hack it for admissions.

OP is not getting into Wisconsin OOS with those test scores. It is also really expensive OOS

[Anonymous]

Why “ugh”? I agree with your kid, OP. Have fun & get a great education!

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t put smart and SAT 1300 in the same sentence. While high SAT scores don’t necessarily indicate you’re smart, 1300s almost certainly indicate you’re not (because SAT tests are so easy these days).

Harsh but PP makes a good point.
I’m sure your child is bright, OP, but his SAT score is not. Only disclose if it’s in the top half of this year’s admitted students.