Looking for a college for my quirky DD

[Anonymous]

My DD is ending her junior year very soon and her college list consists of a couple of schools. She's a smart girl who loves watching basketball and definitely takes pride on being nerdy and doing her own thing. Right now she has a part time job at a fast food restaurant and she's in National Honor Society. She's had a few other memberships in academic related clubs. Her stats are a bit low, 23 ACT, 1490 total SAT. 3.3 GPA with honors and AP courses. She is mildly disabled which contributes to her inability to focus as she should. Her first choice is Howard, which is a great school, but I'm concerned about fit. I think she will do better at a college with less distractions and students like herself(introverted, quirky, intelligent, and slightly sports loving). DD's medical treatment will restrict her to schools between Philadelphia and DC. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

OP, I would suggest you double post on Special Needs. Quite a few parents with SN kids in college share notes there. Do you have in-state options and if so where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I would suggest you double post on Special Needs. Quite a few parents with SN kids in college share notes there. Do you have in-state options and if so where?

We are in Maryland, I did suggest Salisbury. She states it's not a good fit because the town is a bit isolated. We've visited the area frequently as DH's family lives there. I have posted in the SN forum thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I would suggest you double post on Special Needs. Quite a few parents with SN kids in college share notes there. Do you have in-state options and if so where?

We are in Maryland, I did suggest Salisbury. She states it's not a good fit because the town is a bit isolated. We've visited the area frequently as DH's family lives there. I have posted in the SN forum thank you!

What about Hood in Frederick?

[Anonymous]

Hamline University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Rockhurst University

St. Louis University

University of Alabama

Colorado State University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hamline University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Rockhurst University

St. Louis University

University of Alabama

Colorado State University

Did you miss the part about staying between DC and Philadelphia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hamline University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Rockhurst University

St. Louis University

University of Alabama

Colorado State University

Did you miss the part about staying between DC and Philadelphia?

Yep.

There are doctors (good doctors!) in those places, though.

[Anonymous]

Stevens Institute of Technology? Right near NY and the students fit how you describe. Only problem is she has to want to do STEM and the school is very gender imbalanced.

Her ACT is better than her SAT so you should use that.

[Anonymous]

What about Goucher College?

[Anonymous]

Goucher, McDaniel, Ursinus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is ending her junior year very soon and her college list consists of a couple of schools. She's a smart girl who loves watching basketball and definitely takes pride on being nerdy and doing her own thing. Right now she has a part time job at a fast food restaurant and she's in National Honor Society. She's had a few other memberships in academic related clubs. Her stats are a bit low, 23 ACT, 1490 total SAT. 3.3 GPA with honors and AP courses. She is mildly disabled which contributes to her inability to focus as she should. Her first choice is Howard, which is a great school, but I'm concerned about fit. I think she will do better at a college with less distractions and students like herself(introverted, quirky, intelligent, and slightly sports loving). DD's medical treatment will restrict her to schools between Philadelphia and DC. Any suggestions?

Well those students could be at any college really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stevens Institute of Technology? Right near NY and the students fit how you describe. Only problem is she has to want to do STEM and the school is very gender imbalanced.

Her ACT is better than her SAT so you should use that.

Really? Not being snarky, both ACT and SAT are low. What schools in MD and DC "say" they don't look at test scores? That would be the best approach. The 3.3 GPA is good. OP, are you adding in the written component of the ACT test into that combosite score? You know that you don't have to report that right? Our Aspie teen did a combined 32 ACT but utterly failed the written portion because she can't write - it was ungradeable. But ACT reports only the math and english and she had a 3.4 GPA so did just fine getting into college. I would search for those schools that tout they no longer look at testing, take the "holistic" approach, etc. You might want to have her tutored and retake the ACT. We were advised that the ACT is better for SN kids and that certainly turned out to be true in the case of our daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stevens Institute of Technology? Right near NY and the students fit how you describe. Only problem is she has to want to do STEM and the school is very gender imbalanced.

Her ACT is better than her SAT so you should use that.

Really? Not being snarky, both ACT and SAT are low. What schools in MD and DC "say" they don't look at test scores? That would be the best approach. The 3.3 GPA is good. OP, are you adding in the written component of the ACT test into that combosite score? You know that you don't have to report that right? Our Aspie teen did a combined 32 ACT but utterly failed the written portion because she can't write - it was ungradeable. But ACT reports only the math and english and she had a 3.4 GPA so did just fine getting into college. I would search for those schools that tout they no longer look at testing, take the "holistic" approach, etc. You might want to have her tutored and retake the ACT. We were advised that the ACT is better for SN kids and that certainly turned out to be true in the case of our daughter.

http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/estimate.html

A 23 is about a 1590 which is 100 points higher than a 1490.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hamline University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Rockhurst University

St. Louis University

University of Alabama

Colorado State University

This is a super crazy list even if she was looking wider.

Goucher or Stevenson? Emory and Henry may be just right though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goucher, McDaniel, Ursinus

Good choices. I really think your DD will like Goucher, it's not a sporty school. However, it has other qualities she may like.