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[quote=Anonymous]I think your DD sounds like a very strong student with a lot going for her. That said, I think you are getting some strange advice above and I'm wondering if either I'm missing something in the profile you've written or other people are unaware of what admissions are like these days. IMO, her GPA and test scores are non-starters for elite privates like Georgetown and W&L and elite publics like Berkeley and UCLA (and you would likely be full-pay there, very little aid given to OOS students at CA publics). Even as an in-state student, UVA will be a reach.

But I think she is a strong candidate for many schools and would have a shot at merit aid at many privates. I think she'd have a chance at W&M especially if she applied ED. For SLACs, I'd look at the USNWR schools below, say, the top 20, such as:

Grinnell
Macalester
Oberlin
Kenyon
Lafayette
Skidmore
Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall
Rhodes
St. Olaf
Clark
Denison
Lawrence
Sarah Lawrence
Beloit
Wooster
Rhodes
Connecticut
Trinity (CT)
Bard

I would also strongly consider women's colleges like Wellesley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke.

For publics, South Carolina is a good suggestion. She might also consider the University of Charleston, UNC-Asheville, SUNY Geneseo, Alabama. She should also apply to JMU or Christopher Newport or Mary Washington to make sure she has a safety you know you can afford.

It will be important to run the net price calculators at various schools to see what they estimate the cost of attendance at. Schools will definitely count both parents' income, but they may differ in how they treat living expenses for divorced households.[/quote]

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