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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on ACT:
College of Wooster
Denison
Dickinson
Gettysburg
Lawrence
Muhlenberg
Oberlin
St. Mary's College of Maryland
St. Olaf

Her ACT would be on the higher side for:
Agnes Scott
Allegheny
Goucher
Juniata
Kalamazoo
Salisbury
University of the South (Sewanee)

GPA would be more typical and ACT would be very high for:
McDaniel
Hood
Susquehanna

I'd focus on choices in several tiers (e.g like those above) and really show them some love with demonstrated interest. And also put in some higher shots, because you never know!

What's her weighted GPA like?[/quote]

Thanks for the suggestions. She has a 3.5ish weighted this year - she's taking two APs, will be sitting for the tests at the end of year. She's a better test taker than everyday student so hopefully gets 4 or 5. [/quote]

She can do better than all of these schools, in case you didn't know. And by "better" I mean those "'A' schools for 'B' students" like Indiana, Rutgers, Delaware, Syracuse, Temple, South Carolina. These are large state schools - and I think most of those I mentioned give some money, except Rutgers. I know of kids with worse stats, including my own, who were accepted at those schools (except they did not apply to Syracuse or USC). 
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DP.  Thanks for this list.  Are there any other schools you'd recommend including Privates? DS (Junior) will likely end up in the same ballpark (3.2-3.3 UW and 3.8-3.9 W) and 1500-1540 SAT (based on practice tests and PSAT).  FCPS and no hooks.  Our budget would be about $50K/yr all in.  DS is interested in non-engineering STEM/Arts combo.  BC Calc planned for sr. year.[/quote]

The non-Engineering STEM/Arts combo kids I know (lots of DS's friends with a range of grades/scores) really liked: USC, Brown/RISD, CMU, Georgia Tech, Santa Clara, WPI, RIT, RPI, GMU, Ithaca, U. Denver, Drexel, Pitt, Case Western, Miami of Ohio, DePaul, U. Wisconsin, UC Santa Cruz, U MD, American, Lehigh, Boston College, NYU. Some of those are out of range for the GPA, but none for the SAT, so it can't hurt to try if there is a great art portfolio. Nonetheless, I see merit aid for you at a lot of the lower ranked schools, so don't let the price tag of the privates scare you off. You will be interested to see that all of the tech schools really care about the fine arts too.[/quote]

Thanks![/quote]

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