Reply to Parent of Junior here - Is this year extra bad or is this how it is?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Parent of Junior here - Is this year extra bad or is this how it is?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD recognizes that even with a 4.3 gpa, APs, and interesting ECs, admission to her top choices is iffy. High stats kids are a dime a dozen.

She will also apply to schools that are much less selective where she’s confident she would be accepted, probably with significant merit aid. If she ends up attending one of her lower-ranked choices, she will likely have plenty of her college fund left over for grad school.[/quote]

Can you suggest some of the schools that your DD would be considering?  Every place my similar DC is looking that used to be a safety or target has moved up at least one level.  What's a good safety for someone who has worked so hard?[/quote]

Where are you located? Va, Md, DC or somewhere else? I can give better suggestions if I know where you would be in-state.[/quote]

Virginia[/quote]
If your DC is interested in a smaller school, the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg offered my older DS significant merit aid when he applied. I’m an alumna so that may have helped. He decided to attend George Mason.

From what I hear, a lot of students are putting [b]VCU and Christopher Newport[/b] on their lists. JMU is popular too but gives less merit from what I hear.[/quote]

Are you hearing this about students taking high rigor applying to these schools?  This sounds so different that just a few years ago.[/quote]

Yes. Students are looking at schools based on their strength in certain fields. VCU is among the best in the country for Arts, and is strong in pre-med, pre-dentistry, etc.
CNU has some good science and business departments, and UMW is known for strong historic preservation, geography, and political science department. Longwood U in Farmville is outstanding for its Education department. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics