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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I suggest Dickinson, Dennison, Kenyon, Oberlin, The College of Wooster, St. Olaf's, Knox College, Kalamazoo College, Earlham, Antioch, Ursinus, Eckerd, Hampshire, Goucher, Clark, Allegheny, Tulane, Roanoke, Goucher, Drew, Hollins, Washington (MD), Muhlenberg, Bennington, Gettysburg, Davidson, University of Richmond, among others. [/quote]

These are good suggestions given that kid has a 3.38 [i]and[/i] requires merit aid. [/quote]

Dickinson alum here. Outstanding education, bucolic campus with stunning new science and academic facilities and listed in Loren Pope's "colleges that change lives". Very strong poli sci and humanities departments with a great language problem and study abroad options. It was a bit fratty when I was there ten years ago but I hear thats changed and there are many theme houses, clubs and intellectual activities to engage in.

Its become much more popular and selective over the past decade but acceptance rate is still only in the high 30s. As good as it is it still seems to be a backup to kids applying to Middlebury, Colgate etc. I remember they had $10-15k merit aid scholarships for the very best students too based on GPA and SAT.[/quote]

Would he be a good candidate for merit aid there?[/quote]

Quite possibly. The SAT was different then but I recall admissions taking leadership and personal interests into account too when awarding the money. You didn't have to fill out a separate app either: the committee would review each app for scholarship consideration during the normal screening process.

Assuming you're in the DC area its a great small gem worth looking into only 2-2.5 hours away from the beltway area. Having done some grad work already I felt like the school prepared me well and most students were competitive with themselves. Not cutthroat and borderline vicious like Cornell, Penn, Hopkins and some of the very top LACs.

Also, language program, not problem  :D [/quote]

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