Anonymous wrote:I’d look into

Wheaton (MA)
St Olaf
Wooster
Susquehanna
Muhlenberg
Hobart/William Smith
U Vermont
U New Hampshire

OP here, thanks--never heard of some of these. Off to research!

Anonymous wrote:She’s willing to go to Towson but not College Park?

Why isn’t College Park on this list?

With those stats she might get some nice merit aid.

Is money no object? If so, can’t she sign up for ballet classes privately?

I’m not OP, but do you not see UMD on the list?

Anonymous wrote:Washington college in md? What about u Delaware
Not a safety but oberlin? Kenyon? Grinnell

OHIO are you kidding no.

She’s willing to go to Towson but not College Park?

Why isn’t College Park on this list?

With those stats she might get some nice merit aid.

Is money no object? If so, can’t she sign up for ballet classes privately?

I’d look into

Wheaton (MA)
St Olaf
Wooster
Susquehanna
Muhlenberg
Hobart/William Smith
U Vermont
U New Hampshire

Anonymous wrote:UPitt

But, what is the major?

She said not urban (and it’s “Pitt” not “UPitt”).

Anonymous wrote:aren't Dickinson and F&M safeties with a unweighted 4.0?

They have under 50% acceptance rates, which makes them safeties for nobody.

OP: I am not a fan of the school myself, but so many people are: Elon. They have a try-out dance major, so I assume strong ballet classes. That would a safety for your DD. Also, Hamilton has a single-digit acceptance rate. It's not a target for anybody.

Dickinson has a average GPA 3.7
F&M 3.8
Bard 3.7


How are these all not safeties?

Skidmore and Connecticut College

aren't Dickinson and F&M safeties with a unweighted 4.0?

UPitt

But, what is the major?

My senior with similar stats and similar reaches and targets applied to St John's College or his safety, a tiny college with two campuses, one in Annapolis and one in Santa Fe. I believe it has a 50-ish% acceptance rate, but maybe 60-ish% in early action (he got in EA with significant merit aid). It was his only safety - the only one in that range that he would be happy to attend. Very "peculiar" in that all undergrads have the same curriculum - they read mathematicians, philosophers and classic authors in the original English, French or ancient Greek (Pascal, Euclides, etc). Classes are round tables guided by professors holding PhDs. They have a choir and orchestra, but I don't know if they have ballet, and maybe it depends on the campus, so you should ask. Students can spend some time on both campuses or just stay at one of them. There is a big push to accept more international students and diversify the student body.

Your best safety is wisely choosing ED1 and ED2 options

Washington college in md? What about u Delaware
Not a safety but oberlin? Kenyon? Grinnell

HS Junior with 4.0 uw and 4.8 w with ACT of 35 and mostly honors/AP on track to get IB diploma. We are finalizing the list and planning on visiting schools this spring. We feel like we have a good list of reaches and targets, but are missing a few safeties. Requirements are not big city urban, some kind of orchestra non-music majors can audition for, and some kind of ballet classes at more than just the introductory level that non-majors can take.

Reaches
Swarthmore
Williams
Amherst College

Targets
Wesleyan
Hamilton
UMD
Franklin & Marshall
Dickinson
Bard

Safeties
Towson University
???

I looked at Goucher, but while it fits the requirements, it is really small and heavily weighted to women. I checked out SUNY Stoney Brook and Binghamton, but no good ballet option. Any other options occur to folks? Bard might be a safety, but it's small so I don't want to put it in that category. She'd rather go bigger than smaller if it's a safety. She's ruled out Penn State because she expects several friends to go there and does not want to be in college with them.