Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you narrow geographic region preferences? East Coast/West Coast/South/Midwest? Would help with making more targeted suggestions.

Prefer northeast / mid Atlantic or west coast. In the mid west would be ok near cities but not until Indiana. Not into Deep South , tx etc

- not into Indiana, so likely not excited for something like purdue


- also , this is a girl, if it matters

Anonymous wrote:What does top scores mean? Perfect A+s, 1600, national awards (science and math olympiads) winner?

If all of those, aim for Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc...

Some posters on this site complain that their not-so-top in the nation but still excellent students are being denied admissions to these top colleges, but most of that is just sour grapes. There are 50,000 valedictorians in the country. Not all of them should be going to HYPSM.

she's asking for likely schools. does anyone read?

Anonymous wrote:Can you narrow geographic region preferences? East Coast/West Coast/South/Midwest? Would help with making more targeted suggestions.

Prefer northeast / mid Atlantic or west coast. In the mid west would be ok near cities but not until Indiana. Not into Deep South , tx etc

Pitt, VATech, UMD, NC State.

These check most boxes except not necessarily small classes.

Anonymous wrote:What does top scores mean? Perfect A+s, 1600, national awards (science and math olympiads) winner?

If all of those, aim for Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc...

Some posters on this site complain that their not-so-top in the nation but still excellent students are being denied admissions to these top colleges, but most of that is just sour grapes. There are 50,000 valedictorians in the country. Not all of them should be going to HYPSM.

Very top student like you say and national recognition in two different areas…..very interested in Stanford , Princeton , brown , and maybe Dartmouth but they know those are all a gamble

What does top scores mean? Perfect A+s, 1600, national awards (science and math olympiads) winner?

If all of those, aim for Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc...

Some posters on this site complain that their not-so-top in the nation but still excellent students are being denied admissions to these top colleges, but most of that is just sour grapes. There are 50,000 valedictorians in the country. Not all of them should be going to HYPSM.

University of Pittsburgh.

Given his preferences, I'd look at liberal arts colleges with acceptance rates over 50%:

College of Wooster
Elon
Goucher
Gustavus Adolphus
Hendrix
Hobart and William Smith
Juniata
Knox
Lawrence
Lewis & Clark
Muhlenberg
Rhodes
Sewanee
St. Lawrence
Washington College of Maryland
Whitman

Lafayette College, Lehigh,

Purdue

Can you narrow geographic region preferences? East Coast/West Coast/South/Midwest? Would help with making more targeted suggestions.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe someplace like UMass Amherst? Apply for the Honors College, though that’s not a safety.

Should add also not a safety if you’re applying CS or similar, I would think.

Maybe someplace like UMass Amherst? Apply for the Honors College, though that’s not a safety.

Furman University

We are not in VA or. MD so aren’t in state for those schools. Trying to figure out some likely / foundational schools for a student w very top grades; rigor / AP scores, test scores , ECs. Would like to find some schools they’d be excited about where admissions are more probable given how hard admissions have gotten

- enjoy small classes w really engaged peers
- want a campus but open to either a city - city adjacent campus or someplace outside a city that has great outdoor opportunities
- interested in stem but also wants to pursue non-stem interests
- wants to do research as an undergraduate and study abroad
- not a big partier but social
- sports / school spirit is a positive but not required