Anonymous wrote:Duke is DC’s first choice..likes the mix of sports, rah rah and private. Other options?

Can't come up with any? Really?

Please provide info - what does your DC want to study? Going to a state school within the Honors college might be a path go get the experience they want.
BUT if appears that prestige is really important and there are just a handful of schools from the rankings that will make them feel validated.

Academically can’t do wake? Lol. Your child has a very slim chance of vandy or duke. He needs to get over himself. Gl.

^^^Waste of an app for the vast majority!

This should be a useful thread given 80% of the kids I know are applying ED to Duke this year.

Boston College
Notre Dame
Georgetown

Anonymous wrote:Duke is DC’s first choice..likes the mix of sports, rah rah and private. Other options?

There really aren't many private schools that offer great academics, top D1 sports, and good school vibes. But generally, schools to consider would be:

Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Stanford
Northwestern
USC
Boston College
Wake Forest

Why must it be a private school only?

non power five schools with d1 sports and solid academics

BU
Georgetown
University of Richmond
Colgate
Villanova
Bucknell

Whoops, forgot Northwestern!

That's pretty much it for power five ("rah-rah") private colleges.

* I left out Baylor, TCU, and SMU

Also:

Syracuse
Boston College
Notre Dame
USC
Stanford

Anonymous wrote:Vandy
Wake
U Miami
Tulane

Thanks. Vandy on the list but others not quite academically appealing to DC. Lehigh ahead of Wake, Miami and Tulane.

Vandy
Wake
U Miami
Tulane

We have looked at the publics, Michigan, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, UVA, UNC and not interested

Duke is DC’s first choice..likes the mix of sports, rah rah and private. Other options?