"not-too-small school near a big city. Pref East Coast"

Boston University - show demonstrated interest
Pitt
Case Western - might be too midwest
University of Rochester - not sure if Rochester is a big enough city
NC State

Would your child consider Canadian schools?

Brandeis has seen much better days.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

“Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a non-sectarian, coeducational university…”

BC and Nova have strong Catholic affiliation.

Anonymous wrote:Not a big city but w&m? my daughter had villanova and brandeis on her list but went to w&m.

what does your child want from a big city?

We are in NYC so w&m is probably too much of a reach as well. I don't think he needs to be IN a big city, like an NYU type campus, but when we looked at remote schools it was a hard no ("there's nothing here.")

Take the religion out for a moment Villanova and Brandeis are polar opposites. Nova lots of sports and school spirit. Brandeis no school spirit, huge drop in US News ranking.

Not a big city but w&m? my daughter had villanova and brandeis on her list but went to w&m.

what does your child want from a big city?

I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

lol, lehigh is not near a big city Drexel is low profile and Colgate and Bucknell are extremely far from civilization.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid who is open to Catholic schools and likes Villanova has GWU and Lehigh on his list. Also Drexel which might be a safety.

GW is a good idea! Wondering about American. I never really hear about it.

I hear good things! I would go look!

Anonymous wrote:GWU
Richmond
Colgate
Boston College
Bucknell
Drexel (kinda)
Lehigh

A lot of these are nowhere near a big city. Colgate is the middle of absolute nowhere.

GWU
Richmond
Colgate
Boston College
Bucknell
Drexel (kinda)
Lehigh

Anonymous wrote:My kid who is open to Catholic schools and likes Villanova has GWU and Lehigh on his list. Also Drexel which might be a safety.

GW is a good idea! Wondering about American. I never really hear about it.

My kid who is open to Catholic schools and likes Villanova has GWU and Lehigh on his list. Also Drexel which might be a safety.

We are a mixed-religion, very non-religious family. Kid would like a not-too-small school near a big city. Pref East Coast. Doesn't have stats for T20, I think Emory and Tufts are too reach-y. Villanova and Brandeis feel like reasonable targets, but I don't know if DC would go for the religious aspect. What else could we look at?