Anonymous
Post 12/06/2014 09:49     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Sarah Lawrence, Muhlenburg, Reed, Earlham, -- There are a large range of schools he could get into but I pick these out as schools for quirky types.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 22:28     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
OP, what has he scored on AP exams?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 22:25     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Anonymous wrote:I think his GPA is problematic. Any reason for low GPA?




Problematic in what sense? He's a solid B student in AP classes.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 21:58     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
I think his GPA is problematic. Any reason for low GPA?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 21:02     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
What's his wt GPA?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:57     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Full pay. Five APs as of now, will probably do two next year.


That's an unweighted GPA?


Yes, unweighted.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:57     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Does your school have Naviance?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:56     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Anonymous wrote:Full pay. Five APs as of now, will probably do two next year.


That's an unweighted GPA?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:55     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
The distance between his scores and his GPA are going to make it difficult to peg matches for him, so I'd cast a pretty wide net and make sure you have some *true* safeties on the list that he really likes. Some ideas to consider (some of these might be reaches):

Case Western
Clark
Dickinson
Eckerd
Goucher
Kalamazoo
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lewis & Clark
Muhlenburg
New College
Northeastern
Pitt
Rhodes
Union
University of Denver
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:48     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Full pay. Five APs as of now, will probably do two next year.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:33     Subject: Re:What colleges to aim for?
Any APs?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:32     Subject: Re:What colleges to aim for?
Full pay?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:23     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Anonymous wrote:Is going South ok with him, then?


Probably. Nothing too Southern (ie Washington & Lee) though.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:18     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Is going South ok with him, then?
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2014 20:16     Subject: What colleges to aim for?
Quirky-ish boy (kind of a conventional quirky type) from an area private. 3.3 GPA, but he doesn't have a single C or D on his transcript thus far (junior). He took the SAT this fall and got 2100 without prep, so we are thinking he might be able to raise it a bit. Good ECs - varsity sport, forensics, service club, and does volunteering with underprivileged kids on a regular basis. Looking to major in economics or maybe finance.

The only criteria he has said is important to him is that it's in a mid-size city or above (say, Richmond size). Nothing rural.

Any thoughts?