Vanderbilt?

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Anonymous wrote:Interested in going to LA? My DD was looking at those mid-size schools and liked USC, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

Pepperdine and LMU are mid-size. USC is large (20k undergrads + 27k grad).

But it's not a big state school - about same UG enrollment as BU. I mentioned it bc my DD also liked Georgetown and Emory.

Re: west coast, 3.8/1450 might be up for some decent merit money at the west coast mid-size options (SCU, LMU, and let's not forget USD). Their Net Price Calculators include a merit estimate.

Anonymous wrote:Interested in going to LA? My DD was looking at those mid-size schools and liked USC, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

Pepperdine and LMU are mid-size. USC is large (20k undergrads + 27k grad).

Interested in going to LA? My DD was looking at those mid-size schools and liked USC, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.

She can do a 5 year program at tufts and the fletcher school.

Tufts and Wesleyan have a little more of a small university feel than most SLACs.. Definitely feel bigger. Case Western is a good idea.

University of Rochester

Anonymous wrote:Early decision

For safeties, maybe Franklin Marshall or GW? (For those majors?)

F&M is like the epitome of a rural LAC.

Early decision

For safeties, maybe Franklin Marshall or GW? (For those majors?)

What does Ed mean

DD was the same way. She ended up at Georgetown. Her main complaint throughout the application process was that a lot of these schools were Greek heavy and one of the main reasons she didn't want to go to a big state school was she didn't want Greek. But that's what you get when you don't want to go to an LAC.

Maybe medium-sized universities, as Emory and Georgetown are. (BU would be too big and too urban if she likes a traditional campus the size of Gtown and Emory.)

Vandy, Tufts, Wake, Boston College, Tulane, Villanova, Santa Clara, American. Though these would be in the range for a 1450/3.8, there are other, more- and less-selective mid-size universities, U Miami, LMU, Fordham.

She's not out of the Penn ballpark for ED if her app is impressive. Other schools to try:
- Northwestern
- Notre Dame
- Rice
- Wake Forest
- Tufts
- Case Western
All of these schools are really different but they all meet the criteria you listed. It's hard. There really aren't a lot of private schools between 5000 and 15000 worth going to.

My junior is in a weird boat. She doesn't want to go to a big state school or a small LAC. Her stats are 3.8 and 1450 so she's not quite at the top tier (though she's thinking of EDing to Penn as a long shot). She's interested in Emory and Georgetown (both considered reaches) but beyond that, doesn't seem to like very many schools. I took her to see Boston University and Wash U thinking they may be up her ally but she didn't like either. She wants to major in either history or poli sci. Any idea for schools she may like?