Anonymous
09/30/2025 19:57
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Macalaster
Anonymous
09/30/2025 19:42
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For reach, id look at Georgetown. Mid size in a city and they love private school kids and 1500+ sat. For targets could be Case Western, William and Mary (maybe the st andrews jt program), URichmond, maybe Lehigh, Tulane, Emory, Wisconsin, Wake, Villanova, Hamilton, BU, GW. Lots of larger public options.
Emory is harder to get into than Georgetown.
For his major, polisci, Georgetown is more desired than Emory.
On the other hand, Georgetown is weak on stem and premed.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 19:35
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For reach, id look at Georgetown. Mid size in a city and they love private school kids and 1500+ sat. For targets could be Case Western, William and Mary (maybe the st andrews jt program), URichmond, maybe Lehigh, Tulane, Emory, Wisconsin, Wake, Villanova, Hamilton, BU, GW. Lots of larger public options.
Emory is harder to get into than Georgetown.
Uh oh. Is this where we go off the rails with the Emory hate?
Anonymous
09/30/2025 19:01
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:For reach, id look at Georgetown. Mid size in a city and they love private school kids and 1500+ sat. For targets could be Case Western, William and Mary (maybe the st andrews jt program), URichmond, maybe Lehigh, Tulane, Emory, Wisconsin, Wake, Villanova, Hamilton, BU, GW. Lots of larger public options.
Emory is harder to get into than Georgetown.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 18:56
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Any school with an admit rate below 20% is not a target. Some of this advice here is patently wrong. Proceed with caution and speak with your student’s college counselor.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 18:12
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Bates, Holy Cross, Hamilton.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 18:00
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
I also thought of W&M (target) and Dickinson (likely).
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:57
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Davidson or CMC
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:25
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:W&M
+1. Excellent government faculty at W&M.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:22
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:Targets:
Wesleyan
Davidson
Lehigh
Bucknell
Likelies:
GW
Conn
Denison
Lafayette
Dickinson
Good list except for bucknell is a likely at ours. Davidson is a reach.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:13
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Nyu.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:12
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Wake is the obvious target for this kid. Tulane and GW are obvious soft targets, as is W&M if he's feeling those vibes.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 17:05
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Anonymous wrote:Targets:
Wesleyan
Davidson
Lehigh
Bucknell
Likelies:
GW
Conn
Denison
Lafayette
Dickinson
My DS is a 1500 kid and is looking closely at most of these schools. All the likelies are spot on. Wesleyan is a low reach. Davidson and Lehigh are solid targets or low reaches but could be likelies if ED. Bucknell is definitely a likely with a 1500. All good options for poli sci.
Anonymous
09/30/2025 16:52
Subject: Re:What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
[quote=Anonymous]For a reach, but less of one than some: Claremont McKenna
If Catholic is okay, St Anselm's in New Hampshire for a target. It's a little isolated, but not that. The first presidential election debate is usually held there. It has a strong institute of politics. [/quote]
Sorry but St Ansley someone with these high stats — from a faraway major metropolitan area — is not a reasonable suggestion
It is a lively school, thoughtful
If Catholic is okay, St Anselm's in New Hampshire for a target. It's a little isolated, but not that. The first presidential election debate is usually held there. It has a strong institute of politics. [/quote]
Sorry but St Ansley someone with these high stats — from a faraway major metropolitan area — is not a reasonable suggestion
It is a lively school, thoughtful
Anonymous
09/30/2025 16:52
Subject: What are some ideas for "target schools" for 1500+ SAT, 3.75 unweighted gpa, male, poli sci?
Targets:
Wesleyan
Davidson
Lehigh
Bucknell
Likelies:
GW
Conn
Denison
Lafayette
Dickinson
Wesleyan
Davidson
Lehigh
Bucknell
Likelies:
GW
Conn
Denison
Lafayette
Dickinson