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Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

Do your math, and also check the middle 50% at those schools.

Trust me. I have.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

Do your math, and also check the middle 50% at those schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

I was wondering about this as well, but it's par for the DCUM course: 1%-ers at everything.

Anonymous wrote:Another issue to consider is that being a full-pay has become more of a plus in the past few years at many of the schools mentioned.

+1

Another issue to consider is that being a full-pay has become more of a plus in the past few years at many of the schools mentioned.

Well, it was good score when I went to college!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Keep in mind though, 9% of 1.5 mil SAT takers is 135000 kids which is enough to fill top 50 colleges easy. So, from that perspective, its not a good score.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

+1. That's exactly why you have to do your own homework. There are too many so-called faux authorities on the admissions process.

Well 2 of my kids had very similar stats and coming from a local public HS (often maligned on this site), these stats put them barely in the top 50% of their class. So I find that many of the posters here give recent/current first-hand information. They're not claiming to be "experts" but their information is more relevant and helpful than all the know-it-alls who come on and spout about "when I went to college," which is usually not relevant or helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

+1. That's exactly why you have to do your own homework. There are too many so-called faux authorities on the admissions process.

Anonymous wrote:Juniata College

very strong pre-med with high acceptance rates to med school

strong community with service opportunities

Homecoming does not have king or queen . . . instead there are honors given to those who have served the community

no Greek organizations

beautiful natural surroundings

Does any college have a homecoming king and queen? I've got a kid at a big school and a small school and neither do anything like that. I thought that was just a high school phenomenon.

Anonymous wrote:Dickinson, Kenyon, Earlham.

I would especially recommend Earlham. They have a good reputation for getting kids into medical school, and your daughter is not a fabulous tester. A school that really knows how to prepare kids would be a good investment. UMBC is another school with a good reputation in that regard.

Only on DCUM would a 2000 on the SAT (91st percentile...) not be considered "a fabulous tester." Especially considering the GPA.

Notre Dame?

Juniata College

very strong pre-med with high acceptance rates to med school

strong community with service opportunities

Homecoming does not have king or queen . . . instead there are honors given to those who have served the community

no Greek organizations

beautiful natural surroundings

Anonymous wrote:I think Rochester would be worth a shot. Union College is SLAC that's strong in STEM fields. If she's up for a women's college, Mount Holyoke is also strong in STEM.

My friends daughter is at U of Rochester in a science field of some sort. She said it's considered to be tops in the field.
Sorry but I don't know her stats other than she too graduated from an IB program.

Gads, so many assumptions made based on the GPA. And lots of things can overcome that. SATs are not great, but experiences, other factors could be important - and especially put over the bar at a place like BU.