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Anonymous wrote:I like the suggestion of Tulane as target based on stats and some of your student’s criteria. Loyola New Orleans is around the corner and could be a safety.

Clark also an excellent suggestion.

It’s in the south but if Nashville appeals, Belmont University is beautiful traditional campus in an urban city.

What about Drew University in NJ? It’s a 45 minute train ride into NYC.

If open to Midwest, I think Oberlin and Kenyon could be targets.

OP’s kid doesn’t want to be in the south.1/2 the schools you listed are in the South. Also, why would such a high stats kid be considering Belmont and not Vanderbilt if they were interested in going to school in the south.

Anonymous wrote:It's annoying that people keep recommending schools in the south when OP already said that's a no.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having trouble figuring out targets / likelies since everything is so competitive these days …things that were once safeties are no more

Also we are not instate for MD or DC so those options are out

What do you think would be targets or likelies for 4.0 UW, 4.6+ Weighted, 1550+ SAT, excellent ECs, will have around 11 or more APs w 5s so far

Looking for
- midsize or smaller school (maybe 8,000 or fewer under grads)
- likes an actual defined campus
- prefers urban or urban adjacent locations
- prefers collaborative vs competitive environment
- they like an intellectual vibe but also want an engaged student population that is involved in a lot of activities
- has a few academic interests - so wants STEM and humanities
- open on geography - except not really into the south -eg, no FL, Tx
-would be full pay and can do it
- not athlete , not URM
- do have legacy at one T25, which they will apply to

It seems like most schools are reaches now and it’s hard to interpret much from our small school’s SCOIR data since often there aren’t a lot of data points or the data is old

Northwestern or WashU/Vanderbilt ED/ED2

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a lot bigger than you want, but Indiana would be a good safety. Tulane would be a good target. It is the right size, in a city and has a great vibe.

Does anyone read? They mention "under 8K undergrad" That is not Indiana

Anonymous wrote:Visit Rice in TX, he might be surprised!! It literally ticks all his boxes! ED and be don’t with it.
Those scores put him in no man’s land if he doesn’t get in ED REA someplace.

Anonymous wrote:Target
Target Reach
BC you’d need to ED though or get yielded
Northeastern same

Target
Santa Clara
U San Diego
Villanova? May not be urban enough ?
Fordham
Syracuse may be too big
Tulane you may need to ED also it’s on the south

Safety
Rochester
GWU
Pepperdine slightly smaller school

Anonymous wrote:It is a lot bigger than you want, but Indiana would be a good safety. Tulane would be a good target. It is the right size, in a city and has a great vibe.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for all the great responses

Some of these she’s looked at / been thinking about

- PiTT is on the list

- GW felt not campus-y enough but we weren’t on an official tour so maybe we missed something ? Otherwise loves DC

- Macalester felt like it maybe didn’t have as much STEM emphasis?

Will be a NMSF so I feel like USC and Fordham like that but I don’t know much about Fordham for STEM and I think she is on the fence about NYC for college

I wish Rice was in a different location- she really isn’t interested in TX

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for all the great responses

Some of these she’s looked at / been thinking about

- PiTT is on the list

- GW felt not campus-y enough but we weren’t on an official tour so maybe we missed something ? Otherwise loves DC

- Macalester felt like it maybe didn’t have as much STEM emphasis?

Will be a NMSF so I feel like USC and Fordham like that but I don’t know much about Fordham for STEM and I think she is on the fence about NYC for college

I wish Rice was in a different location- she really isn’t interested in TX

Anonymous wrote:You have some good suggestions here already, I'll throw out a few others:

Universities that are generally strong but not as competitive: Indiana, Minnesota, other second rung flagships. Also privates like BU, GWU, AU.

Consider some schools outside the East Coast: Reed, Lewis & Clark, Macalester, St. Olaf. Carleton and Grinnell are top tier but get fewer apps just because of the locations.

There are a ton of less competitive SLACs all over the Northeast - Bard, Trinity, Conn College, Providence, Fairfield, Clark, Holy Cross - plus the various OH and PA schools.

Obviously some geographic diversity and flexibility around the criteria is necessary for targets and safeties.

I would highly recommend ED, but avoid the temptation to overreach. Yes, someone gets into the T10/15 but odds are it won't be your kid.