Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads become meaningless real fast. Everyone is just throwing names around. It makes no sense and not helpful at all.

Agree.

However, I think that SMCM and College of Wooster are useful, on point suggestions. (I really do, but I recognize the irony of my post.)

So are St. Olaf, Dickinson Juanita and some of the lower ranked seven sisters (not Barnard or Wellesley, yes Sarah Lawrence (now coed) and MHC). Yes, Mary Washington for instate VA. Guilford College in GSO, NC is Quaker and a nice choice. A 1350-1400 SAT kid with a mix of As and Bs and a couple of APs the last two years should get into these schools and have a good chance at enough merit to make it in state comparable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Mary Washington
Sweet Briar
Juniata
St. Olaf

Williams
Middlebury
W&M

Picking the hardest LaCs to get into that offer no merit aid isn’t cute and doesn’t help a parent just starting the process who thinks you might be serious.

OP— Williams and Middlebury are among the top 5 or so hardest LaCs to get into and offer no merit. So, not financial or academic safeties.

Anonymous wrote:Scripps, Bryn Mawr

I was going to say Bryn Mawr.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If she likes Chicago with the urban environment, then she'll love Columbia. And if loves the midwest, then maybe Northwestern as a nice safety. Closer to home, Christopher Newport. Maybe too a couple of years of community college at NOVA would be a good way to save some $$$ and if she's looking at Chicago, she should pretty definitely be able to get in!!!

Caltech also is very underappreciated, so I second that one.

Maybe Wooster and Juniata as others have said.

OP, does all of this resonate???

Caltech has a 6% acceptance rate. The OP asked for safeties.

Neither Northwestern nor Columbia are safeties, either!!

Anonymous wrote:If she likes Chicago with the urban environment, then she'll love Columbia. And if loves the midwest, then maybe Northwestern as a nice safety. Closer to home, Christopher Newport. Maybe too a couple of years of community college at NOVA would be a good way to save some $$$ and if she's looking at Chicago, she should pretty definitely be able to get in!!!

Caltech also is very underappreciated, so I second that one.

Maybe Wooster and Juniata as others have said.

OP, does all of this resonate???

What. By whom???

I went to school with someone who transferred from Williams because it was too big of a party school. Wouldn’t call it a safety!

Anonymous wrote:If she likes Chicago with the urban environment, then she'll love Columbia. And if loves the midwest, then maybe Northwestern as a nice safety. Closer to home, Christopher Newport. Maybe too a couple of years of community college at NOVA would be a good way to save some $$$ and if she's looking at Chicago, she should pretty definitely be able to get in!!!

Caltech also is very underappreciated, so I second that one.

Maybe Wooster and Juniata as others have said.

OP, does all of this resonate???

Caltech has a 6% acceptance rate. The OP asked for safeties.

If she likes Chicago with the urban environment, then she'll love Columbia. And if loves the midwest, then maybe Northwestern as a nice safety. Closer to home, Christopher Newport. Maybe too a couple of years of community college at NOVA would be a good way to save some $$$ and if she's looking at Chicago, she should pretty definitely be able to get in!!!

Caltech also is very underappreciated, so I second that one.

Maybe Wooster and Juniata as others have said.

OP, does all of this resonate???

Anonymous wrote:These threads become meaningless real fast. Everyone is just throwing names around. It makes no sense and not helpful at all.

I think asking for recommendations is fine and can be very useful, but the OP needs to be well-crafted.

Another vote for Brigham Young

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These threads become meaningless real fast. Everyone is just throwing names around. It makes no sense and not helpful at all.

Agree.

However, I think that SMCM and College of Wooster are useful, on point suggestions. (I really do, but I recognize the irony of my post.)

Agree, as is Juniata and St. Olaf.
OP, a few others to think about:
Baylor - good merit aid, several honors tracks to choose from (honors, BIC, IS, and great texts), medium size school with HUGE school spirit and fun traditions, people on here act like it's fundy, but I've been there and it is not.
Mount St. Mary's in Emmittsburg, MD. Good merit, easy to get into, my BFF's kids went there, loved it, and got multiple offers for law and grad programs. Both are very successful.
Maybe too far and too big but ASU Barrett Honors program - really good merit aid for OOS students, it's a big school with a party rep but the Barrett program is limited to 6000 students and they have an entire community on campus dedicated only to Barrett and it's one of the few schools that has enough honors housing for all the honors students.

Anonymous wrote:These threads become meaningless real fast. Everyone is just throwing names around. It makes no sense and not helpful at all.

Agree.

However, I think that SMCM and College of Wooster are useful, on point suggestions. (I really do, but I recognize the irony of my post.)

These threads become meaningless real fast. Everyone is just throwing names around. It makes no sense and not helpful at all.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Mary Washington
Sweet Briar
Juniata
St. Olaf

Williams
Middlebury
W&M

Williams?! The first word in the subject of this post is "safety"

Oh honey don't want to pay full price at an expensive school and need a place you're sure to get into? Williams is the answer!



This thread has gone off the rails.

Anonymous wrote:University of Mary Washington
Sweet Briar
Juniata
St. Olaf

Williams
Middlebury
W&M