OOPS!! I meant Bryant and Bentley.

I second the advice from a PP to look at both Bryant and Babson. If Catholic is OK, I suggest checking out Marist and Merrimack.

Both of my kids got into several of their "reach" schools where their grades and test scores were a good bit below the average and a couple were less than the 25%. They didn't have any unusual extras - they played sports, did a few activities but nothing out of the ordinary. Lesson learned in my household is that they often get into the schools they don't think they'll be accepted to, so don't get too hung up on the number or the negative posters on here.

Anonymous wrote:Babson
Union College
U of Rochester

Those might be a stretch tho. Being full-pay will really help the next few years as university balance sheets recover from COVID.

I'd also add Trinity in CT. So many kids from big $$$ families attend and lots of students do well in Northeastern finance and business circles. It's a school with very strong connections to the NYC business community.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any LAC have business programs?

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.

Again, reading comprehension people. I said "significant" merit aid. A couple thousand maybe -- maybe. Not enough to bring costs below State U.

You are stubbornly. No one I know pays more than $25k/yr for college and everyone’s kids go to to liberal arts colleges.

Then you either don't know a lot of people or you do know a lot of people and their kids all go to terrible colleges.

Also, who are all these people who tell you what kind of aid they get? I have no idea what anybody I've ever known has paid for their kids' college education beyond my immediate family.

Weirdo.

Nah

Babson
Union College
U of Rochester

Those might be a stretch tho. Being full-pay will really help the next few years as university balance sheets recover from COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any LAC have business programs?

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.

Again, reading comprehension people. I said "significant" merit aid. A couple thousand maybe -- maybe. Not enough to bring costs below State U.

You are stubbornly. No one I know pays more than $25k/yr for college and everyone’s kids go to to liberal arts colleges.

Then you either don't know a lot of people or you do know a lot of people and their kids all go to terrible colleges.

Also, who are all these people who tell you what kind of aid they get? I have no idea what anybody I've ever known has paid for their kids' college education beyond my immediate family.

Weirdo.

DP: In my friend group of MC/UMC people, when kids were going through college searches we regularly would talk about how much different schools would cost and then when we were paying for it we talked about how much it DID cost. Just like we talked about how much daycare cost back when they were little. These weren't close friends--often just other parents of our kids' teams, orchestras etc.
Helps you sort through the options and find out which schools offer good aid.

OP said cost isn't a factor, so I don't know why you two are bickering about this.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any LAC have business programs?

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.

Again, reading comprehension people. I said "significant" merit aid. A couple thousand maybe -- maybe. Not enough to bring costs below State U.

You are stubbornly. No one I know pays more than $25k/yr for college and everyone’s kids go to to liberal arts colleges.

Then you either don't know a lot of people or you do know a lot of people and their kids all go to terrible colleges.

Also, who are all these people who tell you what kind of aid they get? I have no idea what anybody I've ever known has paid for their kids' college education beyond my immediate family.

Weirdo.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any LAC have business programs?

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.

Again, reading comprehension people. I said "significant" merit aid. A couple thousand maybe -- maybe. Not enough to bring costs below State U.

You are stubbornly. No one I know pays more than $25k/yr for college and everyone’s kids go to to liberal arts colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any LAC have business programs?

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.

Again, reading comprehension people. I said "significant" merit aid. A couple thousand maybe -- maybe. Not enough to bring costs below State U.

Anonymous wrote:*Maybe* Boston College (if applying ED)... Indiana is great too

Check out Poets & Quants for undergrads website:

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com

You are clueless if you actually think this.

University of South Carolina

Anonymous wrote:*Maybe* Boston College (if applying ED)... Indiana is great too

Check out Poets & Quants for undergrads website:

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com

Highly unlikely

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Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan. We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP!

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete.

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another. CTCLs are not known for business. Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors. I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers. Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense.

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page. Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid. If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away. But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take.

Actually, one or more of these schools may award merit money to OP's DC. Given his needs, it would make sense to look at them.

No decent school is going to offer significant merit money to somebody with a 3.3 and a 28. What they might offer is admission at full pay when they otherwise wouldn’t.

You don't know that - you are just speculating. At Ohio Wesleyan, e.g., 99% of students receive merit scholarships and/or need-based aid.

The Common Data Set for each school tells you what percentage of students receive merit scholarships.