@1518mom well to be honest he’s entirely lukewarm on Bradley for location but the programs and overall school size are spot on so I’m trying to get him to really consider it. Plus it does look to be a financial safety. I’ve not looked that closely at Knox, I’ll take another peek, thanks! He’s vetoed Beloit and Lawrence as well as all of Ohio so I’ve been generally avoiding schools in the area unless they had something compelling. At Bradley he’d get the school size he wants with some of the engineering related class options if he wanted, without majoring in it and that’s attractive (and not an option at the LACs) .
With his GPA (3.45 UW, 3.7W approximately…we don’t weight) I’m not sure test optional really helps (plus it would add an essay in most cases I think). But I could be wrong about that.
I think the size of Ithaca is appealing for an LAC type kid. It’s larger than most of the LACs but not approaching state school size, and I know that’s part of what keeps it on our list. It seems “just right” size wise. At least on paper lol.