<p>Geography primarily because of mama bear. Also daughter wants opportunity to see dogs frequently. A five hour drive is probably the maximum mama bear would want (actually she is not sold on a 3 hour drive either (Wisconsin or Minnesota)).</p>
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<p>I am pretty sure no one who has gone to Smith has been coddled. They are pretty k<em>**-a</em>* there. Same with Wellesley (although obviously they do not have engineering – but I think you would have found the difficulty of the Chem department there sufficient to satisfy you).</p>
<p>Iowa State has a very good engineering program. It is doubtful that she could find an out-of-state option at a similar cost, since her 27 ACT is low for merit awards. </p>
<p>My inclination would be to continue at Iowa State, since she has so many credits which would probably be harder to transfer elsewhere, and graduate a year early. And then think about a master’s degree program somewhere else. This path would probably cost about the same amount of time and money as starting at a different college and ending up with a BS instead of an MS.</p>
<p>Wis75 - rest assured my D at a women’s college is not “coddled.”</p>