<p>Now that youngest child is a HS junior, we've begun discussing colleges. Our older kids had acceptances from top 10 universities, but our youngest (summer birthday...young for grade) is a different kid. We're looking for suggestions, as we want to find a school where he can be comfortable (not over his head) and receive a high quality education.</p>
<p>Junior Schedule
Honors Trig
Honors Physics
English III
American History
Music III
Spanish III</p>
<p>At the end of his sophomore year his GPA was 3.4 unweighted.</p>
<p>Will probably take AP Calc AB and possibly AP Chem or Physics in his senior year, we suspect SATs will be higher than grades (predict about 550-600 CR and 700+M). </p>
<p>Very outgoing kid, funny, would do best in small private college IMO. Interested in marketing and business. Prefers a school in the south, but he's flexible. Several jv and varsity sports, strong competitive swimmer but not a division 1 candidate. Volunteer work, student govt, band, job at YMCA. </p>
<p>University of Richmond? It's small, obviously in Richmond...I don't know what majors they have though. It's a nice campus, and a lot of people live on campus all 4 years I guess. I don't know the admissions stats exactly but I think your son could be competitive if he maintains his grades and gets good SAT scores. </p>
<p>Christian Brothers University over where I live in Memphis, Tn. has a very good Business department as well as a good English for Corporate Communications program. It is a very tiny school in a fairly large (by Southern standards) city. </p>
<p>They are generous with scholarships and will truly work with any student as long as the student initiates it a bit. There are members of the Lasallian order there and that whole order takes schooling very seriously, but it is a tiny school.</p>
<p>South Carolina
Furman
Wofford
College of Charleston
Winthrop</p>
<p>Miscellaneous -- I've heard great things about Rhodes in TN and Centre in KY. </p>
<p>You've got a lot of time ahead of you this year to play around on websites, get mailings, etc. before you have to start thinking about narrowing the list for campus visits, etc -- Have a great time.</p>
<p>For business and marketing, look at schools which have AACSB accreditation.
May be offered Honors at Christopher Newport; they recently earned AACSB status.</p>
<p>Check out HSC.Go to <a href="http://www.hsc.edu%5B/url%5D">www.hsc.edu</a> and look at the honors program and money offered.The sports,academics,social life,campus,and brotherhood are great.</p>
<p>U of Alabama-Birmingham
U of Mississippi
U of Texas-Arlington
U of South Carolina-Columbia
Wofford College
Milsaps College
Georgia College & State University
Furman University</p>
<p>The way I helped my son get to an initial longer list was talking with him about what he wanted re: size, geographical location and more social qualities. For example, he wanted an intellectually strong student body, no or low prep, low emhasis on sports, no Greek life in a small LAC not in the South.</p>
<p>With that info, it was easy for me to read descriptions of schools in the Fiske and Insider's guides and come with a list of about 30 schools that met those guidelines and were attainable with his stats (both guides have that info, though some of it is outdated, because of greater competion for acceptance). From that big list, S read descriptions and narrowed it down to 20. We have visited all of them and his list is down to 10 he really likes. He'll apply to all of them.</p>
<p>We also would go back to the books everytime he got info in the mail (dailY0 or heard about a school from anyone. The guides are at guidance offices and libraries, but we found it really useful to have our own.</p>
<p>I'd also recommend "Colleges That Change Lives" by Loren Pope. It focuses on 40 colleges around the country that are great educational experience and accept "B" students.</p>
<p>Good luck! We've had a lot of fun with it so far. You will hear this over and over on CC because it's true: he needs some "sure bets" or "safeties" on that final list.</p>
<p>Good point...I guess I'm also wondering...if his gpa is 3.4, how much would a strong SAT score significantly change his options? I suspect the "most selective" schools would not even consider at student with strong SAT scores if their gpa is 3.4...understandably. So even if he scores 1400-1450, we should still focus on "selective" schools...which I know are the best match for him anyway. This kid is a sleeper...he could easily surprise everyone with a great score (he's done it before on other tests)....or not ; ) We're waiting until March to test, after he's a little older, more focused, and takes a good prep course. Then he will test again in the fall of his senior year. Experience has taught us that.</p>