College suggestions for friend...

College Search & Selection
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<li>New Jersey Resident</li>
<li>3.4 UW GPA and 3.5 W GPA</li>
<li>1880 SAT Overall Score</li>
<li>4 AP Classes Overall</li>
<li>Would like a college south of NJ but not south of South Carolina (East Coast)</li>
<li>College by the coast</li>
<li>Major in Business and German (or minor in German)</li>
<li>Must have scandinavian language courses</li>
<li>Club Swim and Triathlon team</li>
<li>4,000-5,000 students</li>
<li>Conservative student body </li>
<li>Is Catholic</li>
<li>Very European like</li>
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<p>I suggested College of Charleston, Furman and Connecticut College. Any other suggestions? He liked Muhlenburg, but it is no where near the coast. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Is money a concern or can his parents pay for wherever he wants to go?</p>

<p>How about Holy Cross, Providence, St. Lawrence, Stonehill University, Loyola Maryland.</p>

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<p>His parents can afford up to 50k, so I’m assuming money will not be a problem. Thanks for the suggestions. He also wanted me to add a sort of party scene and a good study abroad program. Oh and he would like to stay suburban if possible.</p>

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<p>Any more suggestions?</p>

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<p>I think he has practically defined a null set–conservative, Catholic, party school, teaching Scandanavian languages, with a triathlon team on the mid-Atlantic coast. Seems wacky to me, and far more interested in non-essential attributes of the college experience.</p>

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<p>No such campus exists. He’s too prescriptive - I’d guess that no more than 5% of American colleges have Scandinavian languages, Triathlon teams, 4-5K students, or coastal settings, and limiting the range from Delaware to South Carolina probably cuts out 80% of schools in the U.S.</p>

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<p>Furman is not near the coast and is not Catholic. It would likely be a reach school at best based on current GPA. It is a great college but it does not meet many of your criteria.</p>

<p>Connecticut College is not Catholic or conservative and would also likely be a reach. Like Furman, it is a great LAC but does not meet most of your criteria. I think the requirements need to be scaled down to include only the most critical items.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t have to be a Catholic U. I was just saying he is Catholic. And I agree with all of you, I told him he is being way too picky. I told him I would help him, but he had too much criteria. The most important things to him is: </p>

<p>Business and German
By the Coast
Scandinavian language courses</p>

<p>It doesn’t have to be conservative or Catholic. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>He also wanted me to add that it doesn’t have to be on the coast. An hour away is fine.</p>