<p>Nice to see some new replies–thanks to all.</p>
<p>Had some good talks with D over the weekend. (She got a good draft written for her main essay, so I am greatly relieved!)</p>
<p>I think she is getting nervous about whether she can handle the work at some of the more demanding schools on her list and is maybe interested in looking into some schools where her stats would place her clearly near the top. (sigh) Not too hard, not too easy; not to big, not too small; not to close, not to far; must have engineering but not be too techie. I’m going to start calling her Goldilocks! At least she’s thinking and talking about these things.</p>
<p>We did a Collegeboard search to open up the field a little bit. She liked Elon until we figured out that it was a 3/2 engineering option. Other LAC possibilities we found in the search when we sorted by distance from home were Hofstra, Fairfield, Trinity, and Union.</p>
<p>Interesting, I’d like to hear more. I wonder if that is anecdotal or outreach to increase diversity or what? </p>
<p>I don’t see that from the numbers, since their admissions rate has dropped from about 60% in 1998 to 43% last year, and their yield has climbed a little in the last couple of years.</p>
<p>Thanks, I’ll bring it up with her again, but don’t think that will fly. She’s already nervous about handling the work at the more competive admissions schools on her list, and she thinks Hopkins is way out of her league.</p>
<p>Does anybody have an opinion on whether JHU for engineering be “harder” than schools like Case, Bucknell, and Rochester that are a little less competitive for admissions? (I mean harder in terms of tougher courses, harder grading, heavier work load, etc.) </p>
<p>JHU would be a super-long-shot reach with her stats. I think her only chance would be to apply Early Decision and hope that being a double-legacy, full-pay, female engineering major would tip the scale. Even then, it would be in the lottery ticket category.</p>
<p>It sounds like most of the usual suspects have been named, either by you or by another poster. Using, your criteria, the schools I thought of which were a little more selective (but not too selective) were Rochester, Case, Bucknell, Lehigh, and Lafayette. Others with good engineering programs are UMBC, TCNJ, Rowan, Hofstra, and possibly Union (small program I don’t know much about).</p>
<p>If she was willing to go just a bit further afield, she might consider Miami University or Dayton. Miami might be a little large for her tastes (much like UDel), but otherwise could be a good fit. Outside of the distance, Dayton sounds ideal - good engineering, availability of other disciplines, medium size, and she’d be in the upper portion of applicants. Plus, they have a reputation of happy students! Don’t know if she (or you) are willing to open the distance door, though, or to what degree - lots of additional possibilities if you do.</p>