<p>welcome to the boards, wackymom!</p>
<p>ethernal,
the reason I asked about the major is because I thought a tech-ish school might be more appealing than a warm-fuzzies LAC. Let me know - I have to do something this minute but I will do a search for you this pm.</p>
<p>Wackymother: That looks like an interesting choice. If they really do look for high test scores, then it could certainly be possible.. and I have a bunch of friends that are going to NYU, so that could end up working out nicely. My father is a New Jersey native and went to Rutgers as well - although he dropped out after his third year, so I hope they don't check up on the family history. :) </p>
<p>Buffithemaster: Wow.. that's very interesting. So they wouldn't even look at my disciplinary records or anything before accepting me if I sent them my NMS semi-finalist status? I have a friend in Orlando that went to UCF, I'll have to talk to him about his experiences there. </p>
<p>Ohio Mom: I don't think I would fit in well at a Liberal Arts college.. I am a terrible writer and usually find it extremely difficult to express my ideas and beliefs. Back when I was in elementary school, when I was still young enough to have silly and unrealistic dreams, I wanted to go to MIT. I realize that's a bit uh, out of my leauge now, but I would prefer to go to a more tech-oriented college, if that helps. </p>
<p>Thank you again for your feedback.</p>
<p>yeah...here is the page for the honors college...</p>
<p>Students who have received the following distinctions will be immediately accepted to The Burnett Honors College, provided that they submit a complete application:</p>
<p>National Merit Scholarship Finalist or Semifinalist
National Achievement Finalist or Semifinalist
National Hispanic Scholarship Finalist or Semifinalist </p>
<p>They will ultimately look at your transcript (I suppose just as a formality), but I got my offer of admission prior to mailing my transcript. Also, the honors college is a guaranteed admit for commended students from the Orlando metro area.</p>
<p>I wish we were doing this last weekend so we would have the Feb. 1 schools. Ah, well. Here are some others to look at that have not yet passed their dates:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clarkson.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.clarkson.edu</a> - March 15th (Clarkson University in New York - will look past grades at the person)
<a href="http://www.gannon.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.gannon.edu</a> - Rolling (in Erie, PA. One of my son's friends is doing engineering there and likes it a lot).
<a href="http://www.rit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.rit.edu</a> - Rolling (this is reachy because of your grades BUT I know of kids with high stats/crappy GPA that have been admitted. Again, a friend of my son attends and likes it).
<a href="http://www.rose-hulman.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.rose-hulman.edu</a> - March 1st - this is a crapshoot for you, but you may as well have one on your list. Very cool place.</p>
<p>if you want to do engineering, i would def apply to rose hulman.</p>
<p>also, i agree with whoever mentioned Rutgers, very good school.</p>