<p>Any suggestions of colleges on the East Coast for a D with a 3.5 UWGPA, 1810 SAT and full-pay?</p>
<p>I think she would prefer a school with the number of undergrads in the 3,000 - 5,000 range.</p>
<p>There are so many of those that would gladly let you full-pay that there is no way to answer your question. I suggest looking at the first post on this thread to set criteria.</p>
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<p>There is a great thread with a title something like 'Where did your 3.6 student get admitted" or something like that. That thread will give you alot of possibilities since so many kids in the east report their weighted GPAs. A 3.5 if she’s got any AP classes can really feel like a 3.6-3.8 to admissions people. There are many really small colleges on the east coast in the under 3,000 student range. One that fits that comes to mind is Hobart William Smith, at 2300 students it is under what she’s looking for but for some reason that college didn’t feel small like alot of the private colleges in the east. Others in size range: Villanova, Boston College, Tufts, Georgetown and American and most of the publics in the NE. You’d have to research to see where she fits with stats of admitted kids. Hobart would be a match. </p>
<p>I don’t think Villanova, BC, Tufts or Georgetown should be considered as I think they would all need SATs higher than 1800 and GPAs higher than 3.5 (unless there is weighting, as momofthreeboys suggests). My guess is that no AP courses, given the 1800 SAT.</p>
<p>I am not sure of sizes, and several of these are too small, but Union, Franklin & Marshall, Dickinson, Fordham (8000), Lafayette (ED to stand a chance), Providence, Bucknell (again ED), Trinity & Conn College all come to mind. 3000-5000 is a tough size. Increasing SAT scores by 150 points would help tremendously. Northeastern is much larger and will be adding an ED option this year (previously only EA) so applying there ED might provide an edge.</p>
<p>HWS, St Lawrence , Gettysburg, & Loyola MD should be easily achievable. If you have access to Naviance, click on one of these colleges and then click Overlaps. That will show you the top ten overlaps for that school from your child’s HS.</p>
<p>^^ I am not too sure I would link APs and SATs. SAT tests reasoning and critical thinking, not factual knowledge.</p>
<p>Many public universities in the East will at least be reachable with a 3.5/1800. Most also will be larger than (or in a few cases smaller than) the 3K-5K range. One of the smaller possibilities is St. Mary’s College of Maryland (which is the state’s public honors college, but is not as selective as Virginia’s W&M).</p>
<p>Check out schools in the USNWR “Regional Universities - North” category. Loyola University MD is an example already noted above. It seems to hit the sweet spot for size as well as selectivity.</p>
<p>My D had similar stats and was accepted to: Dickinson, Elon, Marist, TCNJ, Trinity, Allegheny, Susquehanna, and not accepted to Bucknell, Richmond, Lafayette. She is attending Dickinson, and is having a very good experience there. </p>
<p>This is a thread I had started where I got some info from other posters (although some of my D’s specific criteria are not relevant in your case.)<br>
<a href=“Looking for mid-size, mid-Atlantic, mid-selectivity schools - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1312827-looking-for-mid-size-mid-atlantic-mid-selectivity-schools.html</a></p>
<p>She ended up getting an ACT score which was higher than her SAT score, so your student might want to consider trying the ACT. I also think that you will find that being full-pay can help in admissions. Anecdotally, that seemed to be the case for my D. Some of the colleges that are trying to protect their yield also consider “interest” in the college, so try to visit any colleges to which you will apply.</p>
<p>A few other schools which might be of interest: Quinnipiac, Ithaca, American. My D has friends at all of those.</p>
<p>Salisbury U is just a little larger with an undergraduate size of just under 8,000. They are also test optional if your weighted GPA is above 3.5.</p>
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<p>Wouldn’t “east coast” include the states of VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL (but not VT or perhaps PA)?</p>
<p>You may want to take a look at the 3.0-3.3 threads in the class section. (There is also a 3.3-3.6 thread somewhere). While your daughter’s GPA is a bit higher, the thread has been helpful in my daughter’s college search. D’s stats are similar(maybe slightly higher grades) but she’s looking at smaller schools. I found Colleges that Change Lives very helpful but those schools tend to be small LACs.</p>
<p>Maybe UNC-Asheville? around 3600 students and they admit the B/B+ student even from out of state. Other suggestions we’ve heard: Dickinson (which I thought was a reach), Marist, Allegheny, Gettysburg, UMBC. Currently, my top choice for D is St. Mary’s College of Maryland but it is small (1900 students) and in the middle of nowhere so it may not meet your daughter’s requirements. I see Lafayette as a reach. Tufts, Georgetown are out of reach. Maybe one of the SUNYs?</p>
<p>@CT1417, don’t make the assumption no APs. Some kids just don’t test well on the SATs. And it is possible to have a 3.5 taking AP classes :). </p>
<p>Clark University in Worcester is just over 3000 students. The 4-5000 undergrad size is sort of a sweet spot, but alas most of the Us I can think of in that size bracket are extremely difficult to get in to: various Ivies and similar schools.</p>
<p>Do you think she is looking for a LAC experience, does she prefer a small/mid-sized U, or is she open to both?</p>
<p>Clark’s exactly what I was thinking too. I don’t think it’s hard to get in but it’s a good school. They are generous with merit $$$ as well.</p>
<p>Many good examples above. I would add Fairfield to the list. Of course, one would need more info such as distance from home, area, intended major, sports. For example, Ithaca is 4 hours from New York City in the middle of a rural area. (For Ithaca, the drive - 5 hours from the Boston area - was enough for my son to say no)Fairfield is an hour from NYC and in a nice town. Clark seemed like a pretty good school to me, but Worcester isn’t exactly Paris, France. I suggest you make a list and visit the schools on the list. Also, sometimes the vibe. My son just didn’t feel comfortable at Quinnipiac so he never applied.</p>
<p>Aren’t many of the schools mentioned smaller than the OP mentions is targeted? It would be helpful if suggestions include the size of the student body.</p>
<p>“Wouldn’t “east coast” include the states of VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL (but not VT or perhaps PA)?”</p>
<p>No, not in normal parlance, ucb. I have to ask - why are you so literal? It’s a little off. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that Vermont as part of New England thinks of itself as “east coast” although of course not on a coast. Well, unless you count Lake Champlain? :-)</p>
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<p>Yeah.
So you could check out some of the schools in the USNWR “Regional Universities - South” category, too.
Elon for instance (#1).</p>
<p>No one says “east coast” and is referring to SC, GA and FL though. In common parlance, being from the “East Coast” means you are from NY, NJ, PA, MA, and so forth. No one hears a southern drawl and says, “Oh, that person’s from the East Coast.” </p>
<p>nm. </p>