<p>My friend has been away at summer camp as a counselor and has not been able to do a lot of college research. He asked me to help, so I decided to ask you guys since you all know a lot more than I do on this topic. </p>
<p>What he is looking for:
- Location: New England (some colleges outside this region will be considered)
- 3,000 + student population
- Has good programs for psychology, education, and computer science
- He is interested in teaching, social work, and/or information systems </p>
<p>SAT scores:
550 CR
490 M
520 W</p>
<p>GPA improved over high school. All CP classes except AP US history (year grade of 91 unweighted). All grades above 85 junior year. Captain of outdoor track his junior year. Captain of XC his senior year. Interesting person, great character. Any suggestions? He hasn't had time to study for the SAT since he has been away all summer, but what are some schools that could be a good match?</p>
<p>There is a lot more information that would be helpful in narrowing down colleges. For example: how much can he afford to pay? Would he like an urban or rural setting? What kind of atmosphere would he like? You may not know the answers to those questions, but you should check in with him.</p>
<p>That being said, here are a few colleges that match your vague qualifications: Keene State, College of Saint Rose, Manhattanville, D’Youville, Champlain, St. Bonaventure, Hobart and William Smith, Daemen, Alfred University, and dozens more. </p>
<p>@jkeil911 Yeah it would, but he doesn’t have access to a computer until school starts. </p>
<p>@Ranza123 He can afford any college. The setting does not matter to him. However, he would prefer to not be in the center of a city. As for atmosphere, he wants a place where students are friendly </p>
<p>His parents are able to shell out 60K a year? And every college is going to have both friendly and unfriendly people; such is life. But still pass on the suggestions I previously made to him. </p>
<p>I’m concerned about the low SAT score in math. It doesn’t bode well for a compsci major, where math is intensive. What math has he completed, OP? what’s he taking next semester? how does he do in math?</p>
<p>@jkeil911 he does well in math, and takes CP courses (the honors classes in math at our school are super challenging) Our school does integrated math, so he will have done everything up to calculus once he graduates since he chose the CP path. He is leaning more towards teaching/social work at the moment.</p>