Help me build a college list for daughter

Chapman? Although no idea if you can get involved with theater there if you aren’t majoring in it.

College of Charleston is a perfect school for your daughter. Charleston is an arts city. They have a wonderful theatre program with one of the best Historical Preservation and Urban Development programs in the country. You’re daughter would probably be competitive for The Honors College. My son attends the Honors College and I can’t say enough good things about the school. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.

I think her GPA is going to present a challenge, even with an upward trend. If health issues affected her grades soph year as you mentioned, ask her GC to mention this in their recommendation. But I’d make sure she has solid safeties, as it could be a hurdle for her.

I also thought of Muhlenberg when reading your initial post.

Don’t think anyone mentioned SUNY Purchase but maybe it’s too close to NYC to be considered.

Or New Paltz, just a little farther…

Want to really get away: Ohio Northern University.

Yes, unsure of major, but one of the arts for sure, she needs some time to explore and sort it out.
We have saved so we are full pay family (ugh, 20 years of hard saving),

Case Western Reserve
Lafayette

Hey thanks all, these are great suggestions. Chapman looks very interesting. SUNY’s a bit too close for comfort.
will investigate all these ideas.

Case Western Reserve U has a theatre and dance program, very strong in romance languages, the Cleveland Institute of Music is on campus and thus lots of artsy students. Music is very strong as is art history and the historic preservation society is on campus:
https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-restoration-society-crs/
http://theater.case.edu
French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish-
http://mll.case.edu

Phi Beta Kappa Tradition is strong at Case Western and the humanities teachers often come from U of Chicago.
Western Reserve College was patterned after Yale University, as northern Ohio was the “western reserve of Connecticut”.

I think her stats may work for Case, and the school is not dominated by engineers anymore, but more healthcare oriented, music and art focused. Nursing program, accounting, and humanities and social sciences are all strong.

Case was notoriously difficult to get into this year. I would consider it a reach.

RIT has a museum studies major, Goucher has a Historic Preservation minor.

actually, I think Vassar is more like 60% women.

Case is not difficult for admissions for humanities and social science majors. Case has an image problem, the school is one thing, a liberal arts college paired with Case Institute, but they only get Case Institute majors, because of a misperception about what the school actually is. Its very sad. If a student is majoring in Arts and Sciences other then the Sciences, the school is not that hard to get into. Its a huge misperception on College Confidential, but if ask about the waitlisted students, they are all in CS or BME. Case has a large number of fine humanities, arts, music and social science teachers. They need someone to teach. Statistics lie in this case. ;-(.

Texas State University has a nationally recognized theater program and her stats are well within acceptable limits. San Marcos is also directly between 2 major cities, so there’s plenty to do on weekends and school breaks. It’s a super friendly campus too.

Some thoughts on Chapman. My D did a residential summer program there last year in choral music that was excellent. The city of Orange has a super cute downtown area right there, and of course if you have a car you can access all sorts of fun SoCal activities from the beach to Disneyland etc. Transportation is a challenge throughout Orange County so this may feel weird for a NYC kid accustomed to widely used public transit. Chapman definitely appears to be getting lots of $$$ in recent years for capital improvements so there are various swank new facilities, including a truly amazing performing arts center. The dorms and dining facilities are all pretty posh too – I was surprised to see private bathrooms, carpet, and air conditioning in the dorm. It has a fine regional reputation, if a bit laced with historically conservative OC vibe, but the student body (at least the arts kids we encountered) were a fairly diverse bunch. I consider them an up and coming destination worth considering.

Ref Vassar, I was going by the information here, which is a bit out of date but still illustrates how hard it is for females v males to earn a place there.

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/20894035/#Comment_20894035 post #237 down.

According to the latest CDS, more than twice the number of women applied vs. men.

Acceptance rate for females last year was 19%.

Acceptance rate for males was 35%.

Section C1: https://institutionalresearch.vassar.edu/docs/VassarCollegeCDS-2017-18.pdf

It’s getting better then? Good to hear. Fantastic school. Will be looking at it when my younger daughter starts her search.

Wesleyan and Charleston are good choices.

SUNYs Fredonia and Geneseo are both fairly economical options (being in-state and especially if she qualifies for the Excelsior Scholarship). Fredonia is known for its arts/theater scene, and Geneseo isn’t too bad itself (all ensembles and productions are open to any majors). There are French and Spanish at both of them at least, and Geneseo has German, too. Geneseo has a museum in the town that she could volunteer at to get experience if she goes the historical preservation side - it also has an extremely active Historical Society and the entire town is actually a Historical Landmark!