Belmont Abbey College
Case Western Reserve University
Connecticut College
Saint Louis University
Creighton University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lewis & Clark College
Willamette University
Wesleyan College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
U of San Diego
Texas Christian University
Posters on this board have indicated Muhlenbergh has an academically challenging, yet nurturing environment. It was a top consideration for us- but we ruled it out due to distance.
How would she feel about all-girl schools?
Well…she has Bryn Mawr on her first list…isn’t that all girls?
That’s true. Maybe throw in Agnes Scott, which is also on the TE list. It’s located in Atlanta, so she’d get that city experience she craves. I remember the Fiske Guide thought highly of it.
Definitely have her apply to Pitt!
Your daughter will have some great choices. I’d like to suggest U Rochester because DS and I both loved it. It’s mid-size, in a city, great academics, and they give a lot of merit aid to kids like her.
It also occurred to me that TE money may be considered income, and therefore taxable. Something to check on.
Thanks for all the suggestions. We had a good talk tonight about the kind of school she is looking for and the what urban areas are more desirable. We’ll probably look at Mills in Oakland too. I believe undergrad is all girls but she loves the Bay Area. I have an old friend that went there for grad school in music as the grad school is co-ed.
If she enjoyed her time over the summer at Oberlin she might consider there.
Is she bi-lingual in Spanish because it is spoken at home? If that is the case, that subject test will be pretty much disregarded by colleges.
Also, she may have to interview for Yale and Brown – that may be stressful for her. I have a D with some similarities to yours, and we chose to not have her interview unless required by the schools, as she doesn’t interview well. She got in everyplace she applied (none of her final choices required an interview), including UChicago. She got $5K of merit at Chicago, I suspect due to high test scores (2380 SAT, 800 on Math II and Lit subject tests).
Have you looked at Macalester?
What about Vassar? Wonderful school, medium size, not an urban campus but very easy access to NYC.
Sorry, but I don’t think Vassar has “easy” access to NYC. You can get there…but it’s not like it’s around the corner.
What about some of the schools near, but not in the cities. Stonehill or Wheaton (both Between Cape Cod and Boston)…small and supportive schools. What about Marist in Poughkeepsie?
@intparent Yes would seem not to interview well even though supposedly she interviewed very well for the High School Admissions. She also did Odyssey of the Mind and a play in middle school and even though she was barely audible during rehearsals she was always loud and clear during performance. I’d be happy if she had to do a couple of interviews for the practice. Where does your D go?
What’s the cultural diff between Sarah Lawrence and Vassar? I think of SL as granola and Vassar as preppy.
I don’t picture Vassar as preppy. But it’s not granola either.
We have virtually the same income and number of children. Our FAFSA EFC is $60,000+. Our other child is 4 years younger so no sibling discount. You are going to be shocked by the NPCs. All of the schools like Duke, GTown, Vandy, Tufts, etc. were totally unaffordable for us.
My DS is a NMSF and NHRP. His list is mostly based on looking for big merit awards at urban schools.
He has been awarded a full tution scholarship to Fordham.
My advice is to apply to a couple of very safe schools in terms of finances because the search for merit money is very unpredictable.
What does your DD want to study? For Texas schools, I suggest that she look at Rice. The NPC will have you at close to full pay but Rice does have some (very competetive) merit scholarships. And also Trinity University in San Antonio. Trinity has about 2500 students with strong science programs and a LAC atmosphere. I’m pretty sure Trinity would be quite affordable for you.
Both Houston and San Antonio have good air access so flying home would be easy.
What about Rhodes?
OP, my D is at Harvey Mudd (she ended up STEM, although she has a secondary concentration in Literature). If it is any help, her other options were Swarthmore, Carleton, Macalester, Kenyon, Mount Holyoke, and Lawrence. She got merit from Mac, Kenyon, Mount Holyoke, & Lawrence. My other D went to Dickinson, which has been mentioned quite a few times on this thread.
Someone mentioned Muhlenberg and I will second. Seems like a lot of really top students end up there. An Hispanic student from our HS with slightly lower stats than your D was turned down by Princeton but went happily to Muhlenberg with TE plus merit scholarships. From all reports, enjoyed it immensely. He was in Musical Theater and working steadily professionally as singer/actor since graduating.
I wouldn’t completely rule out elite schools. Most of them offer generous aid.
Thanks everyone for all suggestions so far.
How about some schools in Boston or very close - Brandeis seems to offer some merit possibilities. Any other very good schools like that?