<p>I think Lafayette is rated one of the top ten schools for engineering in the country.
I hope I haven't portrayed the school as being a slam-dunk but I believe he has an excellent chance with his stats being at the upper end of their accepted students.
I am a little concerned with the sports weighted mindset at the school as my son's only involvement with sports is his love of the Bronx Bombers. We picked it because it is within 3 hrs from our home and its ranking in US News and Barron's. A friend of his who is now at Harvard was told by his guidance counselor to apply there as his safety.
Jamimom...the other schools were Amherst and Columbia (the later being close to NYC museums) as he has a volunteer internship at the Met. He received an unconditional offer to St. Andrews in Scotland, which has a wonderful Art History program. His mom and I don't think we could deal with the distance and the money as no aid is given to US students.</p>