<p>University of Connecticut, a Top 20 Public University, USNWR ranking.
Merit Scholarship of half tuition for all 4 years, a possibility. About 40k/year for OOS.
Greek Life does not impact the social life at all, Greek housing owned by the University. </p>
<p>Please stop calling them “safety” schools. One student’s “safety” is another’s “reach.” Try: “Reach,” “Competitive” and “Good bet” to describe the school’s on your student’s list. Just sayin’…</p>
<p>Just wanted to let you know that if your daughter is applying to Tulane, make sure you show some kind of interest before applying. My daughter applied there because it was early action and free to apply and all of her other schools were regular decision. Her stats were way above the average, but because she never asked for a brochure or information about the school she was deferred. She later got in regular decision with a huge honors scholarship, but was kind of upset when she first got deferred!</p>
<p>Good to know jandnmom. We won’t be able to travel to Tulane, but I can request a broschure.</p>
<p>Last night, I was throwing around safety suggestions to my daughter. I think my timing was BAD because she was just taking a break from all of her SAT II prep/AP prep stuff. </p>
<p>She said she had been working her tail off (she has) to get into “top” schools. She was not ready to look at the safeties that I mentioned. I said they are really great schools and that we have to consider finances. Oh dear…</p>
<p>Sounds like you need to have the money discussion now. She needs to shape her school selection list based on what’s acceptable for the family rather than be crushed later because she can’t go where her heart is set.</p>
<p>Perhaps now not the best time as she heads into the final stretch of junior year, so maybe over the summer, take some time to look at the stats of kids rejected by those top schools. </p>
<p>Having the stats and record to be qualified for admission to top schools gets a student in the mix, but is no assurance of admission. When a school declines more than 90 out of 100 applicants, a rejection is not a statement that the student is not qualified to be admitted, just that that student doesn’t bring to the class something the school needs for a well-balanced group. </p>
<p>For what it is worth, at our magnet public school which sends kids to Ivies and top 20 schools every year, this year we have 4.0 (unweighted), 35 ACT, varsity athlete, national academic award winning, Valedictorian who did not get into Ivies, Northwestern or Wash U. This year was brutal, and there is no suggestion that next year will be dramatically different.</p>
<p>I am taking your advice. I am going to table the college list discussion until after all of her tests. She has enough on her plate right now. Good lord she is working so so so hard. She studies every minute of the day when she is not doing all of her community service work. All of her friends are the same way right now. Stressed to the limit. I can’t wait until summer. I know she can’t wait</p>
<p>But wait she doesn’t have any time between when school is out and when her internship begins.</p>