Narrowed what we’re looking for:
Help anyone?
What are his stats?
Any cost constraints?
If he LOVED Clemson, he will LOVE Alabama…very similar feel & beauty (actually Bama is prettier)…but Alabama is big.
What are his stats? GPA? Test Scores? What does he want to major in?
He is only a first semester junior so all this is new. I just know he is not “up there” but is an average kid. Taking SAT’s for the first time in Dec. so will have more info in a month but know he is mid range, didn’t test great on PSAT. His interests are all over the place from forensic science, GIS mapping, liberal arts. While it makes for an interesting human being makes it more difficult to nail down choices.
See below re: stats. For some reason I couldn’t reply to yours! Cost is not too much of an issue.
What about UMiami which might be a bit of a reach but should tick all of his other boxes?
Also, people really seem to like UNebraska here. The Lincoln campus has around 20k undergrads so it is much smaller than other Big 10 schools.
I second Miami but it is a big reach for a B student unless he has a lot of rigor. Miami has a pretty campus, big time sports (ACC) and is medium sized.
Don’t know if the western schools are on his radar but off the top of my head DU (University of Denver) jumped out; also consider Western Washington University, Santa Clara, Chapman. UVM if staying in New England.
Huge sports schools tend to be larger than 15K (think Penn State) or out of reach for a B student (think Notre Dame).
If he had to compromise on something, what would that be?
Marquette University, maybe?
Average grades and scores are a bit lower than Clemson’s.
IMHO you may want to see some of the private schools that may meet your criteria versus paying the same for OOS public/flagship or public smaller sized school. However unless the student can narrow their choices…
See if your student can take the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory - where it may be available to take - local college/community college may be able to guide you on it. I have a friend who multi-gene-rationally have taken this assessment and she swears it is ‘spot on’ with identifying the top interests/career paths.
One really wants to have the chosen college have whatever fields the student is interested in studying. If interests are so broad, they would almost need to go to a large flagship to cover any degree changes.
He would compromise on size, as worry as i am afraid he would get lost.
Marquette looks very interesting, thanks!
Visited Denver & Santa Clara with his brother & liked both also.UVM looks good also. Thanks
Villanova or University of Dayton?
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/right-school/choices/features/road-trips
30 different trips to 100 plus schools.
Maybe a more basketball focused school such as DePaul, St Joes or Lasalle?
Syracuse?
There are lots of midsize catholic schools that fit the description.
^^ I agree. Will he consider the Catholic/Jesuit colleges? They are generally mid-size, and if you take out the tippy-top ones, generally not super-selective with admissions. Take a look at Villanova in PA, Gonzaga in WA (I know a good but not top applicant who received a nice amount of merit money there last year), and Loyola Marymount in CA. I’ll also second the U Denver recommendation - we know quite a few happy kids there.
Villanova, Syracuse