<p>Take a look at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. It’s essentially a public LAC. Lots of outdoor activities (located on the water).</p>
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<p>Valid point. A friend and physician is a Grinnell alumna. She often comments the qualifications of the students she interviews and subsequently apply are outstanding.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl,
Syracuse would be a likely with your S’s stats. Kids seem to like either American or GWU – it’s definitely a one-or-the-other from what I hear. I read on another thread here that Seton Hall has a lot of connections with the UN through its IR program.</p>
<p>Your S’s other twin considered (and visited most of the following)…
St. Mary’s/MD (which does not have an IR major, though folks do cobble a customized program together)</p>
<p>Mid-Atlantic:
UMD-CP
American
GWU
JHU
W&M
Georgetown SFS</p>
<p>New England:
Tufts
Brandeis
BU
Bowdoin
Colby
Brown
Dart</p>
<p>Midwest:
UChicago
Macalester
Carleton
Grinnell</p>
<p>Northeast:
Cornell
URoch
NYU
Syracuse
CMU
Pitt
Swat
Haverford</p>
<p>West Coast:
CMC
Reed
Oxy</p>
<p>I’m going to spend a fortune schlepping everyone everyplace! LOL.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, I think your son has a good shot at Whitman as a male OOS applicant form the other coast. My D absolutely loved the place, and if it weren’t for a couple of women’s colleges that admitted her (one of which she is currently attending), she would have gone to Whitman. If you end up visiting PNW, check Lewis and Clark in Portland, OR as well - a safety for him (international studies, outdoorsy, etc.)</p>
<p>Pizzagirl –</p>
<p>While you’re spending a fortune, save the rest of us some cash & travel. Please be sure to complete the “College Visits” area of the site. I think it would be very interseting & insightful since you have 2 students with differing slants.</p>
<p>I am of the great belief to Love your Safety. I see nothing wrong with a surplus of reaches if you love the Safety and have 2 matches. Of course, I have been thru the process in quite some time…</p>
<p>SFS is much harder than the other divisions at Georgetown. It takes Ivy league stats, and they do favor Catholics over other religions.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl I might have missed it but I didn’t see much on the threads about money. Are you looking for FA? Merit money? If so you will need to consider matches/safeties for merit money and may need to relook at the list in light of stats on FA.
My son was accepted at George Washington but decided not to attend. One of the factors was that they offered no FA or merit money and he had excellent merit money at Northeastern.</p>
<p>No, we are fortunate in that FA not an issue and while I wouldn’t turn down merit money, it’s not anything looking for. Hence my desire to leverage ED / EA options.</p>
<p>Okay, I have read the posts for both twins. What did I miss regarding Northwestern? Arent’t they multiple legacies there? What was the reason for not EDing at NU again? Sorry for being a bit dense.</p>
<p>He might like Kalamazoo, even though it’s not well known. Its emphasis on study abroad is well integrated into the school and fits well with his interests. Virtually everyone at K goes abroad; the entire junior class is gone in the fall and winter. If it’s convenient, I suggest taking a look.</p>
<p>Georgetown (especially SFS) is very reachy. And really, I don’t see it as such a great fit for someone who likes to do things in his own time, not interested in prestige for prestige sake, who is drawn to Western/Midwestern LACs like Macalester, Whitman, or Grinnnell. For an Eastern reach university strong in IR, maybe Tufts is a better fit.</p>
<p>Thank you, tk; we will check out Tufts when in Boston (easy enough to do). Part of the Gtown thing is my own attachment (I was accepted there, it was my third choice school), but I just want him to see it while in DC; it is quite possible he’ll prefer GWU or American over it and that’s just fine.</p>
<p>Broetchen - NU is a real double-edged sword. On one hand, can’t argue with the quality of the school and it’s an easy school to like. Both twins have attended summer programs there and are very familiar with the campus. But D in particular really seems to be preferring smaller schools, they (understandably) want to explore new areas of the country, and because it’s reachy, the only way I think it would make sense for them to apply to NU and leverage the double (actually triple, my MIL as well) legacy would be to apply ED – and that feels like a chasing of prestige for prestige’s sake, when I’d rather them play their ED card (or EA cards) on schools that have really spoken to them in some way. It’s still moderately on the table for S, but I don’t know if it’s on the table enough to go ED, and then if he’s not going to ED, I don’t really see the point of throwing an application their way in RD. This in no way reflects on the school – just on my kids!!</p>
<p>I definitely recommend visiting all three DC schools (actually there’s Catholic too, but we didn’t look at it). On the surface they all give the same spiel - we provide internships! But they are quite different from each other. I see so many posts from kids (or parents) who hated at least one of them.</p>
<p>Going back to the Pacific Northwest — If he is looking at Whitman, I second the suggestions given by others that he should consider Lewis & Clark (in Portland) and Willamette (in Salem). Both LACs have very strong programs in international studies, foreign languages, and political science and would be likely/match schools for him.</p>
<p>Someone upthread suggested both Reed and CMC. I cannot picture a student liking both those schools. They seem opposite in so many ways.</p>
<p>^^ that was me – agree that they are VERY different – which is why one didn’t make S’s final list. That was just the list of places S2 considered (also a history/IR/polisci/philosophy guy) over the course of the past two years. Never know what will strike one kid as the perfect place and as utterly terrible to another.</p>
<p>Mathmom, I <em>still</em> wish S2 would go look at American. If it weren’t 1.5 miles from my office, I’m sure he’d like it a lot. OTOH, since all the internships are here, he can come home every summer and save $$! (and cut our lawn…)</p>
<p>Thanks, CD, makes sense.</p>
<p>FWIW - The CMC rep told us that the student body there was similar in feel to Northwestern or Penn. </p>
<p>As for Reed? Maybe University of Chicago?</p>
<p>With obvious size and geographical differences…</p>
<p>Resurrecting my own thread - in the “will wonders ever cease” category, S, who I anticipated would get a 29 on the ACT, got a 33. This is the kid who was like “huh? ACT’s are today? mom, got a pencil?” and will be the death of me and my hyper-planning ways. Anyway, does this change the list / options in any way?</p>
<p>Stats: GPA 3.65-3.7 UW, 4.1 W - school limits honors / weighted classes, so not possible to go real high on the weighted GPA scale (unlike others I see on CC)
1 AP as soph (max allowed by school - got a 5 on test), 3 AP’s as a current junior, 3 AP’s planned as a senior.
Most rigorous curriculum.
Male, white, suburban public school
Personality: Somewhat marches to beat of different drummer, but very adaptable to all environments. Real passion for history, international relations, government, philosophical bent. Likes outdoors activities and beautiful scenery but could be fine with a more city campus if enables opps (such as DC). The kind who does things “in his own time,” not high pressure kid / environment at all. Not interested in prestige for prestige’s sake. EC’s focus on some film-making and teaching / tutoring, humane society work, plus some work dealing with a consulate. Will interview like a charm; very kind, “old soul” type. </p>
<p>High reach: Georgetown (dream opportunities with SFS), Tufts
Reach: Grinnell, Brandeis
Low reach: Macalester
High match: George Washington U, Kenyon, Whitman College<br>
Match: American U, Clark U </p>
<p>Will be visiting all the above except for Whitman.
Does this score change anything? Does it put Georgetown on the possible map? It’s also caused him to re-think maybe he should try for NU (double legacy), which I’m a bit ambivalent about, as his real interest is international relations and I think the DC schools in particular will really serve him best there.
Thanks in advance! (Anyone want a 17 yo boy?? Real good price … )</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, will take 17 yo boy in trade for just turned 18 yo boy (also a twin)…careful what you wish for. ;)</p>