<p>D would like to attend a largish (10,000-20,000 students) school where the weather is cooler than in Texas. I do not like the idea of long drives to and from school, but I would consider sending her somewhere served by Southwest Airlines. I'm thinking of Little Rock, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Nashville, Louisville, Baltimore, Kansas City, Portland, Seattle and Albuquerque. Her grades and ECs will be good, but her scores won't be outstanding. A vibrant campus will be more important than academic rigor.</p>
<p>St. Louis University is a mid-size Jesuit university. It includes a medical school, law school and other graduate and professional programs, which probably brings its total enrollment into your guidelines (easy enough to check). It used to be pretty much a commuter school, serving the immediate area, but has changed a lot in recent years in that regard, and now has far more students who live on campus. New dorms and private apartment complexes with special affiliation with the univ. have been built or are currently under construction.</p>
<p>Although it is a Jesuit university, I have been told by many that it is not a “religious” school in the sense that non-Catholics feel like outsiders. The university puts a lot of emphasis on service to others, and ECs that are particularly strong in that regard may put a student in line for a merit award.</p>
<p>The University of Minnesota has really good campus culture, has solid academics although is not too terribly hard to get into, and is relatively cheap for OOS at about $12,000 plus room and board.</p>
<p>Sorry but that is an absolutely ridiculous bit of criteria to base school choice on. I can understand people who want to limit themselves to an x-hour flight or be x miles away, but to decide because you prefer a certain airline?</p>
<p>Well big you don’t have to play then. IMHO missy is thinking a bit out of the college selection box by starting this thread. H’mm maybe someone should start one based on convienence to Amtrak. U of Delaware comes to mind…</p>