<p>I said earlier that while I would prefer warm weather, it really isn’t in consideration of where I’m going to go. I mean, if you had to choose between the weather in Hawaii or Minnesota, I have a feeling that pretty much everyone, including myself, would choose Hawaii. But it’s really of no concern for me.</p>
<p>As far as school size, I did say 15,000 to 35,000, but that is really just a rough outline of my range. If a school larger or smaller than those numbers fit me well, then I would go there, it’s only that anything really big or small that I won’t want.</p>
<p>As far as everyone’s advice, thank you. I’ve taken the College Board Matchmaker quiz and have seen Minnesota pop up a lot, so that might be an option. Seen Indiana, Miami (OH), and KU pop up too. I’d want a big sports team to root for thought, so Binghamton wouldn’t probably work for me, and it’s far away from home (I live in a suburb of St. Louis). However, Illinois and Cincinnati are on my lists for now by default, just because it’s where my parents went and they seem to fit well.</p>
<p>By the way, if you think that a college you go to or know a lot about is worth looking at in my situation, go ahead and PM me, the more there is the more options I have to look at. I don’t mind as long as you have some good info about the college that roughly fits what I’m looking for.</p>
<p>University of Arkansas is warmer than the other options being mentioned. Assuming your ACT is reasonable, you will be granted in-state tuition because MO is part of their tuition-break consortium. The Walton business school is flush with money and is ranked about 20-25th for undergrad. business schools, I think.</p>
<p>The town of Fayetteville is a nice college town–not overly exciting, and not as good, IMO, as your own flagship town, Columbia–but it is not at all bad, either.</p>
<p>You mentioned possibly being interested in secondary education. U of Ark does not offer a traditional undergraduate (4 yr.) education major. It requires a 5th year, and you end up with a master’s degree as well as undergrad. if I am not mistaken. (I think they require secondary teachers to have a degree in their field as well as education courses. Sorry if I have this wrong, but it is easy for you to check if you are interested.)</p>
<p>Northwest Arkansas bears little resemblance to most of Arkansas, in case you are unfamiliar with the area. There is a lot of money in the region because of the WalMart and related business headquarters.</p>
<p>EDIT: I agree with the suggestion of U Minnesota and U of Indiana. U of Illinois is a good school, but I’ve known a few students in recent years who left after a year because they did not like the town–at least they didn’t like it as much as the college town they grew up in.</p>
<p>Thanks for that bit of useful advice mom2. It says that twenty three is in the 24-28 ACT composite range.</p>
<p>I took the PSAT last year as a freshman just to simulate the experience, I forgot how I did then. As a sophmore this year, I was out of town while the PSAT was happening, but I’ll definitely take it next year.</p>
<p>Oh, you’re a sophomore. For some reason I thought you were a junior.</p>
<p>Thanks for that bit of useful advice mom2. It says that twenty three is in the 24-28 ACT composite range.</p>
<p>Ok…not bad at all for a sophomore! </p>
<p>Since you didn’t get to take the PSAT as a sophomore, I recommend this…</p>
<p>Take the June SAT this year. Pay the extra (like $15) for the detailed score report. Then, a few weeks after your exam, you’ll get sent the test book and the answer key (with your wrong answers indicated). You can use that to work on weak areas and prepare for the fall junior year PSAT. (don’t be out of town for that!)</p>
<p>Miami University (Ohio) is a great school and the right size, although the sports scene is not that exciting, except for hockey. University of Iowa has just over 20,000 undergrads, 30,000 total but seems smaller. </p>
<p>Both my kids ending up scoring 5 points higher on the ACT than they did on the PLAN test…we were a little nervous after the PLAN test.</p>
<p>I guess that living in St. Louis, it’s probably a good guess that I would go to a private high school with so many of them being around here. But no, I go to Marquette High School, in a large public district in the suburbs.</p>
<p>I guess that living in St. Louis, it’s probably a good guess that I would go to a private high school with so many of them being around here. But no, I go to Marquette High School, in a large public district in the suburbs.</p>
<p>LOL…I didn’t know that there are a lot of private schools in St. Louis. </p>
<p>Basically look at all the Big Ten schools, University of Iowa would be closer to St. Louis, UIUC is also close but you may not like the student size.</p>
<p>Yes mom2, my dad does work for Wash U as an eye doctor, it’s how our family gets the deal for the tuition.</p>
<p>MNTwins, that is a list very close to what I’m looking at right now at this point. It’s still very early in the process, but most of your schools are on my radar now. I do know that I’m not going to want to go to Mizzou (unless I want to go into journalism), and I’m probably not going to be able to get into Michigan. I guess by judging by your username, you are definitely Big Ten oriented, leading to more northern schools on your list. However, like I’ve stated before, weather isn’t going to be an issue.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, my dad went to Illinois, so it’ll be on my watch list. Is big, but I’m comfortable with the school since I’ve visited there a few times, and my sister is going there starting next school year.</p>