<p>Pennslyvania State University- University Park
Located in State College, Pennslyvania</p>
<p>Cornell University
Located in Ithaca, New York</p>
<p>OP, where do you live? I would think many of these schools are in a different state and you will be paying a pretty penny as an OOS applicant.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, Cornell is a bad match for the OP’s son based on stats.</p>
<p>^^ So is Penn State</p>
<p>Penn State has satellite campuses. I don’t know what gpa and ACT score one needs to get accepted into those. I think that some have housing and some don’t. I don’t see them as ideal. </p>
<p>I have seen Champlain College, it is a nice little campus, not too far from the airport, nice city area to walk into, yet it has a campus. The problem is that it meets I think somwhere in the neighborhood of only 60% of financial need. They do offer merit scholarships, but I don’t know the criteria for those. This would be a nice school for someone who likes to ski, and likes the cold weather. Also, I think it is fairly close to the University of Vermont. </p>
<p>For a reachier school in Vermont one might look at St. Michaels.</p>
<p>Oh, another idea, how about Keene State in New Hampshire? I have heard that their campus is lovely.</p>
<p>One more to consider might be Castleton, in Vermont as well. Does anyone know anything about this school? I am sorry, but I only know that it is a state school in VT, know one nice kid who goes there OOS, but know nothing else about it.</p>
<p>Some posters here are familiar with New England College. This would be another possibility. </p>
<p>To get parent/student information about some of these, you can start a thread about each one on the parent’s forum.</p>
<p>^ Castleton is generally known as the best of the Vermont State Colleges (which include Johnson and Lyndon State as well). </p>
<p>Interestingly, it’s the fifth-oldest college in New England (after the Ivies).</p>
<p>The Vermont state college system has, I believe, the highest tuition of any comparable institutions, which might be worth keeping in mind.</p>
<p>The OP’s s would not get in Appalachian State Univ. w/ those scores.
Western Carolina University would be a good match. Not sure what the OP means exactly by “nice town”. WCU is a good thirty minutes away fr. Asheville. The towns of Cullowhee and Sylva(right by WCU) are very small. Sylva does have a movie theater and fast food places though.</p>
<p>Other options in the NC mountains are Montreat, Brevard, Mars Hill and Lees-McRae.
All would admit the OP’s S. Lees-McRae is pretty close to Boone where Appalachian is located.</p>
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<p>I suggest Marist College. I know someone who got off the waitlist there with gpa really similar to yours.</p>
<p>“I’ve heard good things about Regis University in Denver”</p>
<p>If you are sold on teaching or nursing, Regis is mediocre to good. If you aren’t in one of those two fields and looking for colleges anywhere, you could certainly find a better school. Also, contrary to what people tend to think, Denver is about 40 minutes from the foothills and at least an hour and a half to the mountains. If the student in question wants to be in the mountains, there are schools that are actually in mountain towns. </p>
<p>On a related note, I love Fort Collins (home of Colorado State) and have a tremendous amount of respect for the institution and the town, though it is not a mountain town either.</p>
<p>belevitt: I think you need to consider this is a student with a 2.9 GPA who needs academic support. Professors at Regis are nurturing. Mountains close by is a plus, not a requirement. He is not going to get much individual attention at a big state school.</p>
<p>Another possibility is Humboldt State in California. The Trinity Alps are beautiful mountains for hiking. Humboldt State has good programs in forestry and marine biology. It’s a state school, but only 6000 undergrads and Cal State schools tend to have more involved professors than the big UC’s.</p>
<p>DEFINITELY Northern Arizona University. It’s beautiful. I’m going there.</p>
<p>I agree with PackMom. Cullowhee consists almost entirely of WCU and a Wal-Mart, and Sylva isn’t much bigger.</p>
<p>Roanoke, Lynchburg, Randolph, and Randolph Macon would be worth checking out. Very good, small, supportive schools in the mountains of Virginia.</p>
<p>I have a soft spot for “Sunny Gunny” (Western State in Gunnison, Colorado). Average ACT 22, Avg. 3.15 and a 21/2.9 should be fine. It had a fairly party/hearty rep back in the 70s when we had friends there, but these days it attracts kids from all 50 states with only about a half from Colorado and has a reasonable cost. Great skiing (most kids there do ski or snowboard) . Small school with about 2500 students with a beautiful campus. My S2 loved Western when we were in Crested Butte last year. Not for urban mall-lovers. A friend of ours took his daughter there last year and she couldn’t get to Denver fast enough. Walking around the campus I have to admit I didn’t see many “high maintenance” girls. Attractive girls, but definitely not high maintenance types. The college reports small classes with lots of personal interaction with the profs which makes sense in a college of 2500 and has multi-day outdoor type orientation trips for freshman to bond available.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot, there is Ft. Lewis also. It is one of the public liberal arts colleges and is located in or near Durango(and skiing). Don’t know a whole lot about it and don’t know much about Durango other than driving through. I believe it is more diverse in the student body than Western State in Gunnison and Durango is a larger town. Another one is Westminster in Salt Lake City and U of Utah, also in Salt Lake City with close proximity to skiing and much more urban with more nice inexpensive Southwest Airline flights!</p>
<p>Check out Montana State U. Bozeman is a great little college town and we found the campus to be very welcoming and have a very nice community feel. We know a few students who love it there.</p>
<p>I also have a neighbor with similar stats as your S who has really blossomed at Champlain in VT.</p>
<p>Less expensive than some listed would be Shepherd University in WV. Lovely state school on the WV/MD line.</p>
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<p>I agree with every one of these. Good thinking, NEmom</p>