<p>Son got a "likely" email from his fist choice school. The email said the admissions officer was impressed with his "strong course selection and performance". As a reminder, Son has taken 11 AP classes, but has received Bs in the majority of them. So glad to see that the hard courses count for something, even if the resulting grade isn't a 98!</p>
<p>Missypie--what school is this? I'm always curious as to which schools send out likely letters (or emails, in this case).</p>
<p>My S was accepted to his safety, CSU Monterey Bay, yesterday. We've escaped the peer pressure anxiety because my son does not go to a rat race high school. As a B+ student with high SATI scores he was recruited by an Ivy (letter plus application) but fortunately does not mention it since his SATII scores weren't as impressive. It's good to see schools he is considering discussed on this thread. Since he is not that motivated to apply to college, getting an almost immediate acceptance is a confidence booster. Anyone's experiences with West Coast and Southwest LACs would be appreciated, since I've only read about a third of the posts.</p>
<p>Can any parents give me some advice, regarding the SAT Is?</p>
<p>I received my PSAT scores and honestly, I can't say I am really satisfied with them. I think my score would have been higher if I put more time in studying. Nevertheless, my total focus is on the SAT Is now. Writing and reading are my strengths, but my PSAT scores really displayed that. Based on your prior knowledge, how exactly should I go about studying the vocab and whatnot? It's just I feel very overwhelmed with so much studying.</p>
<p>please please search 'xiggi' s excellent sat success plan!! on this college confidential site!!</p>
<p>SNM congrats on your son's acceptance to CSU Monterey Bay. I recently met someone whose daughter is a student there and she was very happy with her courses.</p>
<p>There are some posts on the Colleges forums regarding other west coast LACs. Or you can start another thread here if you have specific questions.</p>
<p>Thanks Vballmom. I'll post a thread since I find it hard to go too far back with threads and posts.</p>
<p>Wanted to post an update in regards to friend who applied to Madison. (see page 20 for details/stats) She was waitlisted at Madison as was predicted by admissions counselor.</p>
<p>My B plus student was accepted at several SUNYs including Albany, which specifically said in its info session they wanted solid B plus students to apply. I think a lot of New York "A" students will be turned away from Binghamton and Geneseo this year and enroll at the other SUNYs which are total cost of about $17,000 instate and $25,000 OOS.</p>
<p>Do you mean that applications increased so much that the in-state A student Bing/Geneseo overflow students will probably enroll at other SUNY schools?</p>
<p>I think that's likely to happen. We thought S2 (a junior) would have a decent shot at Bing and Geneseo, but am now afraid it's turning into a long shot. We'll still visit both, and probably Albany as well. Don't know enough about the other SUNYs -- their strong and weak points. They always had word-of-mouth reputations - Stony Brook for sciences and grad school, Purchase for art, Cortland for sports management, etc etc. New Paltz seems to have become very popular, but don't know what it's strong points are.</p>
<p>A lot of families in NYC area have income and home equity too high to get FA but are not going to take on more debt than they have to, so they absolutely have to choose SUNY or CUNY. There aren't enough spots at Bing and Geneseo to accommodate all the "A" or "A minus" instate students applying; so a lot of them are going to have to choose pther SUNYs or CUNYs that traditionally have accepted a lot of "B" students. A lot of SUNYs give considerable merit aid for OOS students (Albany gives it for SAT scores over 1200). Anyway, I think B plus students attending the "lesser SUNYs" this year will find they have a lot of high achieving classmates. On the other hand, the state of New York has absolutely no $$ to spend on the SUNYs so there are probably many drawbacks to attending SUNYs as well.</p>
<p>I think Muffy is right, and not only don't parents want to take on more debt, but even if they did, loans are probably going to be tougher to get anyway.</p>
<p>We looked at Oneonta. It seemed pretty nice, and frankly was a lot nicer than what I was expecting. </p>
<p>We are OOS for SUNYs.</p>
<p>I want to put in a word here for Kalamazoo. My S (good scores, so-so grades) just got in. The more we learn about it, the more we think it's the perfect choice for a nerdy kid who enjoys learning, but who maybe didn't get great grades in high school. Plus, I believe it's a school that's generous with the merit money; as far as I can tell, every single student who was admitted early got big merit bucks.</p>
<p>I have not posted about my B+ son in a while, but figured I had lots to share. He has heard from 4/6 schools and received merit scholarships from each - Carthage College WI; Hendrix AR; Drexel PA; University of Cincinnati OH. UC was the biggest suprise right before Christmas he received a letter informing him that he had received a Cincinnatus Scholarship and was invited to come in Feb. to compete for more scholarship money. The guidelines are not in stone and a lot of it is problem solving, essay writing, team work etc. and others have said community service plays a part. We really don't know. He is excited and we are thrilled. Still waiting for Allegheny and Juniata - he got Christmas cards from people at both so they have not forgotten him.</p>
<p>Mumur, Congrats to your son! Sounds like he's hitting the merit $$ jackpot. Nice list of schools, too. What does he plan to study?</p>
<p>Why in the name of heaven would a state uni (SUNY-Albany) with A caliber in-state applicants set the OOS threshold for merit aid so low? Isn't part of the draw of an OOS candidate the extra dollars in the form of OOS tuition?</p>
<p>PS - congrats murmur!</p>
<p>^ Perhaps the SUNYs are trying to create a national, rather than regional, student body?</p>
<p>yes, SUNYs desperately want OOSers! That's why tuition for OOS is cheaper than most other state universities. Even with the low OOS tuition and merit aid there aren't a lot of takers...but if you can live with the cold temperatures and not much football/basketball spirit, I don't think they're much different from other state universities.</p>
<p>Thank you, he is studying adolescent psychology, plans on heading to grad school, but that research will be on him. I just said to him that the class of 2010 has their thread up, I have learned so much in one year about this process and it has really paid off for us in so many ways. I feel like we looked at so many different schools that we never would have and would have limited ourselves because I thought of him as a B+ student with a great activities, service and above average scores. CC opened our eyes.</p>