<p>My daughter goes to a well-regarded prep school in Orange County but her grades have been average (and relative to her classmates, even below average). The good news is that she is taking AP/Honors courses now and her grade point has been inching up from a 2.2 as a freshman to a 3.0 currently as a Junior. She will leave school with 4 years of Japanese (a B average there)and even went to Japan to live and go to school for a month last Summer. She also plays on the basketball team, writes for the literary magazine and has been in several school plays.
She is very personable, will get great letters from her teachers and her SAT should be around 1300/2000. My hope is that she'll have a shot at schools like Kenyon, Willamette or maybe even Scripps.
We visited Lawrence over the Summer and she loved it. The problem is that the winters will be a bit of a shock for a kid who has spent her entire life in the sunshine of California and, frankly, the distance is a bit of a concern.
Any thoughts on other schools we should check out?
Thanks in advance.</p>