<p>University of Puget Sound--it's pretty, has an honors prog that you might qualify for, and I think a pretty safe bet for admission. If you might consider a religious school that's not THAT religious, look at PLU (a Lutheran school).</p>
<p>Blythe:
Definitely visit WWU, if you seriously consider it- my sister lives nearby, all the locals go there, it may have a bit of a commuter feel to it. It is great to be an hour from Vancouver and 90 minutes from Seattle.</p>
<p>I would love to hear more ideas for these kinds of schools, all accross the west- for the 1200-1300-1400 kid witrh 3.0-3.5 GPA.</p>
<p>Yeah, my biggest problem with going to a state school is that I will be an outsider and all the kids will just chill with their high school friends. Do you know how far the drive is from Spokane? I have lots of family there, and that is my main reason for considering schools like Gonzaga and WWU...but they do look like great schools.</p>
<p>Spokane is in eastern WA and WWU is in Bellingham, which is in western WA. If you are asking how long the drive is between those two cities I'd say about 5.5-6 hours. It's a bit faster from Spokane directly to Seattle b/c I-90 goes straight through (about 4.5-5 hours).
I've lived in both eastern and western WA, and they are quite different areas (economically, politically, and even weather). If you'd like, PM me and I can answer more.</p>
<p>What about Santa Clara University?</p>
<p>You're in at Drew. They actively recruit males, espeically from out of state. They might even throw a little merit money in there. S and I toured the campus and it is beautiful, lots of old trees.</p>
<p>I don't really like California...ok, I REALLY don't like California, so I don't want to go to any schools in Cali. What are some of the best writing schools on the West?</p>
<p>well my D had stats similar to yours ( a bit higher in SATs lower GPA)- she is at Reed
However while Reed has a beautiful campus- is in a nice suburban section of Portland- it can be killer for the papers
but if you are going to look at Lewis and Clark- you might as well go across the river and look at Reed too :)</p>
<p>You were talking about Honor programs . Did you look at the website of Indiana U. of Pennsylvania (IUP) ?? The Robert E. Cook Honors college is housed there It even has it's own dorm .</p>
<p>I know someone whose profile wasn't far from yours who wound up at Trinity (CT) and is happy there.</p>
<p>How about Bard or Sarah Lawrence? Both known for creative writing, and both a reasonable train ride from NYC.</p>
<p>U of Oregon is a good match and has very decent programs.</p>
<p>You might want to look at Elon University in NC. Smaller (around 5000 students) in a small city, private. Has a good mix of students, about 1/3 from instate, the rest from all over. Is a church supported school, but no religion to speak of, like chapel requirements, etc. Think their most recent class average SAT was about 1300 on old test. My oldest son went there and loved it. You are close to Chapel Hill, Duke and NC State for ACC games and those towns for concerts and other activities. Faculty and staff very friendly and accomadating</p>
<p>If you want to expand your region I would recomend very much shools in midwest- Knox, Beloit, Lawrence, Lake Forest. Knox and Beloit have outstanding creative writing programs. Those schools have admission numbers that will get you in, Knox and Lawrence do not ask for test scores unless you want to send it in. Lake Forest is near Chicago and uses Chicago sources like museums, interniships and such.
All of them are good with fin aid and merit scholarships and no, it is not only for straight A students. I found that those schools have very wholesome approach to your application and killer essay will go a long way with those schools. Having a geographic diversity on your side will set you apart and may make you more desirable candidate.</p>
<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>
<p>Calmac, is she interested in studying Japanese? That might be a way to begin looking and listing schools, especially if she wants a LAC, not all of them have Japanese.</p>
<p>That's absolutely true... that's one of the reasons I'm really starting to like Willamette. They have a faily large program in Japanese. She also interested in creative writing, theater and psychology...</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>Well, Kenyon isn't exactly in a warm weather climate or close to home either. :) </p>
<p>On the west coast, you might want to also check into Lewis & Clark for her - they have a nice english department, great study abroad options, strong in psychology. The University of Puget Sound might be another good possibility for her. Both have japanese, good psych. departments, and strong English departments. But, like Willamette, both will also be on the reachy side for someone with a cummulative GPA below 3.0. In California, you might look at Whittier, University of Redlands, University of the Pacific, Mills College, and St. Mary's College of California as match schools.</p>
<p>CalMac, a single datum which may or may not turn out to be significant or not: my D used to do the most beautiful imitations of Napoleon retreating from Moscow any time the temperature dropped below 68. She is now blase and a bit macho, "It was 15 degrees last night, not too bad." And she enjoys the snow when it covers the campus.</p>
<p>She's something like 2800 miles away from home. She always loves coming back. But she loves being where she is and wouldn't change for the world.</p>
<p>I'll back that up. I have a kid who never had anything to do with snow who now thinks it is fine, good! In fact, I think he likes it. Or let's say, weather is not the main focus for those involved in college life.</p>