I’m a fan of UNC-Asheville. It is cold in the winter though.
She has lots of international experience. What about South Africa? Maybe Rhodes University or University of Cape Town? Price is right. Schools are very rigorous and weather is good. UCT is a major research university. Lots of outdoor opportunities. Bachelor degrees only take 3 years and then sometimes students complete an honor year before grad school.
What about Prescott College in AZ? Very small school with alternative program. Many students complete a large portion of their educations in the field, all over the world. It’s more of a hands-on, real-life, student-driven education. We know someone who loves it and has studied in backcountry mountain locations all over the world. Weather is great in Prescott, which is at a higher altitude than Phoenix, so not as hot, but not as high as Flagstaff, so not as cold. Neuroscience would not be an option, unless she could work out some sort of joint enrollment through the school. But it might be a good fit for some of the other things in which you suggested she might be interested. Good luck!
How about Tulane? They have all of the medical/research options that she’s looking for, as well as mostly sunny weather and a very diverse student body.
If she can handle some snow, I would also recommend Goucher in Baltimore, where she could do some cross-registration with area schools, including JHU.
If she’ll consider women’s schools, I agree that Agnes Scott would be a good option.
Mills College in Oakland may also be a good option for a student who has a wide range of quirky interests, as she can take some classes at UC Berkeley and can take advantage of all that the SF Bay Area has to offer, including sunny weather.
Another women’s college with terrific strengths in Bio/neuro./medical majors and is large-city adjacent, is Bryn Mawr. They do have snow, however.
All of the above schools award merit/institutional aid, and look favorably on students with interesting backgrounds.
@TTG I’ll look back into UNC-Asheville, but the housing situation seemed pretty shaky. Cape Town is an interesting proposition. I had looked at Prescott before because the location is so ideal, but the majors offered don’t really match up. We’ll see!
Tulane sounds pretty good! I think she would absolutely love New Orleans. Looking into it.
@hop I wouldn’t have thought Bryn Mawr was in reach for her. I think both her GPA and math score are too low, but we’ll see! It’s definitely very affordable if the NPC is realistic. It would be a really great school for her. She is not 100% dead-set against snow, as she grew up with it and has fond memories of it, but she really struggles to get through winter if it’s long, gray days.
The location of Mills – immediate surroundings – is not ideal from what I’ve read. Otherwise, yeah, I think she would fit right in.
I’ve gone back and forth on Goucher. In some ways it seems like a fit, but some of the quirkiness at Goucher seems to be more Pokemon/Harry Potter/Dr. Who-style, which is really not her thing at all. Her quirkiness is more intellectual/mature/European or something (hard to put my finger on it without sounding like a complete snob, which she and I are not by any means.).
Thanks everyone! Considering her love of music (all genres), does anyone have suggestions in Memphis or Austin or other music-scene towns in the South?
College of Charleston is an excellent school, right on par with UNCW. One of the top up-and-coming univs in the Southeast, if not the country. Also has a fantastic surrounding area with a historic downtown and is mere mins from the beach, just like UNCW.
CoC is a great college but 40k oos and merit will depend on strong test scores .
Note that regardless of what you may have read, there’s no undergrad Neuroscience program in France and she should try to avoid 'fac ’ or universities at all costs for undergrad.
Don’t totally rule out Tulane.
I’ve seen them be unexpectedly generous to those students whom they really want.
Just be sure to express interest (in your case, via email contacts if you won’t be able to visit)
and by all means apply Early Action.
@MYOS1634 Aix-Marseille has a licence sciences de la vie parcours neurosciences and so does Marie Curie, while Caen has a Licence 3 Neurosciences (so start with sciences du vivant or something similar). But, yeah, it would really be a last-ditch thing, so let’s just drop it.
@ClarinetDad16 That was the plan for nearly a year until just a few months ago when we discovered she would have to give up two of her citizenships. In fact, even for many of the jobs she would like to do in Coast Guard or Navy (aviation jobs and perhaps even medical corps) , she would need a secret clearance, for which she would have to renounce her citizenships, which she won’t do. Frustrating!
Ah, yes, indeed, and the Aix Marseille program looks good, but, really… unless she’s ready for taking notes standing up, with dangling electric wires and broken toilets (or windows), exams scheduled then cancelled the day before, etc, etc. she should steer clear of Premier Cycle.
If she has one European citizenship, she can apply to any program in Europe. Look into the “university colleges” in the Netherlands. http://www.auc.nl/ https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/bachelor-university-college-maastricht-0
She should also look for AFrenchie36 on tumblr, a student with French citizenship studying neuroscience (neurobiology and now philosophy/ethics on top of it) in the US. While his cost constraints clearly weren’t the same as yours (his university doesn’t offer sufficient financial/merit aid), his path and posts will likely interest your daughter.
Hi @MYOS1634 She was in the French system from GS-CE2 and, briefly, in 4eme before switching to European School (albeit a French-run European School, so much the same – coming home early or wandering the halls because no teacher showed up to class). My youngest has been in it from MS and is now in 6eme. We are fully aware of the, um, inconveniences of the French system. I am being very kind. :-)) I do love certain aspects of the French education, but for the most part…meh.Youngest will almost definitely go all the way through to Terminale. I’m curious to compare her with my eldest.
I don’t think D18 is competitive for the university colleges. I talked to a rep from Roosevelt, I believe, and she wasn’t too keen that dd had chosen to forgo the full diploma (+ a 3.1/3.0 GPA). Plus, they’re not exactly cheap. Also, although I think she would absolutely adore the Netherlands, the weather might get her down. If she has to suffer through weather she might just as well go to Ireland. She also likes the neuro course at Sussex. In any case, she really wants to go the States at this point.
Thanks for the tip on AFrenchie36. Will take a look for sure!