Waitlisted, depressed, no plan B. Does anyone know alternative to Pitzer?

[WillowShines]

<p>My kid learned today that his first and only choice, Pitzer College, has wait-listed him after a very competitive admissions process. He has a 3.6 GPA and tons of extracurricular experience in social justice organizations, as well as A's in the college classes he has taken after early HS graduation. </p>

<p>Can you think of a small liberal arts college similar to Pitzer with a VERY STRONG poli-sci department.? Above all, it needs to be a place with rolling admissions so he can apply now. We are all torn up about the wait-list and I was hoping someone would have some advice. Please email me directly at <a href="mailto:willowshines@yahoo.com">willowshines@yahoo.com</a>
Thanks a million!</p>

[ElizaB]

<p>He only applied to one school? Oh boy…</p>

[momofdb]

<p>I’m sorry to hear that. During the course of his college search, my son considered a lot of schools that are considered similar to Pitzer (he also looked at Pitzer). Not sure about Rolling Decision, but still worth contacting-some may have January starts too. My son is interested in film/creative writing, so I’m not sure about Poly Sci, but here they are:</p>

<p>*Occidental (L.A.)
*Colorado College
*Oberlin (OH)
*Sarah Lawrence (NY)
*Bard (NY)
*Skidmore (NY)</p>

<p>Some others to consider:</p>

<p>*Clark University (MA)
*Evergreen State (WA)
*Lawrence College (WI)
*Bennington College (VT)
*Goucher College (MD)
*Hendrix College (AK)</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

[sparknerd2010]

<p>Hope this helps. I’m not sure which has the best poly-sci program, but the list is at least a start. Good Luck </p>

<p>Albertus Magnus College (CT) </p>

<p>Albion College (MI) </p>

<p>Alvernia College ¶ </p>

<p>Anderson University (IN) </p>

<p>Athens State University (AL) </p>

<p>Azusa Pacific University (CA) </p>

<p>Baker University (KS) </p>

<p>Baylor University (TX) </p>

<p>Bay Path College (MA) </p>

<p>Beloit College (WI) </p>

<p>Benedict College (SC) </p>

<p>Benedictine College (KS) </p>

<p>Berea College (KY) </p>

<p>Birmingham-Southern College (AL) </p>

<p>Blackburn College </p>

<p>Bradley University (IL) </p>

<p>Bridgewater College (VA) </p>

<p>Cabrini College ¶ </p>

<p>Caldwell College (NJ) </p>

<p>California College of Arts and Crafts (CA) </p>

<p>Canisius College (NY) </p>

<p>Capitol College (MD) </p>

<p>Cardinal Stritch University (WI) </p>

<p>Carlow College ¶ </p>

<p>Carroll College (WI) </p>

<p>Castleton State College (VT) </p>

<p>Cedar Crest College ¶ </p>

<p>Central Missouri State University (MO) </p>

<p>Central Pennsylvania College ¶ </p>

<p>Chaminade University (HI) </p>

<p>Champlain College (VT) </p>

<p>Charleston Southern University (SC) </p>

<p>Chestnut Hill College ¶ </p>

<p>City University (WA) </p>

<p>College of St. Joseph (VT) </p>

<p>College of Saint Rose (NY) </p>

<p>College of Santa Fe (NM) </p>

<p>Columbia College (SC) </p>

<p>Columbia International University (SC) </p>

<p>Concordia College (MN) </p>

<p>Concordia University (OR) </p>

<p>Concordia University Wisconsin (WI) </p>

<p>CUNY - Brooklyn College (NY) </p>

<p>CUNY - John Jay College (NY) </p>

<p>CUNY - Medgar Evers College (NY) </p>

<p>CUNY - College of Staten Island (NY) </p>

<p>Davis & Elkins College (WV) </p>

<p>DePaul University (IL) </p>

<p>D’Youville College (NY) </p>

<p>Eastern Connecticut State University (CT) </p>

<p>Eckerd College (FL) </p>

<p>Elizabethtown College ¶ </p>

<p>Elmira College (NY) </p>

<p>Elon University (NC) </p>

<p>Emmanuel College (MA) </p>

<p>Emory & Henry College (VA) </p>

<p>Erskine College (SC) </p>

<p>Ferris State University (MI) </p>

<p>Five Towns College (NY) </p>

<p>Florida Institute of Technology (FL) </p>

<p>Frostburg State University (MD) </p>

<p>Gannon University ¶ </p>

<p>Georgian Court College (NJ) </p>

<p>Georgia Southwestern State University (GA) </p>

<p>Grand Canyon University (AZ) </p>

<p>Gwynedd-Mercy College ¶ </p>

<p>Hamline University ¶ </p>

<p>Heidelberg College (OH) </p>

<p>High Point University (NC) </p>

<p>Husson College (ME) </p>

<p>Iona College (NY) </p>

<p>Johnson State College (VT) </p>

<p>King’s College ¶ </p>

<p>Lasell College (MA) </p>

<p>Le Moyne College (NY) </p>

<p>Limestone College (SC) </p>

<p>Lincoln University ¶ </p>

<p>Loma Linda University (CA) </p>

<p>Long Island University - Brooklyn (NY) </p>

<p>Long Island University - C.W. Post (NY) </p>

<p>Lynchburg College (VA) </p>

<p>Lyndon State College (VT) </p>

<p>Manhattan College (NY) </p>

<p>Marietta College (OH) </p>

<p>Marymount University (VA) </p>

<p>Maryville University of Saint Louis (MO) </p>

<p>Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MA) </p>

<p>Mercer University-Atlanta (GA) </p>

<p>Mercyhurst College ¶ </p>

<p>Meredith College ¶ </p>

<p>Millersville University of Pennsylvania ¶ </p>

<p>Mitchell College (CT) </p>

<p>Molloy College (NY) </p>

<p>Morningside College (IA) </p>

<p>Mount Ida College (MA) </p>

<p>Mount Mary College (WI) </p>

<p>Mount Saint Mary College (NY) </p>

<p>Mount St. Mary’s College (CA) </p>

<p>Mount St. Mary’s College (MD) </p>

<p>Mount Vernon College (DC) </p>

<p>Neumann College ¶ </p>

<p>New Mexico State University (NM) </p>

<p>Niagara University (NY) </p>

<p>Nichols College (MA) </p>

<p>North Central College (IL) </p>

<p>Norwich University (VT) </p>

<p>Notre Dame College of Ohio (OH) </p>

<p>Ohio Dominican College (OH) </p>

<p>Ohio Northern University (OH) </p>

<p>Oklahoma Baptist University (OK) </p>

<p>Otis College of Art and Design (CA) </p>

<p>Pacific University (OR) </p>

<p>Pennsylvania State University - Altoona ¶ </p>

<p>Philadelphia University ¶ </p>

<p>Pine Manor College (MA) </p>

<p>Presbyterian College (SC) </p>

<p>Quinnipiac College (CT) </p>

<p>Regis College (MA) </p>

<p>Rider University (NJ) </p>

<p>Rivier College (NH) </p>

<p>Roberts Wesleyan College (NY) </p>

<p>Rockford College (IL) </p>

<p>Rockhurst University (MO) </p>

<p>Rocky Mountain College (MT) </p>

<p>Sacred Heart University (CT) </p>

<p>Saint Anselm College (NH) </p>

<p>St. Edward’s University (TX) </p>

<p>Saint Francis College ¶ </p>

<p>St. John’s University (NY) </p>

<p>Saint Joseph’s College of Maine (ME) </p>

<p>Saint Joseph’s University ¶ </p>

<p>Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (IN) </p>

<p>Saint Mary’s College (IN) </p>

<p>Saint Mary’s College (MI) </p>

<p>Saint Mary’s College of California (CA) </p>

<p>St. Thomas University (FL) </p>

<p>San Francisco Art Institute (CA) </p>

<p>San Francisco State University (CA) </p>

<p>School of Visual Arts (NY) </p>

<p>Schreiner College (TX) </p>

<p>Seton Hall University (NJ) </p>

<p>Seton Hill College ¶ </p>

<p>Simpson College (IA) </p>

<p>Southeastern University (DC) </p>

<p>Southern Methodist University (TX) </p>

<p>Southern Vermont College (VT) </p>

<p>Spring Arbor College (MI) </p>

<p>SUNY at Brockport (NY) </p>

<p>SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome (NY) </p>

<p>SUNY College at Purchase (NY) </p>

<p>SUNY at Stony Brook (NY) </p>

<p>Stephens College (MO) </p>

<p>Sterling College (VT) </p>

<p>Talladega College (AL) </p>

<p>Thomas More College (KY) </p>

<p>Tusculum College (TN) </p>

<p>Tuskegee University (AL) </p>

<p>Union College (KY) </p>

<p>University of Akron (OH) </p>

<p>University of Baltimore (MD) </p>

<p>University of Bridgeport (CT) </p>

<p>University of Dayton (OH) </p>

<p>University of Great Falls (MT) </p>

<p>University of Hartford (CT) </p>

<p>University of Maine at Fort Kent (ME) </p>

<p>University of Maine at Machias (ME) </p>

<p>University of Massachusetts-Lowell (MA) </p>

<p>University of Missouri-Columbia (MO) </p>

<p>University of New Haven (CT) </p>

<p>University of New Orleans (LA) </p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh ¶ </p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh at Bradford ¶ </p>

<p>University of St. Thomas (MN) </p>

<p>University of the Arts ¶ </p>

<p>University of the Sciences in Philadelphia ¶ </p>

<p>University of Tulsa (OK) </p>

<p>Utica College of Syracuse University (NY) </p>

<p>Voorhees College (SC) </p>

<p>Walsh University (OH) </p>

<p>Warner Pacific College (OR) </p>

<p>Wartburg College (OH) </p>

<p>Waynesburg College ¶ </p>

<p>Webster University (MO) </p>

<p>Wesley College (DE) </p>

<p>Western Carolina University (NC) </p>

<p>Western New England College (MA) </p>

<p>Western Oregon University (OR) </p>

<p>Westminster College (MO) </p>

<p>West Virginia Wesleyan College (WV) </p>

<p>Wheeling Jesuit University (WV) </p>

<p>Widener University ¶ </p>

<p>Wilberforce University (OH) </p>

<p>William Penn University (IA) </p>

<p>William Woods University (MO) </p>

<p>Wilmington College (DE) </p>

<p>Wilson College ¶ </p>

<p>Winston-Salem State University (NC)</p>

[mini]

<p>Evergreen would be a very fine choice. And I think, but am not sure, that they will still accept an application. In many areas, it is stronger than Pitzer.</p>

[birdhouse]

<p>Evergreen was my first thought too.</p>

<p>[Apply</a> for Admission to Evergreen](<a href=“http://www.evergreen.edu/admissions/apply.htm#appdates]Apply”>http://www.evergreen.edu/admissions/apply.htm#appdates)</p>

[swymchik16]

<p>D was waitlisted at Pitzer last year, rejected by Rice. She decided to take a gap year and volunteer in Honduras and New Zealand. The experience has been wonderful for her. She has matured. Found a focus. And when she re-applied this year she was accepted to both Pitzer and Rice and all of her other schools, with more financial aid than we ever expected. If your son can find something he has a passion for, he might consider a gap year.</p>

[stillnadine]

<p>Waitlisted means there is still a possibility of acceptance, especially this year. Your s can send a letter expressing his desire to attend Pitzer (see other “waitlisted” forums for ideas about how to compose such an appeal). His school guidance counselor may also be able to make a call to admissions and glean some information for you. Since he applied to only one school, I’m guessing that FA is not an issue. That may also work in his favor this year because many students may have to opt for a less expensive choice. </p>

<p>I totally sympathize with you. My S wanted to apply to only one school, which was not a true safety because like Pitzer, it is small.</p>

[fireflyscout]

<p>In early May, [NACAC</a> Homepage](<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org%5DNACAC”>http://www.nacacnet.org) will post a list of colleges with space available.</p>

[overseas]

<p>Not small LAC, but an interesting option.</p>

<p>University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa <a href=“mailto:ar-info@hawaii.edu”>ar-info@hawaii.edu</a> January 2, 2009 2600 Campus Road, QLCSS 001 [Admissions</a> & Records (University of Hawaii at Manoa)<a href=“Final%20deadline:%20May%201”>/url</a> </p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.politicalscience.hawaii.edu/pages/undergrad/requirements.html]Department”>Political Science (POLS) – College of Social Sciences, UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻi]Department</a> of Political Science](<a href=“http://www.hawaii.edu/admrec]Admissions”>http://www.hawaii.edu/admrec)</p>

[WillowShines]

<p>Thank you all for your wonderful responses. I feel better already!</p>

[endlessrecession]

<p>Clemson has a late cutoff for applications. And St. Louis University is a rolling admissions. BOTH have fabulous political science departments.</p>

[Erin_s_Dad]

<p>Stillnadine, I don’t want to be a wet blanket but last year Pitzer offered the waitlist to 1300 students, more than 900 accepted, and 0 were taken. Waitlist in this case is essentially a rejection. </p>

<p>I agree with the recommendation to look at rolling admit schools.</p>

[midatlmom]

<p>Take a look at the following:</p>

<p>Beloit
Ripon
New College of Florida
Eckerd
Stetson
University of the Pacific</p>

<p>Also, I believe that some of the Scottish universities, such as Edinburgh, are still accepting applications for certain courses of study.</p>

[mamakin]

<p>If he wants to stay in the same general area as Pitzer, Chapman University (Orange, California) has a “late consideration” application option.</p>

[benel]

<p>One more thought is U of Redlands, just down the road from Pitzer in So Cal.
My son looked at both schools, not knowing where either “ranked” and chose U of Redlands over Pitzer in his own mind.
Redlands has the Johnston Center which is more “social justice” oriented, independent thinking college within a college – attracts the Pitzer-Hampshire-Evergreen type of student.<br>
But the balance is good to have Johnston within the U of Redlands.</p>

<p>Redlands campus is beautiful (nicer than Pitzer I think), AND they are rolling admissions.</p>

[copper889]

<p>… would be far off base adding Iona to our list of schools to consider? why or why not?</p>

<p>thanks</p>