<p>Lewis & Clark has a middle 50% of 3.5 - 4.15, maybe a bit of a reach</p>
<p>Sorry, I replied to a different thread and it posted on this one (!)</p>
<p>Mirabile Dictu- I’d strongly discourage you from taking on such debt when you’ve got Humboldt and other CSUs as a viable and debt free options. I have no question a dedicated student can get through Sonoma and Humboldt in 4 years. You’ll come out way ahead - even if you have to hire an army of tutors.</p>
<p>On the main topic, just posting results of my 3.2/1800 kid. He was denied at SDSU and Cal Poly SLO (no surprise) Waitlisted at CSU Long Beach and accepted to UOP, Sonoma Sac State, CSU Monterey and Chico State’s Honors program. He’ll be attending Chico’s Honors program in the fall.</p>
<p>It looks like many CSUs are starting honors programs that have realistic admission criteria for kids like mine - and the rest of those on this thread. (Stanislaus, Sac State, and Chico to name 3) They are great for a number of reasons, not the least of which are priority registration and small, intimate GE courses. They vary a bit by school but, I encourage the parents of 3.0-3.3 kids to look into them. Few schools heavily publicize them so, you have to dig a bit. Definitely worth the effort.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen this thread before, but my D started Sr Yr at 3.0uw/3.4w and mid-term was up to 3.2uw/3.55w. ACT 26. She focused on schools with film majors. Here are her results:</p>
<p>Accepted:
Montana State
Northern Arizona U
University of Denver (no merit/FA)
CSU Fullerton
CSU Sacramento
CSU Long Beach
CSU Northridge
San Diego State (probably because she is in region and less impacted major)
California Lutheran with Merit Aid (ATTENDING)</p>
<p>Rejected:
Chapman Dodge College
American University</p>
<p>At the end it was between SDSU (which is really a wonderful school but just too large and in her back yard) and California Lutheran</p>
<p>My son is a senior this year and just starting the college search. He is interested in pre-physical therapy, exercise science… We live in Nevada, and he wants to stay west. His unweighted GPA is 3.38 and weighted is 4.188. He is taking 4 AP classes this year, as well as, Anatomy and Physiology and a few other classes. He wants to go to a small to medium school, possibly under 15,000 students. He likes the small class sizes and hopefully a more intimate atmosphere. We are researching WUE schools, and looking for private school that is generous with aid. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I don’t know where you reside but San Diego State has excellent programs for those areas, but I think there admissions are so impacted they probably don’t offer WUE.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you reside but San Diego State has excellent programs for those areas, but I think their admissions are so impacted they probably don’t offer WUE.</p>
<p>The OP lives in Nevada.
Check out University of Puget Sound. It meets all of your criteria and has a small PT school on campus. There’s only 2,600 undergrads, virtually all classes are small, it’s known for being very generous with merit to B students, and from speaking to a professor, they truly care about their students’ well being.</p>
<p>Agree UPS. also check out Pacific University in Oregon.</p>
<p>Another vote for Pacific University!</p>
<p>seattle_mom and ciervo, could you share a bit about Pacific U?</p>
<p>I’m an East Coast mom and my daughter is looking at a few West Coast schools (inc. Willamette, Puget Sound and Lewis and Clark). Pacific U is on her list – this is the school I know the least about. Thanks!</p>
<p>I liked what I could see of Pacific, however my daughter did one of her infamous 5 minute loops through the campus before declaring that it wasn’t for her.
I think Forest Grove was too small & Portland was too far away ( without a car)</p>
<p>Campboys, Willamette University also fits that bill. Great merit aid, beautiful campus, around 2000 students, a new member of the Colleges That Change Lives.</p>
<p>UPS and Willamette are well respected in the PNW, and the chance of merit aid is good. Another popular, fine smaller school is Seattle University, but I do not know their merit aid policy.</p>
<p>I suspect Seattle U is generous with their merit aid if the student is from a catholic high school or is catholic. Seattle U is quite urban, while Willamette is in Salem, Oregon capital but a smallish city. Pacific University is in the small town of Forest Grove, about 45 minutes from Portland. </p>
<p>Here are the stats I have for Seattle U(2012): 83% of total undergrads received aid, 99% of Freshman received aid, Avg amt of Govt or institutional aid: $15679, Avg price after gift aid: $29020.</p>
<p>Willamette won’t give great merit aid to 3.0 to 3.3 if what they offered my 3.5+ (UW) (with honors/AP) daughter is any example. They left a huge gap & we didn’t feel the school was worth it. Also, Salem isn’t Portland 
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<p>Seattle U is good, but in a very urban environment. As someone said, merit offers are better for it if you are Catholic and better still if the child went to Catholic HS. </p>
<p>Pacific gives merit based on GPA & you can see it on their website. It’s more like 25 minutes from Portland. Good exercise science program with options to go more towards either PT (advanced anatomy - cadaver lab) or OT (no advanced anatomy, more psych).
Linfield is another with exercise science. </p>
<p>If your son is interested in exercise science, review carefully the focus of the major. Some lean very much towards athletic training and not PT/OT.</p>
<p>UPS - ok, but being in the Seattle area the daughters had no desire to go anywhere close to Tacoma.
Seattle Pacific is in a nice location in the Fremont area of Seattle and is a good school, albeit very conservative.</p>
<p>FWIW, everyone we’ve known from adults down to current students love Pacific. But it’s definitely a “fit” school and not for urban lovers. Campus is lovely and a very popular Portland area pizza chain had it’s humble beginnings just off campus. </p>
<p>Alas, it is too close to home for Spygirl. And doesn’t have her major.</p>
<p>From what friends have told us, merit aid is quite generous at Willamette only if you’re a high stat kid. Others have received $ when they produced A’s while enrolled.</p>
<p>LisaK: What does your daughter think of Lewis & Clark?</p>
<p>Campboys - good WUE schools that meet the smaller size criteria include University of Southern Oregon and Western Washington U.
The Western Undergraduate Exchange site has a good search feature which can help to sort criteria, including location and major, that may be of interest.</p>
<p>Wow, lots of great suggestion!! My son just received an acceptance to SUU. Are there other schools in Ca., Utah that fit his wish list? Anyone know anything about Whittier College or CSUEB?</p>