<p>How about GWU? I know it's very $$$ but they gave my child lots of money plus it has an Honors program (extra paperwork).</p>
<p>jlauer- Be SURE your son gets his app in early for USC. Dec 10 is the application deadline for students applying for the USC scholarships. My son , with similar stats as yours, was also a NMF, so we knew he qualified for 1/2 tuition. He was accepted in mid Jan. , and was asked to interview for the Presidential scholarship, and ended up getting the Trustees[ full tuition] scholarship.</p>
<p>Great job MPMOM! Would you agree with my post based on your experience at USC? The kid who lived at my house drew the line at 14 :eek: so she didn't apply.</p>
<p>If you S looking for small LAC experience he might like Knox College IL. 12% of students go to med school, Knox has garanteed admission program with Rush Medical school and GWU. Students do get garanteed spot at those med school AND they can also shop around for another placements as well. If your S will be more interested in law, Knox has very strong connections there as well. Knox has several very nice programs and internships at the top law places all the way to supreme court.
Being a boy with very good academic record and geographically distanced will help him get outstanding package from Knox college which is very generous with fin aid to begin with.</p>
<p>Jlauer, I would look at some of the Catholic colleges, since I think your son attends a Catholic HS? BC seems to like kids from other regions -- they have a Presidential Scholarship, but seem focused on stats for that. (I know kids who had 1500+ on old SAT I from Catholic HS who didn't get the scholarship.) Holy Cross and Villanova offer Merit aid. I'd also suggest Case Western and U of Rochester, since our son had generous offers from them. If he's interested in science, Harvey Mudd used to offer aid to kids who score above a 750 on the math portion of the SAT I. I'll try to think of others.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Harvard or Yale Law (both are equal first choices for him for law school since he wants to be a Supreme Court Justice)<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>S should consider Stanford. Many of the recent S.Ct. justices have Stanford degrees either undergrad or law (sometimes both).</p>
<p>Dickinson in PA. might be generous with merit for a student with your son's stats. They are anxious to boost enrollment from outside the Northeast. They are solid for pre-law. And, Rhodes in Tenn. is sometimes generous for top students and has an EXCELLENT political science program. Whitman in Washington State is a top 30 LAC that does very well with law school placement. Like Dickinson, they're anxious to expand their geographic reach. I also second Overseas suggestion of Lawrence.</p>
<p>If he prefers a mid-sized university, the suggestion of Santa Clara U is a good one, as is the University of San Diego if he wants to be on the west coast. While not generous with FA, they can both be VERY generous with merit money if the stats are right. Both have excellent pre-law advising. I also with the suggestion of U of Rochester, and even Brandeis might be worth a look. And, as a NMS, he'll get pretty much a full ride at Arizona State U and the U of Tulsa.</p>
<p>Finally, I have been very impressed with the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University --- a unique opportunity for top students, and as our dear friend Digmedia discovered, excellent merit opportunities. Graduating from the Honors Tutorial College would definitely NOT hinder his chances at any law or medical school in the country.</p>
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Not to mention being very cool.;)</p>
<p>If you are looking at Alabama's Tier One Scholarships and HC, you'd be smart to look at UT Plan II. An exceptional program, considered by many as the best of the public honors programs (even by it's peers ). I'm saying this and I wouldn't give you a plug nickel for 39 and 1/2 of UT's 40 acres. Many, many kids turn down the world's most selective schools for this program. It is truly outstanding.</p>
<p>LAC with high girl/boy ratio. States North of the Mason Dixon line. In Oregon, the LAC's are Lewis & Clark, and Willamette have law schools. They offered a very attractive package to Son, even though he did not apply or interested in attending, plus we are also instate. </p>
<p>I make no recommendations.</p>
<p>Here's great link to class results from last year. Yes, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Law are there.;)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/students/profiles/graduate_2006%5B/url%5D">http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/students/profiles/graduate_2006</a>
Additionally 16% were vals and 35% NMF in the '10er class. Not bad for a bunch of new T-sips.</p>
<p>Another University of Texas Plan II fan here, with a repaired link for the information in Curmudgeon's last comment:</p>
<p>Thanks. It appears I lost a backslash in the transfer. They probably wouldn't let me in. :( The one I want graduate profile 2006 doesn't seem to work so I'll just copy it </p>
<p>(14 Plan II 2006 graduates went to law school)
Boston College
Duke University
Harvard University
New York University
Stanford University
University of California-Davis
University of California Los Angeles
University of Maryland
University of Michigan, Dean’s Scholarship
University of Texas at Austin (5)
Yale University</p>
<p>There are these stats for all classes and all grad's for a decade or more. VERY INFORMATIVE></p>
<p>Sorry, Curmudgeon, my mistake. I linked to the freshman stats instead of the graduate information. Just for the heck of it, I'll try again: <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/students/profiles/graduate_2006/%5B/url%5D">http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/students/profiles/graduate_2006/</a></p>
<p>Wow, I didn't know plan II took OOS. JLauer, look at College of Wooster, and Kalamazoo. Grinnell might give him some money, but it would be hard to get there - Wooster's just up and over from I-65.
St. Olaf is a good school - is he musical?? But it is cold!
Trinity in SA is another option - I bet they are served by Southwest - aren't you in the Southwest served area?
Don't forget to at least look at Ole Miss Honors College - there are some things I like better about it than Bamas - everyone is in the same boat rather than the 3 tiers of honors like at Bama. My daughter also got some feelers from Georgia.</p>
<p>Wow!!!</p>
<p>Great Recommendations! Thanks to all that have posted. I was away from this thread for a few days and wow -- great posts!</p>
<p>My son loves these posts... he sends his thanks!</p>
<p>Originally Posted by carolyn"
Graduating from the Honors Tutorial College would definitely NOT hinder his chances at any law or medical school in the country.</p>
<p>Curmy: If you are looking at Alabama's Tier One Scholarships </p>
<p>What is the Honors Tutorial College? which school is this?</p>
<p>And, when you wrote "Alabama's Tier One Scholarships" -- are you talking about U of AL? I have been to their website many times and haven't noticed anything that says "Tier one" -- is that a departmental scholarship? I have seen their scholarships for NMF.</p>
<p>JLauer, Alabama's (or The University, as it is generally known in Alabama) scholarships were for years ranked in Tiers. The tiers were roughly by prestige and amount, but they also had some division by whether or not a scholarship was open anyone - lots of the money comes with attached strings, certain major is required or you have to be from a particular county or town.
Also scholarships were administered by at least 3 different divisions of the University, counting athletic scholarships. Very recently, I think they have begun revamping the scholarship system to make it a little more understandable - I think they are trying to move to a system where you submit one application, whereas before you got money just for applying to the university, then you might have to submit as many as 2 more apps, plus go to Capstone Days to compete for the full range of scholarships - they probably have gotten to the point where the website has been changed.</p>
<p>After I posted, I thought of a couple of other ideas - Montevallo if he doesn't mind staying close to home, Oglethorpe in Atlanta.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.honors.ohio.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.honors.ohio.edu/</a> </p>
<p>We're the only institution in the United States with a degree-granting college incorporating all the essential features of the traditional tutorial system. We pattern this fundamental teaching approach after systems existing for centuries at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England</p>
<p>Son went to Montevallo for Boys State and hated it. It hasn't been updated like other uni's.</p>