Where would you go/send your daughter? - Help me choose, PLEASE. (:

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello people, </p>

<p>I'm an international student and right now, I don't have access/guidance from people that are more knowledgeable about US colleges. Well, except for CC. And this is why I come here asking for your sweet words of advice. </p>

<p>So far, I've been accepted and given all the FA I needed by Agnes Scott (GA), Lewis & Clark (Portland) and Earlham (Richmond, Indiana). I've gotten a couple of rejections and was waitlisted at Mt. Holyoke (though with all the aid I need, I find it hard to ever get it at MoHo, assuming I get off the waitlist). There are still some colleges about to notify me, but to be honest, I'm not really the last coke in the desert... I doubt any other college will be that generous to me. </p>

<p>I found it really hard to compare these colleges because they're very much different, ASC is a women's college down there in the South, L&C has all that northwestern hipsterness and Earlham attracts me because of its Quaker roots but it's kind of in the middle of nowhere... </p>

<p>In the end, it comes down to academic strength to me. I want to go to the most academically respected college, the one that will offer me the most opportunities of learning and growth. I wanna go to a place where students are VERY serious about academics, and passionate and engaged. (:</p>

<p>My possible majors/minors are: Political Science (for sure), Economics, Foreign Languages, Art History... </p>

<p>If there's anything else you'd like to know, please, ask. And please please please tell me what you think, I don't want to make a choice based in angry students' reviews or college-sponsored comments. Thank you all in advance.</p>

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<p>Start a new thread with the title “Agnes Scott, Earlham, or Lewis and Clark?”.</p>

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<p>@toledo haha, sorry I didn’t follow standard procedure, but I’ll do it now. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Check US News and World Report College Rankings – It is really a good place to start and I look to it for good information. It’s online. Good luck!</p>

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<p>If it’s academic reputation you’re looking for, Lewis & Clark comes out on top in terms of test scores and GPAs of those admitted, graduation rate, and percentage of students who are going to graduate school or working in their field within a year of graduation.</p>

<p>Try looking up all three schools on the College Board’s website here: <a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I can’t speak for the others, and I don’t know about academic reputation, but Earlham is well respected in the midwest–not top tier, of course, but you can definitely get a good education, particularly if you apply yourself. It is in the middle of nowhere, but it’s a nice college. I know several successful graduates. Is there any way you can visit these colleges? Or is that impossible? Visiting would give you an instant idea of whether you fit or not. Some things are intangibles and very personal.</p>