I’m also from CT. We happen to know more than a dozen either present or past students at ECSU. I’m sorry your daughter found it depressing on her visit, but the variety of students we know who attended loved it there. They all said it had the feel of a small college. Lots of great things to do, and terrific ability to meet professors, and get involved in activities.
This student might also want to look at the options at Southern Connecticut State University. The facilities there, as well as ECSU, have gotten a nice upgrade over the years. There are great programs, and SCSU has a nice campus, as does ECSU.
From a cost point of view…these should not be ignored.
the Problem this student has…unless her parents come around…is that she needs a full ride. She really can’t even afford the costs of room, board and fees. And books and travel. A tuition only scholarship will only get her so far.
The ECSU honors program would be a great option…and potentially affordable enough that perhaps her parents can help.
“…apparently relatively well off, you’re part of a disadvantageous demographic…”
Not on 100k and white (see thread title.) The only question is why the parents took her savings to pay H costs. At 100k, he should have been nearly a full ride. So are any details off here?
The 3.95 for 10/11 is nice, OP. Some colleges don’t look at 9th. But you still need affordability and the right fine tuned app/supp.
^ that’s why I said “relatively well off”, because if OP’s family truly was 100K, there should have been plenty of financial aid. So, I’m guessing the parents make way more or have investments/housing+rents and/or have debt. 100K can’t be the full picture.
“White upper middle class from CT” IS disadvantageous in Admissions to New England/East Coast colleges such as some were listed (Wesleyan, Vassar, Ivies…) White upper middle class girls from CT applying to these colleges are a dime a dozen and getting merit, if it’s even available, highly unlikely as there’s no need to entice her to come.
That’s why I think OP would be better off targeting top universities/LACs (as long as the parents still agree on paying for them) that are located in the Midwest and South, so that competition won’t be as intense (it’ll still be competitive but I’m guessing there are fewer applicants from that demographic applying to Grinnell than to Wesleyan, or to Emory than to Brown.)
Along the lines of being a geographic diversity pick, I think you might get combination of need and merit at Centre and Hendrix – two very good CTCL in the South (Kentucky and Arkansas). Centre is top 50 among LACs; Hendrix top 75…
Or, some of the West coast LACs like Lewis & Clark or Williamette which are ranked nationally in 60s/70s. Run the NPCs, but I also think you’d get some merit.
I agree that you should explain your low early GPA in the Additional Information part of the Common App and ask your GC to do same.
I’m sorry you’re in this situation. Keep us posted.
I just opened a coalition application to apply to plenty more college (many of which were suggested here) I’m hoping if I get a good offer I can appeal other schools on that basis and explain the medical debt. I’m looking into the south and midwest right now. The 100k is not the full picture but my family keeps A LOT of the financial information away from my brother and I so theres not much else I could tell you. I put the explanation in my additional information and explained in my resume where some flordia colleges want to know about anything that has messed with your schooling.
Dribs and drabs. You are now adding medical expenses into the mix.
When were these medical expenses? Were they unreimbursed essential services? How much?
Your brother at Harvard…sofas he asked for a special circumstances review that would,consider his medical expenses?
This story is starting to make no sense. Agree with others…if your parent income is really $100,000, then Harvard would be giving your brother some very decent need based aid.
And when there are two of you in college…Harvard, at least, would be giving even more decent need based aid.
If there are medical expenses, the brother should also be asking for some reconsideration of his aid…not just this OP.
I mentioned these earlier when I mentioned my depression. It’s just debt that’s all. His aid was reconsidered and added to (I think they added 3,000 to his package.) Like I said my family keeps almost all the info away from my brother and I and the expenses was just my mother being hospitalized for two years. Calculated EFC it’s 010110.
I think that I now understand this. It isn’t that your parents are saying that they are only willing to pay for elite schools, it is that the only thing they can afford are the meets need schools. It sounds like you are in that area that it is cheaper to buy the Bugatti than the BMW. They are just saying it in a bad way.