| A William & Mary grad and dad here - W&M may be a good fit for your D, but it isn't really a safety for anyone (especially OOS females). Ditto for Wake Forest.
We live in Newark, Delaware, and can recommend the University of Delaware. As with your D and Maryland, my S (at W&M) and my D (rising HS senior) consider it too close and too familiar, although my D did admit after our official tour that it wouldn't be bad going there. It helped greatly that our tour guide was a local girl who went out-of-state to college (James Madison in Virginia) and transferred to UD after one year.
James Madison is another possibility. Also, you might look at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) - it is the public honors college in NJ, with a reputation that is growing, and is anxious to increase its OOS enrollment (currently below 10%). Along with Elon, it is at the top of my D's list.
Throwing out some others, in Pennsylvania - York College, Muhlenberg, Juniata, along with Gettysburg, Ursinus, and St. Joe's, which were mentioned in earlier posts.
Good luck! |