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07-12-2008, 09:40 AM
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| Wake Forest or William & Mary are good size for her but definitely not safeties | 
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07-12-2008, 01:27 PM
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| What about BC didn't she like? They're known for being one of the less Catholic Jesuits. | |
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07-12-2008, 03:19 PM
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#18 | | Member
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| "Daughter is good at finding reaches, but we are having trouble with safties."
Sounds like every high school student everywhere  | |
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07-12-2008, 07:21 PM
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#19 | | Junior Member
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| 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.
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07-13-2008, 01:01 AM
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#20 | | Member
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| Villanova does have a pretty big greek scene, I think.
Dickinson definitely very rural- not a lot to do at all around the campus.
I second Gettysburg and Goucher. Goucher was going to be my "LAC safety." Also almost applied to Gettysburg- they meet 100% of need, if that's a concern at all.
If she does like small LACs- Swarthmore (reach), Haverford (reach), and Bryn Mawr (match maybe?) are in the same area as Villanova/UPenn.
And did she look at American U at all? Smaller university, and it's free to apply (or at least it was this past year).
It's definitely a good thing that you made this thread- please please please find good safeties. Soooo important. | |
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07-14-2008, 10:05 AM
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| Brillar, you are not quite right about Dickinson being rural--it is in the charming town of Carlisle--cute downtown, with shops, restaurants, etc just steps from campus. The Appalachian Trail is very close by, but so is Harrisburg (20-25 minutes), which is, of course, the state capital, with all the mainstream shopping a college kid would need.
Dickinson should definitely not be ruled out because of its location--it's actually the best of both worlds. | |
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07-14-2008, 01:32 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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| If BC is "too Catholic", try Tufts.
LAC near a big city: how about Barnard? | |
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07-14-2008, 10:08 PM
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| Reach: Haverford (add on to your upcoming trip to Penn), Wesleyan
Match: Kenyon, Macalester, Trinity (CT), Vassar, Oberlin
Safety: Denison, Sarah Lawrence, Skidmore | |
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