Help us add to this list for tours, etc?
marie24
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Daughter has super broad interests. Having lots of trouble narrowing down list. She has visited schools with 20k plus students and small LAC with 2k and in between and has come away feeling that she could be happy at either end--as long as the "setting" is right--not even necessarily the campus, but the environs. Smith got high marks due to Northampton, McGill, because Montreal. Only school that has been a complete turn off is UVM because of the hard-sell overkill info session and tour (and Burlington would have been a perfect setting)
Things we do know--she likes cool climates, so nothing south of NY. MA resident, but UMASS is out because 25% of the HS goes there. Likes small cities (or the feel of, like Boston and Montreal) or access to cities. Class size doesn't bother her, though she is shy so smaller classes would pull her out of her shell. Undecided as to major, but probably no hard sciences--possibly math/psych/history
Brown (pie in the sky)
Smith
Wellesley
Mount Holyoke
McGill
Queens University
Concordia
Univ of Edinburgh
plans to visit
BU
Notheastern
Barnard
NYU
Wesleyan
Brandeis
Quick stats
4.55 w 3.8 uw gpa
no rank
1440 SAT 720/720 (retaking)
33 ACT (not retaking)
5 APs (4 more sr. yr) only one score so far (3 on Bio soph year, but she was sick that day)
white female
well regarded MA public HS
minimal aid required
EC: NHS, Band, jazz band, pep band, Editor of Lit Mag, library volunteer, other local nonprofits, etc, etc
Awards: none beyond MICCA gold medals with band, and Tulane Book Award this year.
Where else should she look? Thanks so much for reading this far!
11 replies Things we do know--she likes cool climates, so nothing south of NY. MA resident, but UMASS is out because 25% of the HS goes there. Likes small cities (or the feel of, like Boston and Montreal) or access to cities. Class size doesn't bother her, though she is shy so smaller classes would pull her out of her shell. Undecided as to major, but probably no hard sciences--possibly math/psych/history
Brown (pie in the sky)
Smith
Wellesley
Mount Holyoke
McGill
Queens University
Concordia
Univ of Edinburgh
plans to visit
BU
Notheastern
Barnard
NYU
Wesleyan
Brandeis
Quick stats
4.55 w 3.8 uw gpa
no rank
1440 SAT 720/720 (retaking)
33 ACT (not retaking)
5 APs (4 more sr. yr) only one score so far (3 on Bio soph year, but she was sick that day)
white female
well regarded MA public HS
minimal aid required
EC: NHS, Band, jazz band, pep band, Editor of Lit Mag, library volunteer, other local nonprofits, etc, etc
Awards: none beyond MICCA gold medals with band, and Tulane Book Award this year.
Where else should she look? Thanks so much for reading this far!
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Replies to: Help us add to this list for tours, etc?
Would she consider the Pacific Northwest region? Portland fits the template perfectly, environment-wise, and Reed is excellent in her areas of interest. Different vibe from her other schools, which could be good or bad.
aquapt--will look at URochester, and *I* think she should look at northwest--so will check out Reed.
monkeyrevolution--we are looking at Barnard in a few weeks, will glance across the street
Thanks!
Based on her list, I wonder if she might not like Skidmore, Tufts, Sarah Lawrence, U Michigan Ann Arbor, SUNY New Paltz, and yes, UMass Amherst. Reed, and Colorado College.