Carleton for my outdoorsy S???

5boys
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:25:47 +0000

niceday… no, my DS didn’t get to talk to anyone about his GPA because he wanted to leave early to do homework… not sure if they are straight up with that anyway, I doubt they would have discouraged him.
RP103… I’m glad your so happy at Carleton. It sounds like an amazing place… the Ad Rep had some beautiful slide shows of the school… snow and all. Why does the school smell like malt-o-meal??? As far as what my S might be interested in, he read a pamphlet at the info session that said they had a Bio/Philosophy double major. He was VERY interested in that.
Say… Yes we realize that Carleton will be a reach… he is not interested in Swarth, or Pomona, went to the info session to hear about Carleton. He ended up liking Bowdoin as well, but that is a REALLY huge reach, I think any school under 20% admit rate is just too unpredictable. We are visiting all the Maine schools this Spring, so if he likes Bowdoin, he might like Colby and Bates too, and they look pretty safe for him on our schools Naviance.
He has some great safe schools that he loves and also have EA, so if he gets into any of these early then, what the heck, why not apply to a few reaches like Bowdoin or Carleton.
Bingle… That is one of my points too. He is only a Junior and a lot could happen. He is taking some AP’s this year and has a very rigorous schedule. He seems to think that his grades are going to be great this year because he loves his classes and does better when he is more challenged. He will not be applying to colleges next year with a 3.2., probably more like a 3.5,3.6 and higher W. Also, if colleges want kids who have followed their passion to the ninth degree and are leaders, he is their kid. He has participated in numerous activities for many years and has reached leadership positions in all of them. His teacher’s all LOVE him too. He did get into The Mountain School this year which is VERY selective. Most kids that go to this school matriculate to very prestigious colleges, Carleton being one of them. I think it attracts the types of kids that would like Carleton. So, we will just have to wait and see.