<p>My D seems drawn to Catholic colleges among others and is looking for a safety, financially and in stats. She only has 1 ACT and 1 SAT and hopes to take both 3 times before being done. Her Act was 26 I think and her Sat would be like the old 1260 out of 1600. She hope to bring that up with studying and more concentration in one area. She is an A student with 2 APs this year and 3 next year.
I thought Assumption seemed like a good one, it had a good range of majors, study abroad, honors college, etc. but she isn’t so sure.(we will visit in our Worcester tour) Stonehill has higher stats but I don’t know if it would be a safety. She doesn’t like Emmanuel at all and wants to look in PA, NJ, CT, NY, and MA.
Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>
<p>College of the Holy Cross is SAT optional. If she is an A student she could possibly get in there. HC is the top ranked Catholic LAC and much more selective than Assumption, Stonehill, Emmanuel. Others to consider are Kings College in PA, Providence in RI, FairField in CT, Villanova near Philly.</p>
<p>Holy Cross is a reach, Villanova a slight reach& Providence would be match.
Safety could be Loyola MD, University of Scranton , Maybe Fairfield .</p>
<p>There are over 100 Catholic Colleges in the United States. Google it. 28 Jesuit Colleges, and a myriad of other “order” colleges (run by an order of priests or nuns). Then there are diocesan run colleges like University of San Diego.</p>
<p>Most of them, except the highly selective, would be glad to see her application.</p>
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<p>All the info you provided is secondary to G.P.A. Without that, all this advice of what might be a safety school for your daughter is not worth much. Unfortunately, for the female gender, getting into a liberal arts schools is harder than for males. So, being in the middle of the 25-75% G.P.A. score isn’t likely going to cut it for her unless she has something else going for her. You might also want to share possible majors she may be interested in. </p>
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<p>Providence is also SAT optional like Holy Cross. But it’s one thing to get into a school and it’s another thing to thrive there. Holy Cross is a no-nonsense crack the books kind of place if you want to do well. Loyola of Maryland’s SAT scores are slightly higher than PC so I have no idea how that becomes a safety. </p>
<p>Based on G.P.A. info, Sacred Heart University might be a candidate.</p>
<p>look at:</p>
<p>Fairfield University
Providence College
Sacred Heart University
Saint Anselm College
Saint Michael’s College
Catholic University Of America
Duquesne University
Fordham University
Loyola University - Maryland
Seton Hall University
Siena College
St. Bonaventure University
St. John’s University
University Of Scranton</p>
<p>Her GPA is about 3.85, last she checked.
She likes History, writing and is thinking about business, but not sure. She knows she doesn’t like Science.
She should have 3 AP’s next year and 1 college course (yet unselected) which her school pays for.
She always loved Catholic school, which she did for 8 years and although, not overly religious, wouldn’t mind taking required courses.
Providence is on our list and Villanova was crossed off, too many people mentioned the lack of aid, including neighbors of ours, if we got a free app, okay, but doesn’t seem viable to pay for it.
Will look into a few I hadn’t thought of before…thanks.</p>
<p>Le Moyne College (Jesuit) and D’Youville College. She would get a hefty merit scholarship at both…Probably at least $15,000/year at Le Moyne and 50% off room and board all 4 years at D’Youville.</p>
<p>In NYS Siena College, LeMoyne College, Niagara University, Canisius College and St. Bonaventure University are worth a look as safeties.</p>
<p>University of Scranton in PA, Marist College in NY are some others.</p>
<p>Would she consider going farther west? Ohio has University of Dayton, John Carroll, and Xavier University. Also, there is Saint Louis University in Missouri, Creighton University in Nebraska and Marquette University in Wisconsin.</p>
<p>I looked at St. Bonaventure for my son, but it was too far away. He had similar stats and got in Fordham, H.Cross and Marist. Money though would have been better at others.
Sienna is on our radar now and is accredited in business(AACSB) which is good.
I think my son 4 years ago, had more matches than safties, which worked out okay at the time, but I will try to guide my daughters to be broader when they apply.</p>
<p>Debruns ~ we looked at Siena for D in 2002 and for S in 2007. Both my kids (and my H and I) liked it very much. It ended up second on D’s list and S ended up not applying as they didn’t have the major he ultimtely decided he wanted to pursue.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize Bona was Catholic…But anyway, I have a friend who goes there and he absolutely loves it!</p>
<p>ctyankee:“Loyola of Maryland’s SAT scores are slightly higher than PC so I have no idea how that becomes a safety.”</p>
<p>I think this applicant would be accepted by PC & Loyola , be they asked about safety school.
My statement is based on my experience and based on selectivity.Loyola accepted 69% of applicants , PC 45%.There may not be a significant gap between the PC and Loyola , but PC is a bit tougher to get in.</p>
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<p>Thanks for that. Your point is completely valid and well taken. It is even further supported when you look at the latest Common Data Sets at PC and Loyola. </p>
<p>Loyola accepted 70 percent of females and 67 percent of males that applied. </p>
<p>PC accepted 38 percent of females and 47 percent of males. </p>
<p>This indicates that Loyola is more gender blind on admissions, or put another way, PC is much more competitive for a woman to be accepted than her male counterpart.</p>
<p>" didn’t realize Bona was Catholic…But anyway, I have a friend who goes there and he absolutely loves it!"</p>
<p>You didnt realize St. Bonaventure was catholic? I can see mistaking Fordham or Georgetown based on the more secular sounding name, but when “St.” is part of the school name it is usually a catholic institution.</p>
<p>It’s true that schools with St in the title are usually Catholic but there are a number of schools with St, that are not Catholic… am thinking of St. Olaf’s (Lutheran), St Mary’s (Maryland, which is public), St.George , St.Paul’s , St.John’s…</p>
<p>Anyway , I cast a vote for all the good schools named above: My son will be attending one of them in the fall </p>
<p>PS : SingRunDance: I was unfamiliar with LeMoyne before looking for doing the college search but I say that they should name you an ambassador! You do a great job promoting them</p>
<p>Good point-- lets try this.</p>
<p>If a school is in the NE and has “St.” in the name it is most likley catholic.</p>
<p>If the school is a small college in Minnesota or the Upper Mid-West with “St.” it is most likely Luthern or some other Protestant sect.</p>
<p>If the school is in the South and religiously affilated run the other way.</p>
<p>If looking in PA, there are many Catholic colleges to consider…many of which will be matches or “safeties”. Some eg.
LaSalle University
Chestnut Hill College
Immaculata University
Saint Joseph’s University
DeSales University
Cabrini College
U. of Scranton
Duquesne U.</p>
<p>Leopard - I never did any research on Bona after I found out they don’t have nursing…So no, I didn’t.</p>
<p>concernedforeign - Thank you :)</p>