<p>I have now gone down nearly every path all of you have pointed me towards (with a few interesting detours) and have happily discovered University of New Hampshire to add to our list. I had neglected to mention two “must-haves” on my D’s list of college criteria both of which excluded many of the options given; </p>
<p>i)UG enrollment much larger than her high school of 2200 and </p>
<p>ii)American Sign Language offerings. </p>
<p>New Hampshire has both of these. They offer a no audition BA in Theatre and Dance with various emphasis offerings. Unfortunately the GPA and ACT scores of students currently being accepted to UNH from her Midwest HS are higher than my Ds but of 9 apps so far, none have been rejected and one with her same scores has been accepted! Over the past five years they have accepted 67% of our school’s applicants with the average GPA being the same as my D’s and with the lowest ACT score being the same as well - hopefully her writing skills and extracurriculars will make a difference here. </p>
<p>Still searching!!</p>