<p>Rockvillemom - Just looked a our Naviance. Also large public. NJ. We’ve only had about 10 students apply to Elon, but no one was accepted with an average below 91% and 1850 SAT. Hope your stats show a broader applicant pool.</p>
<p>slightly off topic…be careful about suggesting schools to your kid unless he asks. my daughter doesn’t want to look at schools I find, even though she knows it’s not necessarily rationale. she wants to do the searching on her own.
on topic – this thread is SO helpful! if only i could pass on the suggestions to my daughter!</p>
<p>janjanjan - I think you have just illustrated the difference between boys and girls (on the college process - I’m aware of the other differences :)) If I waited for my son to do his own searching and suggest schools to look at - he’ll be living at home until he’s 30!</p>
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<p>My S actually said that he considers it my “job” to narrow down a list for him to consider. Too many choices to weed through. Too many factors to analyze.</p>
<p>Agreed. Our hs sent 80 apps to Elon from 2007 - 2010. 28 were accepted. Pretty much everyone with at least a 1250/1600 SAT or a 28 ACT was accepted - they all had B+ or A- range GPAs. S2 will get his ACT results on Monday - hoping he hits that 28.</p>
<p>Boys will do enormous amounts of research for Fantasy Football, but colleges…beware of their default setting, which is often big time sports; or the last school whose name they heard (just to shut you up).</p>
<p>My d acts just as a " boy" does. Gave me the criteria to come up with a list. Doesn’t want to read anything or look at websites and then thinks she can tell if the school " feels right" 2 seconds into the visit. I am flattered she trusts me so much but quite frankly wish she would take more interest!</p>
<p>Anyone know what their high school Naviance is for Binghamton? I am actually more interested in OOS stats. Thanks.</p>
<p>Binghamton - we had 11 students apply from 2007 - 2010 and 8 were accepted. Generally - they looked good with a WGPA of 3.5 and up. An ACT of at least 28 or a SAT of at least 1250 looked good. But of course, I have no way of knowing which school within Binghamton they applied to.</p>
<p>holliesue - you described my D to a T! She has humored me by giving me a few minutes here or there to look at some college websites, but she just wants to go visit. However, when I suggested a school to go look at, she said she wasn’t sure about that school. I asked why not. The response…I don’t know, I just don’t think I would end up there. Stupid me asked why not. Response…because.</p>
<p>MDCISSP, an OOS B student has a good shot at Bing; such an in state student would have no chance. Their lack of big sports or a big party culture keeps down OOS applicant numbers. From our nJ school only 1-3 kids apply per year and all are accepted.</p>
<p>Last year about this time, I learned through CC of a good LAC in the midwest and suggested that D3 and I take a visit to check it out. She declined, after looking at the website and deciding it wouldn’t be a good fit. This spring, after all the acceptances were in and one of her friends was accepted to that school with a hefty scholarship, she demanded to know why I hadn’t pushed harder on that one. Oy.</p>
<p>stradmom-don’t you know…it is ALWAYS somehow OUR fault…</p>
<p>I’m going to cut to the chase and say it didn’t go all that well and it’s not staying on the list - but I want to mention some points of interest.</p>
<p>First, the campus location - for those of you not familiar with it - is superb. It is a beautiful suburban campus - with a traditional green quad and amazing landscaping. Yet it is also very close to downtown DC - less than a mile from the Metro station and buses run right down Mass Ave into DC. The facilities were good if not great - the Katzen Art Center was amazing - also a brand new building for SIS.</p>
<p>Now to the negatives. The info session was one of the most boring I have ever attended. I think the ideal info session just skims the surface - touches on all facets of the school - a short film at the start is good - something to generate excitement and energy. This one was dry. He spend 30 minutes going over every school and every major, then covered internships, admissions and financial aid. The entire group looked pretty bored. There was a bizarre powerpoint that was just words on the screen - no pictures - but the words kind of tilted and swirled. He mentioned several times that it was new and asked if it was making us nauseous! Oy.</p>
<p>After that, we had the tour - given by a girl who was pretty impressed with herself. She also had a lot of interesting comments - how about half of the freshman were in forced triples - at least to start - about how few straight guys there were on campus - how other colleges in the area refer to it as “gay U” , etc.</p>
<p>Needless to say, S2 could not wait to leave. We really heard nothing about fun - about cool school traditions - minimal about sports, etc. I thought that if it went well we would come back again and try to meet with some Hillel reps, but clearly that is not going to happen.</p>
<p>It’s kind of a shame, but the info session/tour really has a big impact - particularly on a 16-year-old. Trying to convince him not to rule it out just on 2.5 hours of impressions - not working.</p>
<p>I will say though that after this experience, I feel like I have a better understanding of the fit and vibe that appeal to him. James Madison and Susquehanna had it - Gettysburg and AU did not. It has to do with a casual, laidback feeling, a sense of school spirit, and at least some focus on sports and fun. </p>
<p>I do think, however, that AU would be a great school for a more serious student, maybe someone not used to city access, perhaps interested in a Capitol Hill internship - yet wanting a traditional campus rather than the city campus of GWU.</p>
<p>Rockville Mom: Clearly AU changed its presentation. The one we went to last year had photos of students with all the interesting and impressive activities they were doing.
Nevertheless, my son did not like AU. He thought the school was too much into government.
He also did not like the mention of triples, although he could live at home. He is not applying, and I think you articulated that missing sense of fun activities. I do agree with you if your child is very politically inclined and involved, then AU is worth looking into. Thanks for sharing your impressions.</p>
<p>RM: Thanks for the report on your AU visit. It sounds like your instincts about the school were right. My daughter had a lukewarm response when we visited, but it is staying on her list because it has the programs and location that she wants. We visited on a Friday afternoon and the campus seemed pretty dead.</p>
<p>It sounds like you are zeroing in on what your son really wants. I think that it’s very helpful to figure out what atmosphere your kid is looking for. My older daughter really wanted a school with spirit and sports excitment. She compromised by passing up serious D1 football for a school with okay sports and a club sports team that she loves. She would not have been happy at a school with no football team and no school spirit. My younger daughter, on the other hand, has little interest in sports. She has gravitated to schools with no football team, and won’t miss it.</p>
<p>Rockville Mom - AU report is very interesting. Back in the day when I was a paid employee, I was “shopped”. The report came back, saying although the transaction was not complete = $$$ in revenue, I passed the “shop” because I referred the sale to another store that could handle the business. If AU is off the list, I would send an email to the Admissions Director. I think when “things” are bad, the company deserves the right to know why. It really sounds like things were “bad”. 
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<p>ELON - Over the weekend, we were revisiting this college. Looking at our Naviance, I am confused. No one from our high school recently has been admitted. The last admittance, 2007, SAT 2000/2400 and a 6.0 weighted GPA (which is a solid A student). </p>
<p>Binghamton - All students who apply seem to get accepted, no one enrolls. The avg. right now is SAT 1850/2400 and a 5.5 weighted GPA (an A/B Student)</p>
<p>cherryhill - not sure what to make of your school’s Elon results. I do see a fair number of kids from this area being admitted and attending. In fact, Elon has a charter bus set for Thanksgiving to take kids from Elon to a Metro station in northern VA on Tuesday and then take them back to Elon on Sunday for $100 - so I think that demonstrates the population from northern VA and MoCo that are attending Elon. Incidentally, that is one of the many little touches that make me love that school! S1 attends nearby Wake Forest and they don’t offer anything like that. </p>
<p>Right now - I’m just on pins and needles waiting for tomorrow’s ACT results. I know he can take it again as needed - but it would be so encouraging to have at least a 27 tomorrow - that would really relieve some stress. I do have to say that he is working harher than I have ever seen him and his grades - halfway through the first quarter - are better than they have ever been. So, whether it is just maturity kicking in or maybe the college visits have helped him focus - it seems to be working.</p>
<p>rockvillemom - good luck with the ACT results tomorrow.</p>
<p>Right now D is taking a full SAT test at home. Yes, I am the proctor. LOL! She has a cold and is cranky. So we will see how this turns out! But it gives her two weeks to see what she needs to focus on before the Oct. 9, SAT. She has been doing practice sections and was doing very well on those…so we will see.</p>
<p>I think Elon’s stats may be skewed because they re-weight them and from what I understand NC High Schools use a crazy 7 point scale. Yes, I know that all schools re-weight them but the accepted SAT scores aren’t super high so I think the GPA that’s listed is not on a normal 4.0 scale. My son’s applying, we’ll just see how it goes. We’re figuring it’s a reach worth applying to. From another website, they have the avg accepted GPA as being 3.3 to 3.87. It’s all a crap shoot.</p>