<p>Thank you momentscaught…I commend him for making that trip on his own and for being able to completely narrow down his decision. I hope he gets it!!! Good luck and thanks for your input.</p>
<p>momentscaught…what did your son like most about Union?</p>
<p>ddahwan, can you just look up admission rates on collegedata or do you (one’s high school student) need to enter all their personal data? If so, I don’t see an obvious link to a database on the home page – can you tell me how to find it? I too am interested in seeing admission rates, particularly for EA, at Tulane.</p>
<p>Collage 1 I have an account let me check.</p>
<p>Tulane do not publish the breakdown but 28% get admitted. </p>
<p>GPA -35% 3.0-3.49,26% 3.5-3.74</p>
<p>ACT- 24-29 35 %
30-36 62%. Range of middle 50% 29-32</p>
<p>SAT- all are similar 620-720 range of middle 50%
What is important for them : rigor HS,GPA,tests,class rank. 92% top 50%
Now if you go on admission profiles and put list view it allows you to see the profile of 150 applicants and there you can see their stats and if they were accepted or denied and if they applied Ed/Ea or regular.
You can actually click on the nickname of each applicant( I think those are common apps) and read their profile and how much merit money they received.
Hope this helps</p>
<p>Gettysburg and F &M are getting more and more competitive. They used to be on the safe side for high achievers, but things have changed dramatically for schools like these in the past 10 years.</p>
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<p>RVM, that was very cool! Thanks.</p>
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<p>F&M also eliminated its merit aid a couple of years ago.
So, it is clearly trying to go in a certain direction.</p>
<p>tpcrd66 - it’s funny but I think what my son liked best about Union was more of a feeling then anything really concrete. He loved the way the school talked about it’s interdisciplinary approach to majors since he is interested in several areas and would like to explore them all (psychology, business, environmental science and even an interest in engineering but not the math to handle that). At most liberal arts schools it’s pretty much liberal arts and at Union they have an engineering school and I believe a business too. He could technically create his own major that combined several of his interests. He also loved the campus, he liked how it was all laid out surrounding the “knot” (this round structure in the center of campus). He also had a great tour guide who seemed to have similar interests as he (in fact our tour guide was choosing between Colorado College and Union). He also liked the trimester system, so not a block like CC but 3 or 4 classes per trimester instead of 5 per semester. For all of you looking at schools in Philadelphia and surrounding areas, having grown up here my whole life I never looked at my hometown as a college town before and now that I am… I think it would be a pretty awesome place to be a college student. Between, Swathmore, Villanova, Cabrini, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, St. Joes, Temple, Drexel and of course U. Penn it’s a pretty good amount of college age kids in one area. The more I look at things like flash floods in Colorado, Hurricane’s in Florida, freezing cold in Vermont, forest fires in California… I’m feeling like good old Philadelphia with 4 seasons of just regular seasonal weather is looking pretty good (just wish this wasn’t home so my son would consider it). Oh and North Carolina is looking pretty good too by the way.</p>
<p>Looking for “Jewish schools” in the South is a challenge. Looking for one in which a B student will do well, is even more so. We sent my son To Stetson University (SAT is optional. my son was admitted with a 1700) , which is in Deland Fl. It doesn’t have a huge population, however, they have a new President who is Jewish and insure that there are services on campus for major holidays. Not only that, but your child can get credit for attending! Elon ( sat reading /math is about 1130) is a good and up-and-coming university which is located in North Carolina. I know of a number of Jewish children from our area (Johns Creek, GA which is a suburb of Atlanta) who go there. My daughter is considering it. An other good choice which few outside of the area are aware of is Oxford College of Emory. Oxford is a part of Emory university. It is a two year school and students are guaranteed admittance into main campus as Juniors after completing their two years in Oxford. The admissions requirements are not quite as hard as they are at main campus (Lower end of sat is about 1840). Because the school is significantly smaller than main campus, student access to support, teachers, research opportunities etc. are greatly increased. College of Charleston has a very active Jewish population. Charleston as a whole has an active Jewish population. C of C is ranked well regionally. Sat reading and math are around 1080.
I also have a number of friends with children at UNC Ashville and UGA. I hope this will be helpful to someone out there.</p>
<p>Thanks for joining our conversation. We have discussed Elon and CofC quite a bit, not so much on the others you mentioned. Always good to have more input, so thanks.</p>
<p>Mine is bound and determined to go to U of Central Florida. Although it’s huge, it does have a large Jewish population (number 2/3 in Reform magazine) and they’re building a new Hillel with apartments over it for financial self-sufficiency. We visited last year, more impressed than I expected to be. It’s in the south but hopefully out of most of the hurricanes. He only wants to go there, it’s rolling admission and his stuff was sent a month ago. Let’s hope his dream comes true or else we’ll have to really start looking. When his sister asked him what happens if he doesn’t get in, he said he’d just appeal it…sigh…Although it beats the 18 schools his sister applied to two years ago with auditions at most, I’d rather have him looking at more than 1 school.</p>
<p>Schools of interest to my daughter are Beloit, College of Wooster, Goucher, Muhlenberg, Tulane, Mount Holyoke, and Kansas U. She likes Skidmore, Bryn Mawr & Wellesley and may apply to those schools as HMFRs. As you can see, the list is quite reach heavy. Kansas U is her safety. We reside in Minnesota. </p>
<p>BunHeadGirl needs to locate more safety and match schools that she would love to attend based on the book, 8 First Choices: An Expert’s Strategies for Getting into College. She likes smaller schools and not too urban. She’s vegan, politically liberal, and dresses with a bohemian/hipster flare. Her interests consist of classics, dance and medical anthropology. A school with a Judaic/Jewish Studies concentration/minor/major is a plus. She wishes to attend a DPT program after college.</p>
<p>Stats at end of sophomore year:
3.28 UW, all AP/honors level (had 3.87 2nd semester & school does not weight grades)
31 ACT, looking to increase to 32+
800 World History
800 Latin
Summa Cum Laude, National Latin Exam
ECs are strong-- only 4, but all long-term with leadership positions in two
volunteers 2+ hours a week during school year, and 10 hrs per week during summer & breaks</p>
<p>Junior Year Goals:
Maintain as close to 4.0 as possible
Make Prefect for her House (will find out on Tuesday) in addition to ECs from 10th grade
Increase ACT from 31 to 32+
Sit 3 SAT subject tests and 5 AP exams
Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam (3rd time)</p>
<p>As you can see, BunHeadGirl has decent board scores & ECs, but a less than stellar GPA that she will explain in a short statement with her apps. Her goal is to end Junior year with a 3.5-3.6 UW GPA, which is attainable if she can maintain a 3.87-4.0 gpa all year. </p>
<p>What other schools should she add to her list? Jewish life is important.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Goucher seems like a really great fit and her chances of admission are excellent.
Is there a reason you feel like she needs more schools on the list?
Or are you just trying to make sure there isn’t another perfect-fit school out there that you hadn’t thought of?</p>
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Just want to clarify that Oxford does not offer more research opportunities than Emory’s main campus. Indeed that’s something the dean of the college is working on but as of now, it’s easier for freshmen to get involved with a research project at the Atlanta campus. However, Oxford does have a summer research program as well as a summer partnership with Emory. A number of my Oxford friends took advantage of that.</p>
<p>ddahwan, thank you for posting the stats for Tulane – very helpful although it’d be so nice if they were available for EA vs RD. Can you tell me how you access the database so my D could look up other schools? She’d be fine creating a log in…I just don’t see where you go to access it. Thanks again.</p>
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<p>No, based on her current GPA, a lot of the schools on her list are reaches. I’m looking to help her with a reasonable list that includes a better mix of safeties, matches, and reaches.</p>
<p>Collage 1 - go to <a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/login/login_register_tmpl.jhtml[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/login/login_register_tmpl.jhtml</a>
It should take you to the registration page. Fill out the info (do not need to give all your personal information. I created an alias). You will need to remember the email and password given. Some Universities will have more details than others. I was interested in UMiami and I found out a lot of information I was not aware.</p>
<p>Have many of your kids gone to accepted students days? Were they instrumental in their decisions to attend or not to attend? Do schools woo the kids or is it just like a tour/preview day?</p>
<p>I am bias because my kid did wanted to attend, but I’ve heard from many other students that the visit did make a difference when deciding between a few schools because they were dealing now they got a better feel for the student body and the overall vibe of the campus. For my son it was also a great time to interact with the current students and ask more specific questions about the day to day life and to get acquainted with the different department heads and programs available.</p>