How about Lake Forest College in the suburbs north of Chicago? If your daughter completes an associates degree before transferring and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa community college honor society then, if admitted, she would automatically qualify for a $25,000/year (for 2 years) scholarship. Lake Forest has a brand new science center, a beautiful campus that is walking distance to lake Michigan and is about an hour by train from Chicago. It sounds very much like what you are looking for and is similar to many other mid-western LACs on your list.
Is your daughter a U.S. citizen or permanent resident green card holder
thumper1
She’s a US citizen
I like Lake Forest a lot, but it seems like it doesn’t meet need. $25,000 scholarship for 2 years is a generous for a transfer student, but for us that’s still not enough. Considering the school’s closeness to Chicago and the new science center you have just mentioned, Lake Forest College is certainly a viable option for her to consider.
Check the college’s Schedule of classes to see the maximum enrollment for each course. SUNY Geneseo’s is [url=<a href=“https://knightweb.geneseo.edu/banweb/zclass_search.display%5Dhere%5B/url”>https://knightweb.geneseo.edu/banweb/zclass_search.display]here[/url].
@peterd2 - It looks to me like you are the native-speaker parent here, so I can understand your concerns about her full command of Academic English. That does take a long time to achieve. However, given that she has already transitioned to full-time academic classes, it won’t be easy to find an appropriate ESOL course for her. She would need a very high-level Academic English reading/writing class or oral communication class. At the community college where I teach ESOL, we don’t have anything that would work for a student like her. Students who exit our ESOL just take the academic classes and use the tutoring center for extra help if they need it. Is there anything she specifically wants to work on with her English? She might find a non-credit class (no grade or transcript to worry about) that would help her with that particular thing, or if speaking is her primary concern, she might like Toastmasters https://www.toastmasters.org/
How much can you pay annually? Start there.
Your daughter is a community college transfer student? Doesn’t this means she is already taking college level courses taught in English?
Since she is at a community college, I would strongly suggest she contact the transfer advisor at her community college. This person will know options where there are articulation agreements with the CC…meaning her credits will likely transfer and her admission will be assured.
It’s very possible that colleges outside of the SUNY system won’t accept all of her credits towards her degree. You need to know this so you will know how many more years of college she will require.
Often, transfer students do not receive very significant merit aid…and for schools offering need based aid that don’t meet full need for everyone (check…because some don’t meet full need for transfers) these kids are at the bottom of the list for need based aid.
You need to be realistic. The SUNY system is huge, with many varied choices and favorable costs for instate students.
happymomof1
Thanks for your advice on how she could improve her English. In fact, I called Toastmasters immediately after I read your trade and they emailed me a link to forward to her on how she could join.