Parent for C25:
Lehigh (College of Health - Global Health)
Bates
Bucknell (College of Arts and Sciences)
Lafayette
Skidmore
Tulane (Spring Scholar admit)
Santa Clara (I initially did not include this - an oversight, apologies)
Chapman (College of Health Sciences - Public Health)
Also accepted to:
CU Boulder
U of St Andrews (Geography or Sustainable Development)
Finances: We’ve been following other threads over time and we are aware and very appreciative of all of the great advice for undergrad/pre-med cost considerations and undergrad financial planning in general from the CC community. For the purposes of this thread, the focus is on the attributes/student preferences listed below, not on the cost of attendance.
Major/academic interest: pre-med. Areas of interest at the LAC’s above are mostly bio and/or chemistry, and Tulane is not declared until end of sophomore year I believe. C25 is interested also in pre-law and business
State of residence: Colorado
Student preferences -
- “whole college” approach (high flexibility in changing majors/areas of interest)
- social friendly campus
- Collaboration over competition on campus
- fewest barriers to business/engineering if student pivots to those areas
- small class sizes
- Excellent teaching for undergraduates
- best environment for a reserved, academically inclined student
- any school specific research experiences and/or internships (to set up themselves if necessary)
- travel/distance from home is not an issue
- Bates, Skidmore, Bucknell all are going to be visited on admitted student days or tours over April; other colleges (except for Chapman)have had tours/visits in the past month
Many thanks and lots of gratitude for your perspectives, thoughts, and advice.