Help needed finding more safety and target schools

LakeWashington
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 06:28:03 +0000

Given your financial situation you should select affordable possibilities because MANY families applying for 2021-2022 financial aid will be in the same boat as yours because of COVID-19.

That said…

Villanova, Stockton University, SUNY Buffalo, Clarkson University, Marist College, U of Maryland-Baltimore County, Northeastern University, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, George Mason University, George Washington University, Macalester College, St. Olaf College.

Here are some very fine colleges out west in Stanford’s backyard, academically speaking. They admit high caliber students; Willamette University, Lewis and Clark College. Also among western Catholic colleges, U of San Diego has a reputation for good financial aid (with a good dose of religion classes in the core, for better or worse).

Also, one of my favorite STEM universities is South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, in the Black Hills region. SDSM&T is well respected by national STEM companies. Academics are top notch, including Computer Science. The school aggressively seeks to attract more female applicants. SDSM&T alumni have been hired by the likes of Boeing, Google and NASA. My contacts tell me that recent female graduates of SDSM&T were hired by Azko Nobel, The Smithsonian Institution and the ATF in Washington DC. Tuition is fairly cheap. Rapid City is a fun small town. Lots of recreation nearby. Unfortunately, it is about a 10-hour drive from Denver or Minneapolis, which are the nearest major metropolitan centers.