Help with college list

midatlmom
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 03:42:36 +0000

I think you need a strategy here. The schools that you currently have listed, assuming that your SAT score does not improve significantly, are extremely unlikely to give you merit aid with the possible exception of Gettysburg (in fact, you may not even get into several of them).

I would recommend that you add some schools that offer EA/rolling options such as Ursinus, Dickinson, Ithaca, College of Wooster, Loyola Maryland and possibly Villanova (although it might wind up being too expensive), Most of the more “prestigious” schools will cost more than the $50,000 I believe your parents are willing to pay, but you might want to add some additional schools - Bryn Mawr if you would consider a woman’s college and Oberlin are two that I would suggest.

And finally, I assume that you are planning to apply to Rochester - it’s a terrific school and if you got the $10,000 merit scholarship, it might make it somewhat affordable.