Junior with very little direction... help?

marny1
Sat, 06 May 2006 11:49:49 +0000

LI Mom here. My d is now completing her soph year at Cornell/ILR. Similar stats to you and also applied to couple of the schools on Alexandre’s list, which I think is a very good place to start-- Unfortunately she did not get into UVA-Georgetown or Brown. I think your stats are good enough that you have a shot at any of these schools - and you may likely get into Vanderbilt- Emory& U chicago-if your application and essays show a true interest. So you need to concentrate on finding “likely admit” schools that you would really like to go to- Are you planning to do fencing in college?? That may work as a “hook” and may help in the admission process. My d’s friend at Cornell is on the fencing team and I believe she does have a scholarship. Some schools near Boston may work for you- Tufts-Brandeis- also check out U of Rochester and Carnegie Mellon–also WUSTL may work- but not easy to get into. Do a SUNY as an absolute safety and a good rolling admission school so you have an acceptance in hand early on. U Mich is great as an early admission. Good luck. You may want to look at William and Mary too. The school environment sounds like a good fit- but you would be in Williamsburg for 4 years. It’s def. not like being in a city. My d also got accepted to Wm and Mary.

Rice may be Nice?? We never looked at it for my d but reading about it on these boards- it sound like the type of school you may want to consider.