A few more possibilities that your D may want to consider that I think are pretty likely admits are:
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Centre College (KY), and I suspect she would be competitive for one of the Grissom Scholarships (a full ride scholarship). It’s one of the Colleges That Change Lives schools and people who have visited the campus have spoken well of it.
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Truman State which is Missouri’s public liberal arts college and is a pretty heavy hitter with respect to students who go on to earn a doctoral degree (not that all students must…but I think it’s an indication of the culture here). Your D would automatically qualify for a $10k/year scholarship (source), and if she does receive her IB diploma, she would get another $2k/year (source). But I think she’d be competitive for one of the big named scholarships here (which would either result in a full ride or full tuition plus some $ towards the $12k in room & board costs).
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U. of Dallas (TX): Your daughter might be competitive for one of the full tuition scholarships, and departmental scholarships of $1-5k (including one for Classics) can be stacked on top of those to help defray the costs of room & board (source).
This school is not a likely admit, but I still think is worth checking out:
- Washington & Lee is another school your family may want to consider. It does have a high perentage of students who participate in Greek life, but most reports indicate that because so many students participate, it is very much not like how Greek life stereotypically occurs elsewhere. It has the Johnson Scholarship (full ride) which 10% of students are awarded, but even if she doesn’t get the Johnson, W&L is very generous with need-based aid.
At these next four schools, if the NPC doesn’t come back as affordable, I don’t think they’d have a route to reaching your budget via just merit aid:
- Beloit (WI)
- Lawrence (WI)
- Drew (NJ)
- Randolph-Macon (VA)
If you let us know if any of our suggestions resonate or repel (and why), that could help us to mention better possibilities for your family.