<p>UConn, PennState might fit the bill. UWis is a good choice for almost any major. UNC, UVa, and UMich would probably be reaches OOS. I like Indiana University (IU) – a good option. So is UIowa.</p>
<p>Oh - what about Tulane? Would that be a match? My kid got in there with higher test scores and a lower GPA but that was a few years ago. We never actually looked at it so I don’t know if it qualifies for Greek life and school spirit.</p>
<p>@thumper1: Although it pains me to say anything nice about the place, Chapel Hill is more or less the quintessential “college town.” You’re absolutely right that the Triangle has grown into a major metro area, but Chapel Hill is still somewhat on the edge of that and has retained most of its character. It is a qualitatively different environment than OSU in Columbus or the U in Minneapolis. </p>
<p>Going further than SOG, the towns of Chapel Hill-Carrboro have maybe 50,000 non-college residents. It’s definitely not urban. Go two, three miles outside of Carrboro and you’re in farmland.</p>
<p>Richmond, Va is larger and more urban.</p>
<p>Ready…what kind of city does this student want to avoid?</p>
<p>The History major most likely will require a Grad. School. If this is in plans, then go to the cheapest UG that fits an applicant. There is no reason to spend money in UG and pile up debt in Grad. School. Might as well look into free UG (Merit awards) and ask parents to foot Grad. School. tuition.</p>
<p>All due respect Miami, this is terrible advice on many levels.</p>
<p>If the History major wants Grad School aka a doctorate, where he or she goes undergrad most definitely matters. There are colleges like Berkeley (public), UVA (public) Chicago and Yale (private) which have powerhouse history departments, with professors who can pick up the phone and “make things happen” for an undergrad- fellowships, funded study abroad, etc.</p>
<p>If the History major ends up going to law school or getting an MBA, going to an undergraduate school with quality advising for grad school admissions is very important.</p>
<p>If the History major ends up getting a job after college (like most do), the quality of the career services department, and who recruits there, and who gets hired is also very important. You can study history at a third tier college and struggle to get your resume noticed by the banks, ad agencies, insurance companies, consumer product companies, etc, or you can study history at a place like Wake Forest or SMU or Notre Dame with fantastic alumni networks and fantastic reputations for getting their liberal arts grads hired into career type roles in business.</p>
<p>And if the History major ends up switching majors (like many of them do) and this kid is stuck at the cheapest option… then what?</p>
<p>Your knowledge of how medical school operates does not translate to the liberal arts.</p>
<p>And guess what- unlike med school, parents do NOT pay for their kids to go to grad school in History (for doctorate level work.) PhD grad students get funded (the university pays their tuition, plus a stipend/salary for teaching or research, and often the student is eligible for outside funding in addition (NEA or what-not, extra funding for editing a professor’s book, etc.) Imagine, an even better deal than cheap med school and parents paying for grad school- free grad school!!!</p>
<p>I would second the suggestions of Uconn, UDelaware, UMaryland and UVA for large publics with lots of school spirit, Greek life and smart kids…not necessarily safeties! Syracuse (lots of rah, rah spirit) good choice for private…URochester much, much smaller but still lots of school spirit…at Rochester she could individualize her studying by taking ‘clusters’ of classes in a certain area…</p>
<p>ReadytoRoll, I’m not meaning to be snarky here…but wouldn’t it be a LOT more efficient for your friend to set up her own CC account and post her college criteria and questions? I feel like I’m in a game of telephone. Every response needs to be clarified in terms of what your friend actually is looking for. </p>
<p>This forum is fabulous…and in fact or DD’s college was found via this place. But really…much more efficient for the parent to post the questions.</p>
<p>UNC-CH would be a very high reach for a OOS student and an ACT of 30.</p>
<p>Money will be a huge factor. Leaving out that makes it …not useless but not directed.</p>
<p>Yes, no way to UNC based on stats. My son did not get in from out of state with a 34 ACT. They accept very few out of state students. However, here is another vote for a UW Madison! I think it might have what she is looking for. On Naviance for our high school, kids with 3.1, 3.2 got in from out of state to UW. </p>
<p>I did not know schools only sent weighted grades. Do you mean that if a student receives a B it shows up automatically on the transcript as an A- or whatever? </p>
<p>@thumper1 - yeah, I know, not ideal - but she doesn’t want to…I’m the one that told her that CC might be a good resource and that I would be happy to post the question for her. There has been a lot of good response though and I hope no one feels like they wasted their time. It seems like the unanswered question is really financial - but I’m wondering if there is some wonderful match school that someone isn’t suggesting because they think it might be too expensive? I think that her financial safety is also her academic safety (in-state flagship) so she is covered financially.</p>
<p>P.S. I’m kind of excited to get suggestions for my D when she gets her scores later this year!</p>
<p>@LBowie - No, the way it works is that the school only sends a weighted GPA, but the actual grades are the grades, not a different grade. So if you get a B in an honors class, it would be weighted up to a 3.3 when considering the GPA, but still appears as a B on the transcript. I think that’s the way it works in all situations when only weighted GPAs are sent, right?</p>