<p>B- gpa. (2 A’s, 2 B’s, 2 B+'s on mid-marking report + rising trend on report card)
590 verbal 640 math 710 writing (retaking to increase verbal + math, hopefully a 1300 between both)
iranian at prestigous private school in texas (english as second language)
major ec’s: senior governing council representative, 3 years of winter track, 3 years of school newspaper, secretary of sports reporters club
major volunteer experience: ordinary tasks plus tutoring and teaching frisbee to kids at his former middle school kip/p academy. </p>
<p>Trinity (San Antonio)
Southwestern University
Centre
Hendrix
Hampshire
St. Edwards
Guilford
Hiram
Truman State
Evergreen State
Earlham
Lewis & Clark</p>
<p>So, how will my son do, and which of these will most likely give me the most generous financial package?? THANKS…</p>
<p>iranian woohoo. and for you question, i dont know alot about those universities, but with a b- average, he hopfully has a relativly good class rank. you should look at the minimum requirements for those colleges and see how he fares.</p>
<p>pkar5000 - Your son has an excellent list of colleges to apply to. Southwestern U. has a merit aid calculator on their website so you can get a very good idea of what merit aid might be offered your son. The next statement is a “no brainer”. In general, as his current statistics put him below the average applicant accepted for Trinity U., Southwestern, and Hendrix, he is not likely to receive much in the way of merit aid so decide how deeply you want to dig into your pockets for your son to get the excellent education these schools offer (assuming he gets accepted in the first place and decides to go there). For St. Edwards and similar schools, your son is above their average applicant so the chances of merit aid are higher. However, depending on his interests and if he is accepted to the more selective schools such as Trinity U., your family will have to make the usual decision about spending more money at the “better” school or attending the school where the tuition/room & board are easier on your wallet but the college may not have as much to offer your son.</p>
<p>Likely acceptances: Guilford, Hiram, Evergreen State, St. Edwards</p>
<p>50-50 chances (his grades are low for these schools but being male or adding geographic diversity may help) Earlham, Hampshire, Centre, Truman State, Hendrix </p>
<p>Note: Applying EA to Earlham and before Dec. 1 at Hendrix will boost his chances at both schools. While he is below the average at Hendrix, they had trouble filling their class last year so will possibly be open to taking a chance on a few kids below their accepted stats — but that means getting the application in early because Hendrix is rolling admissions. Showing strong demonstrated interest at Hendrix will be absolutely vital. He should visit and interview if he hasn’t already and write a super essay on their application in answer to the question of “why hendrix?”</p>
<p>Unlikely (he falls below both their average grades and average test scores): Trinity U, Southwestern U, Lewis & Clark (might fall into the 50-50 category if he goes with their SAT optional portfolio route and has an excellent portfolio and recommendations)</p>
<p>Of course, I don’t have a crystal ball, nor do I have your son’s complete application in front of me so this is just purely based on limited information and trends I’ve seen in the past in admissions at these particular schools. It’s important to note that even if my predictions prove 100% correct, your son should have plenty of great colleges to choose from. In fact, I might whittle his list down a bit to make the application process a little more manageable and to allow him to really focus on fitting his applications to each of the private schools.</p>
<p>In terms of financial aid, your best shots are probably going to be at Guilford, Hiram, Hendrix, Trinity and Southwestern. Doesn’t mean you won’t get money from the others, these are just the schools that seem to consistently give the best financial aid packages, and they’re all a bit less costly to begin with as well. Hampshire is not generous with financial aid, and you shouldn’t expect much at the out of state publics.</p>
<p>I don’t know the tuition costs at most of these colleges. but Evergreen State’s out of state tuition is very reasonable compared to some other public universities. It runs about $12-13K. That’s still half the cost of many private colleges.</p>
<p>Sigh.
You’ve posted on this forum already under your true identity as a student, and now you’re posing as a parent asking virtually the same questions.</p>
<p>Pretty odd – I mean it’s not like he’s using two identities because the member name is the same. Why he’s posing as a parent on the same darn forum under the same member name is beyond me.</p>
<p>We saw recently a parent signing in to CC using their child’s account, being unaware of the need/appropriateness of creating their own account. This may be another instance of that same thing.</p>
<p>Trinity costs appr. 28000, and they do NOT meet expected need. They offer loans, of course, but no school FA. They have merit scholarships, their biggest is 11,000, and it is tough to get that. They have music and performing arts scholarships, as well. He should be accepted, however. Then it’s a matter of finances. Good luck!</p>
<p>Also, this student has already said which private school he attends in Texas, and they have very excellent college counseling which will do a far better job of assessing his chances than we can.</p>