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I wanted D to look at Rice. Instead, she looked at me like I was a bug.</p>
<p>Booklady, why not Penn State?</p>
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Is your house where my D goes when sheās not at home? Thatās my girl to a āTā</p>
<p>Weāre not Catholic but she is interested in some Catholic schools because theyāre known for classics.</p>
<p>Rice is on dsās list. If they said yes weād look no further.</p>
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<p>Not enamored of the culture there, itās in the middle of nowhere (heād like suburban or urban) and itās arguably harder to get into than some of the other schools on his list.</p>
<p>Very much in flux, but so far:</p>
<p>Reach
U. of Chicago
Vassar
Tufts
Match
Brandeis
Rochester U.
Bates
Macalaster
SUNY Geneseo
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Safety
American
U. of Vermont</p>
<p>Heās likely to major in history or possibly something like international relations. He wants to be in a city or suburb and heād rather the school wasnāt too small or too big. Heās a smart kid, but due to some memory/processing issues his grades havenāt been what they might be. He refused to have a 504 plan in high school. His weighted average is currently 96, but that includes 100s in two orchestra classes every term.</p>
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<p>Mine has refused one since elementary. Her grades are therefore affected. She started asking for extra time on some quizzes on an informal basis late last year. She would have to be on a full 504 to get accommodations on anything other than quizzes. Still, I think she is doing wonderfully well. Her weighted average is 3.77 (which is pretty nice considering she bombed one semester sophomore year - right after my sister died :()</p>
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<p>Zmom: I did commute. A lovely ride down the GSP & 280. 
I had two good friends who completed their undergrad work at SH; one was in ROTC and the other was a good Catholic girl, so yeah, it was totally me.</p>
<p>Hereās the current list for D, although like Bookladyās son, mine hasnāt officially taken the SATs or ACTs yet; we just have PSAT scores to go by and past performance when she took them for talent searches. Sheāll take the ACTās with the entire junior class of the state of TN on April 22nd and the SATās on May 2nd after originally registering for 3/14; we had to postpone due to a potential conflict that is now gone. My 8th grader is taking the SATās this Saturday for JHU talent search.</p>
<p>Reaches:
Princeton
Northwestern
George Washington</p>
<p>Matches:
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Centre College
Rhodes
Washington at St. Louis
Birmingham-Southern
Xavier</p>
<p>Safeties:
University of Tennessee Knoxville
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
University of Georgia
University of Alabama-Birmingham (for their health science programs)</p>
<p>I think that there will be a couple coming off the list within the next month, and a couple that might be jumping on. I think the fact that the list that was at 33 at Christmas is now only at 14 is pretty good.</p>
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Darn good, Iād say. Weāre shooting for 10.</p>
<p>Rhodes is my dream school and I wish she would look there, but itās too far. sigh.</p>
<p>Youāve all been so busy here today - itās hard to keep up. </p>
<p>zoosermom - take CDās advice - act like it was all a big misunderstanding and set up a date/time when you can pick up the paperwork. If she isnāt cooperative at that point, then as CD said, on to Plan B.</p>
<p>A list of schools? Dās tentative list is Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Tufts, Binghamton and another SUNY or two, tbd. We still have a whole bunch of schools to check out - Dās GC gave her a list of 25+ schools (including those mentioned), and weāll be visiting a few of those in April and then some more over the summer. Iād also like to take her to visit some NYC schools, even though she says she doesnāt want to stay that close to home. Weāll do those on Saturdays once sports and APs are over (if I can get her to agree to go, that is). Not sure yet which schools weāre going to visit in April.</p>
<p>Just got out the calendar. Here, excluding spring break, thereās 12 weeks to the end of junior year. I feel like Iām the navigation officer and DS is the captain of his ship, and weāre busy trying to avoid rocky shores until then, and get that ship to a good place in June, with a decent GPA, class rank, SATs, etc. Then we can take a breath before the next steps ā¦ college applications!</p>
<p>I saw the AP Calc teacher at the school board meeting last night. We chatted about stuff regarding S. The teacher is excited about writing the LOR for S. Good thing we chose him and not the AP Physics teacher, who we discovered is leaving the area at the end of this school year. I spoke to my ever knowledgeable school board member friend, who advised me his tenure at the HS was always a question mark, since there was a ātwo bodyā problem in that the teacherās significant other was doing a post doc here and now that itās done, employment is requiring they leave the area. Too bad.</p>
<p>Zmom: Rhodes is <em>my</em> dream school for her, and it is on her list (along with the other LACās of Birmingham-Southern & Centre) as she is humoring me. I am hoping that once we visit she will see my inherent wisdom Or, she will quickly cut her list down to 8. And thatās OK too, 'cause itās her journey not mine.</p>
<p>Booklady ā if Sās list turns out to be reach-heavy, you might want to check St. Josephās University in Philly. (The campus is technically only partly in the city, but it feels suburban-y). The size is right, and there is a lot of energy around the basketball team. They have one of the coolest mascot traditions ā The Hawk. Admission is probably easier than Pitt and UDel (donāt know about SU).</p>
<p>Like you, weāre waiting until D2 takes the SAT for the first time the Saturday to place schools in the reach/match/safety bins. She is interested in nursing (BSN), schools on the radar so far are UPitt, Penn State, IUP, Bloomsburg, and West Virginia.</p>
<p>I just decided that my dream school for her is High Point. 
Did you see the pictures of those dorms, not to mention the fact that her scores and grades would probably qualify her for some major moolah!</p>
<p>OK, that was a bit tongue in cheek.</p>
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<p>Whoa, that is one weird thread, and I thought D and I were clingy!</p>
<p>mrsref, we live about a mile from St. Joeās, so itās a little too close to home for S. If we lived further away it would be a great addition to his list.</p>
<p>Yeah, I feel pretty independent after reading that thread! I do feel sorry for the daughter, though. What a burden she has to bear.</p>
<p>RobD, Has anyone told you that a long-time CC poster (Curmudgeon) has a D at Rhodes? She got into some tippy-top schools, chose Rhodes and has been very happy (not to mention doing extremely well).</p>
<p>Mathmom, we are running in parallel universes. Seriously. Right down to the major, size/location, processing issues and no 504/IEP, and four schools on the the list.</p>
<p>S2 has 17 schools on the list and is visiting a bunch over the next month. He is on the verge of dropping a couple off the list ā two of the four big reaches and a match/safety or two. The biggest issue we have to suss out now is whether he wants to apply to the flagship, as that will drive a good bit of strategy re: likelies/merit/financial safeties. Our goal is to have ten schools ā Iād like a lot in the middle range, but the flagship issue will drive that one.</p>
<p>I think I have a winner in the S-L-O-W Guidance Department: my niece got her PSAT score back YESTERDAY! My brother called last night for expert consulting services. (I clearly spend too much time here!)</p>