It’s on the college board web site if you click on the link and then look for where to click for a list of participating colleges. But there is also a note that they might add more later.
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I was curious and just checked. It’s a short list of participating schools so far. From the CB site:
“The following institutions are participating in this year’s program:
- University of Missouri- Columbia
- Lincoln University
- Westminster College
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Susquehanna University
- Duquesne University
- University of Texas- Dallas
- University of Towson
- Texas Tech University
Make sure to save them on College Search to indicate your interest. We will continue to update the list of participating institutions over the next couple of months.”
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SAME. Mine wants to wait to see if she gets anymore offers before she commits. If she can’t pick between 2, what makes her think that picking between 5 would be better?!?! 
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Thanks!
Just got an email with all the important dates for senior year ….. they are officially finished junior year on Friday.
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It is intriguing- if any of the listed colleges are of possible interest- then I would assume that this would be a great way to get some early movement on school acceptances.
The common app also has a direct admit list- there are a few requirements to meet- but the list is more robust. Worth looking at for students that fall into the needed categories. (I think it was income based and/or 1st gen). Not sure when that list comes out, but a google search for this last year’s list showed some good schools.
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I’ve been curious about the direct admission program on Niche too. More schools are participating there.
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And just to prove there is always an exception to the prevailing rules, here is Cal Poly SLO:
Two years of the same language, other than English, are required and American Sign Language is acceptable. We recommend four years of a language — after two years of the same language are complete, other languages are accepted. Cal Poly will give consideration for coursework taken in seventh and/or eighth grade.
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Do y’all browse other threads to see what may be of interest?
Comment on another thread (now i forget which) that doing a course when you already have the AP (example calculus 1) can be seen as “grade grubbing” and to check the policy of each school. This never even occurred to me before. (Possibly an issue for C26 as calc is required for grad school and some don’t accept the undergrad waiving for AP). Top school of interest specifically says can do calc 1 even if already have the credit to “reinforce understanding”. (Also the feedback I’ve got from a couple of people who went AP to calc 2 was that the ones who did calc 1 in undergrad had a better grasp of the concepts.)
Also @tamagotchi noting on another thread that shooting for an unlikely school (for that particular person) like Cal Poly SLO didn’t take much effort because no essays so, why not. Separately a local consultant who shared (anonymous by student obviously) results on facebook said they had someone with a 3.0 wgpa get a place at CPSLO, which seems… surprising to say the least. I’ve asked what major that was for.
Has anyone else seen stuff that may be of interest for those of us about to enter the application cycle?
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I don’t want to make a whole new post -so hoping I can just get some feedback here. Looking to add ONE Chicago school to my daughter’s list -something that would be in the target range (so NOT U of Chicago!). Thinking Loyola University (Chicago) --any thoughts on this school? Daughter has unweighted 3.85/weighted 4.5, strong EC. Looking for smallish class sizes/ chance for undergrad research. Likely biology major -but has a plethora of interests. Most of her list is SLAC.
Anyway here are the pros/cons list – if you have thoughts -let me know.
Loyola Pro: Location, Plenty of biology related majors, even has some good 5 year BS/MS degrees. Has bioinformatics too which is interesting to my daughter. Service and hands on learning seems important. Has campus even though its in the city which is nice. On campus housing available. Con: Would need some kind of merit/need based support. Friend with similar stats got 1/2 tuition scholarship this year -so potential is there. It’s Catholic but liberal Jesuit. It only requires 2 religious classes and seems to have students of all religious and non-religious backgrounds -so my daughter said not a deal breaker (and thought those classes would be interesting -she likes writing and history).
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I know a ton of students that have attended/ currently attending Loyola and love it. A solid choice!
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Hi there, I live about 4 miles south of Loyola Chicago (headed towards downtown) and think it is a great school to add. They are very generous with merit, particularly for mid-high stats kids. I think my S22 received their presidential scholarship ($25,000/yr) and my niece (same grad year) got about the same. (My S had a 1420 SAT and 3.7 UWGPA. My niece had a 28 ACT but close to a 4.0 UWGPA.) The campus is lovely, right on the lake. It even has a beach! The neighborhood/area is generally safe (Rogers Park) with a CTA el stop right off campus. And it does not have a commuter vibe – students must live on campus for two years, I believe. Another plus is that I think they do rolling admissions. My S received a decision on November 1st.
One possible downside is that Loyola has three campuses. The main campus (I think they call it their Lakeshore Campus) houses Arts & Sciences, Nursing, Environmental Sustainability (side-note: they do a lot of cool things in this area), Public Health and some Education. The near north campus (called the Water Tower Campus) is home to Business, Communications, some Education, Social Work, and Law. The health sciences campus (in Maywood, IL) houses the Med School and some graduate level Biomedical Sciences programs. In Chicago (like all big cities) getting between these campuses, if needed, takes time. So depending on major, there may be some commuting involved. I seem to recall they run buses – and you can definitely take the el between the main campus and Water Tower campus – but traffic and public transit in a big city are slow going.
Anyway, I would say take a look. It’s well worth a visit.
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Another vote for Loyola! I also live in the area and know many students who are all happy and doing well.
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Thanks everyone! Clearly a solid pick for the list! Honestly - I would love if she ended up there because visiting is a one day car ride (8 hours) --or a quick flight. But she seems set on finding the furthest places to apply --haha!
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Hi - I have heard of this related to medical schools. I am not sure how they would know though unless the student asked for the AP credit when entering undergrad. If your student plans to retake the class in college, what is the advantage to requesting the AP credit for it? If there isn’t any, then maybe don’t take the credit? D26 plan was to not request credit for some of her APs that then if she decides on something like medical school won’t be affected. Our feeling has been for APs to help prepare her for college and then to retake some classes for further reinforcement of understanding, like you said. Especially if it’s classes which are part of her major and would be built upon from there. I would be interested to hear others take on it though.
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Ah of course, you’d need to ask for credit for there to be a conflict (not just have it on your high school transcript). Yes, then I don’t see a problem. I’m not even sure tbh whether they should bother with the AP exams involved (these would be calc and physics), maybe just take the AP exam that they can use for an HSS elective. (Our high school neither makes you take AP exams nor waives the in-school final if you do, unlike some school policies others here have mentioned).
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D26’s grades came out. We are all super happy that she passed Honors Physics with a whopping C-. She got a D+ on the final exam.
In AP Spanish, she didn’t receive a progress report at all during Trimester 3, so we had no idea going into the final exam that she had a C during Trimester 3, when the prior 2 trimesters, she had A’s. So she got a B overall in that class. Really really glad she didn’t take the AP exam on that. She IS planning on taking the CLEP exam for it this summer.
In her other classes, it went like this:
B- in AP Calculus. If she gets a 3 on AP exam, this turns into an A-.
A- in AP English Lit. If she gets a 3 on AP exam, this turns into an A.
B+ in AP Human Geo. If she gets a 3 on AP exam, this turns into an A.
B- in AP Psych. If she gets a 3 on AP exam, this turns into an A-.
A- in APUSH. If she gets a 3 on AP exam, this turns into an A.
IF she passed all of her AP exams, then her cumulative grade 9-11 GPA would be:
UW GPA = 3.57
W GPA = 4.31
If she gets a 2 on the AP Calculus AB exam, then cumulative grade 9-11 GPA would be:
UW GPA = 3.51
W GPA 4.25
So still in great shape. My kid never has to take physics ever again! WOO! We are celebrating that today. If your kid loves physics…AWESOME! As for my kid, she’s thrilled that she doesn’t have to do another physics problem ever again. 
The C- in physics isn’t going to hurt her admit odds to U of A.
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I have never heard of this being looked at as a negative. I have seen a few scenarios with certain funding sources that will not pay for repeated classes that you already have credit for. But there are always ways around that.
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My D26 got her transcript today. She finished her last classes last week. We need it to send to colleges for her academic pre reads for soccer. They included her ASVAB score on her transcript. Of course she didn’t try because she has no interest in the military so her score is not good (61). Does anyone know if that could affect her pre read? I sent a message to her counselor also. I don’t know why they include those on the transcripts? Especially for those who have no interest in military.
My best guess is that colleges will totally ignore the ASVAB score.
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That is so crazy- why would those be included?!
I would really hope that the universities looking at your student would have the basic understanding that those who are not looking at going into the military are not going to take the ASVAB seriously and in return not even consider that score!