<p>D is still in search of a financial safety.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for a public honors college program in the Northeast.</p>
<p>She has already looked at UMass/Amherst, Delaware & Adelphi.</p>
<p>Delaware’s honors program is really good. Admissions to honors is tough, though.</p>
<p>I think I said this in another thread, but why don’t you look at McGill or Toronto? Even with dollar depreciation, their cost is equivalent to public institutions here. I know McGill gives merit scholarships to strong US students; I’m not sure about Toronto. McGill has an honors college; I’m not sure about Toronto, but I think not.</p>
<p>They are both big schools in exciting cities. The McGill honors program is quite small and intimate, though. Both attract the best students in Canada, and a fair number of Americans, too.</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>University of Maryland</p>
<p>I second Maryland. Go on their web site (<a href=“http://www.umd.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.umd.edu</a>) and check out University Honors, Honors Humanities, and Gemstone. These are all special programs intended for the university’s top students (in the case of Gemstone, the very, very top). </p>
<p>Maryland is well known for having plenty of honors and special interest programs for freshmen and sophomores. These programs make a large campus seem smaller and provide a way for kids to meet other kids of similar ability and/or interests. </p>
<p>One caution, though: If your daughter wants to be considered for honors programs or anything else special at Maryland, the first part of her application must be turned in before November 1. This is not ED or EA. The decisions do not come earlier. It’s just that people who apply later than November 1 may miss out on the goodies.</p>
<p>Uniuversity of Maine - great honors college - one of those gems you never hear about.</p>
<p>Penn State and Maryland.</p>
<p>And of course, Michigan, though not in the northeast.</p>
<p><a href=“The Honors College”>The Honors College;
<p>BAfrom BC - Too late to edit my above post:)</p>
<p>Another financial safety for your daughter may be Boston University. With her stats, she is likely to get half tuition, very much based upon stats. The same goes for George Washington.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholar_merit.html[/url]”>http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholar_merit.html</a></p>