Schools for average student with above average stats

mamabear232
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:35:25 +0000

I think that you are really underestimating her chances! Even by CC standards, she is impressive.

I bet she’d have good chances at merit at Muhlenberg (great for musical theater), Ursinus, and Dickinson (all in PA); in OH - College of Wooster, Case Western, Denison, Ohio University (if she’s after that school spirit and also it has a good honors program) or Ohio Wesleyan, and in NY state - possibly U of Rochester or Ithaca College. Don’t know if U of VT is too far distant from where you live but many love the location and it does offer merit to OOS students with high stats. I think she’d be eligible for auto-merit from Temple.

Of the ones that I’ve mentioned, Denison, Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan and Case might be able to offer enough merit to get you to your target budget. The others, if I remember correctly, have merit offers mostly in the 15-20K range, which probably wouldn’t be enough.

She could also boost her chances by starting to work on demonstrated interest.