<p>D is instate florida, so we know all of those. Looking to learm more about schools in SC, NC, VA primarily, but will look at other states.</p>
<p>Jr, so SATs scores not here, but 3.7 gpa, expect around 1200-1250. decent ECs, but not over the top.</p>
<p>Suggestions are welcome, major may be in area of creative writing.</p>
<p>Women’s colleges such as Sweet Briar, Agnes Scott, Hollins etc. offer merit scholarships with scores such as your D’s.</p>
<p>Coed schools that my D looked at in NC and VA were Duke, Wake, Richmond, W&L, some publics in these states. Roanoke and Lynchburg may consider your D in the merit range.</p>
<p>My son received excellent merit aid at Roanoke. He was probably given a tip for admissions because he’s a he. Girl to boy ratio is 60:40. There is an honors college that a few of his friends are in. Very nice college. 40% of the students are out of state. It’s in Southwestern VA.</p>
<p>My son is currently attending Clemson University in SC. He is OOS and received a waiver of OOS tuition differential, plus a small scholarship. It made it quite affordable (about the same as one of our state schools). His gpa was similar to your D. He is also in the Honors college. He absolutely loves the school and is very happy there! Maybe worth checking out.</p>
<p>Emory has a good merit aid program called Emory Scholars; it’s extremely competitive, but you could win 2/3 tuition, full-tuition, or full-ride scholarships plus some other perks once you’re a student.</p>
<p>May be a little far north, but you may also want to check out Goucher outside of Baltimore. They have a nice writing program, good merit scholarships, and recently started giving every student $1200 to pay for travel for study abroad (study abroad is a requirement of all students).</p>
<p>And, I also agree with the suggestion of Hollins in Virginia and Agnes Scott. Both have excellent English departments, and Hollins, in particular has a superb creative writing program.</p>
<p>Another possibility might be St. Andrews Presbyterian in North Carolina - they have a nice little creative writing program, and can be very generous with merit money.</p>
<p>In addition to Clemson, if she wants a larger school, you may also want to see if she’d qualify for the University of South Carolina Honors program, which, like Clemson, gives you in-state tuition.</p>
<p>The University of Alabama also has a nice writing program (and an excellent journalism program if that is a potential area of interest), with some merit scholarship possibilities for students in your daughter’s range.</p>
<p>And, a few other suggestions for southern schools with great English and/or creative writing programs: The University of the South (Sewanee) in Tn., Rhodes in Tn., Millsaps in Miss., and Hendrix in Arkansas. All can be generous with merit scholarships but double check the academic cut-offs to see if your daughter would qualify.</p>
<p>re: University of South Carolina, Unless things have changed since 2005 when S applied to USC, you don’t have to be in the Honors program to be awarded a scholarship that waives out of state tuition. There are two scholarship levels for oos students in your D’s range…the McKissick ($2000/yr. + instate tutition) and the Coopers($4000/yr.+ in-state tutition).
Also in SC…Winthrop University, Wofford, Presbyterian, Charleston Southern Univ. </p>
<p>In NC… Meredith College and Peace College (both womens’ colleges but just down the road from NC State), High Point University, Catawba College, Mars Hill College, UNC Asheville, UNC Greensboro</p>
<p>Packmom, Do you know if UNC-Wilmington offers merit aid, or instate tuition to OOS students with similar stats?</p>
<p>University of South Carolina.
My son applied for Emory Scholars and didn’t get it, but got almost full tuition at University of Georgia (all OOS tuition plus 1K- about 15K per year). He got the same thing at Auburn.</p>