son is getting "express" applications...

Rellielou
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:20:41 +0000

Nothstarmom-

Thank you for all the helpful tips. I didn’t realize that boys were in demand at LACs, that’s a point in Ds’s favor.

Ds is homeschooled and has a very nontraditional transcript. He will have accrued over 30 college credits after this semester. He will probably homeschool exclusively in the Spring, (no college courses or structured classroom learning) working as many hours as possible to sock away money for next year. He has a lot of community service hours, but few other extracurriculars. He is very introverted and is not a “joiner” by nature. His test scores are ok, but not spectacular.
ACT= 32 in English and Reading, 22 in math, 28 in science. Composite is 29.

SAT = 690 reading, 620 writing, 630 math

PSAT score earned NM commendation. Math much lower than English.

My son was not pleased with these scores and plans to take both SAT and SAT II tests this fall, as well as the ACT again.

I am not quite clear on how he has whittled his list down to these four, but these are the colleges he considers most desirable: Amherst, Bennington, Marlboro, and Hampshire. He has a strong preference for rural and small, and he is not interested in sports or frats. He would like to attend college in the Northeast.

Thank you for any feedback…