College Suggestions ?

[Rebecca]

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions/schools come to mind:

Child #5 (son) high school junior

I am struggling to create /bring suggestions to him for his college applications list. 

760 Math/680 English =SAT (first and only time taking it so far) Think he is capable of 700+ on ERW. Not sure if it matters/if he should retake in March.

Very strong in Math and Computer programming (in AP Comp Sci A) this year. Probably headed to Computer Science/Cybersecurity or Computer Engineering.

 Extracurriculars:

working on Eagle Scout, Viola (lessons and regional youth orchestra), ballet (Nutcracker Prince this year), high school youth group

Christian faith and practice 

Very smart, easy going personality, doesn't do well under lots of pressure and overloaded schedule.

Older four siblings

#1graduated Messiah honors program 2022, #2 graduating this Spring Lehigh University (apply to dental school in May),#3 sophomore Lehigh University Computer Science and Business, #4 Freshman at our local community college, most likely will transfer to Messiah after next year (dance and accounting, prob).

son #3  (and my nephew)were waitlisted at Case Western admission cycle 2021(Early Action) and then went ED2 at Lehigh. So, I don't have a good vibe about Case. 

Messiah and Lehigh are on the list. Wanting to explore some options his siblings haven't attended. Grove City doesn't have any dance for men. He is not sure how prominent a role he wants ballet to have in college, at this point.

Thank you for any thoughts, suggestions. We live in the Mid-Atlantic region (near the East Coast).

-Rebecca 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JanetC]

Some resources for him to explore:

* https://schoolbuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/22-Qualities-That-Will-Make-a-College-Right-for-You-Fillable.pdf

* College Essay Guy podcast (see the list at the bottom of the page, there are several relevant episodes) https://www.collegeessayguy.com/podcast

* Dataverse https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/

[Farrar]

GW maybe? F&M? If he wanted to stick with dance but have a real liberal arts experience and major in something else, then maybe Dickinson. The whole dance thing is a tough one to navigate because some schools make it really hard for students to really do much with dance if they're not dance majors. And for students who have been really serious about dance in high school, what they get in schools where there's not much dance program isn't necessarily that great - it really depends.