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Shennie
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Posted: Sun Jun 29th, 2008 05:44 pm |
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My next door neighbor will be a senior in high school this year. She is away for the summer. Her mom and I were talking this morning about her senior year, etc, and of course the topic of college came up. Mom states that daughter does not seem very focused on looking at or talking about schools. Mom thinks a gap year is likely, but would like her to apply to a few anyway to be on the safe side. She says that daughter has mentioned 2 schools - Guilford and Agnes Scott. I asked mom what the girl liked about the schools. She said she didn't know what she liked about Guilford but was attracted to AS because it was an all women's school. Mom has not heard of either of them. I told mom there were lots of women's colleges and mom's response was that she wouldn't be a good fit at the Seven Sisters and she didn't know of any others.
As the mother of 3 sons, women's colleges have NOT been on my radar at all. I don't know the girl's stats. She wants to be out of the midwest and she doesn't want to be in an isolated area. I think the girl is exploring the idea of a women's college, not necessarily determined to attend one. I mentioned Mills in CA and Chatham in Pittsburgh. So what others can I suggest? Mom would like to have some suggestions ready for daughter to start looking at when she gets home at the end of August.Last edited on Sun Jun 29th, 2008 09:53 pm by Shennie
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Mrs. Aardvark
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Posted: Sun Jun 29th, 2008 05:48 pm |
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Here's a list from the Womens College Coalition:
http://www.womenscolleges.org/colleges/bycollege.htm
The Princeton Review has sent me links to a few of these in the past, and I've found even the ones I've never heard of sound interesting -- also often reasonably priced and open to students with a wide range of stats.
Here's some from the list (links are on the web site) that are in more metropolitan areas:
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Columbia College, Columbia, SC
Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
Trinity (Washington) University, Washington, DC
The Women's College of the University of Denver, Denver, CO Last edited on Sun Jun 29th, 2008 05:54 pm by Mrs. Aardvark
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warblers
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Posted: Sun Jun 29th, 2008 07:48 pm |
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| Meredith has a much better reputation (and location) than Salem. It has a very nice Georgian campus, and it's pretty strong academically. It's the largest women's college, I believe. As with most single-sex colleges, plenty of males are available nearby (NC State).
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Sun Jun 29th, 2008 10:19 pm |
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If a religiously affiliated school might be an option, consider two Minnesota schools - the College of Saint. Catherine, and the College of St. Benedict. The College of St. Catherine is a great option for girls who want to be located in a major city as it is located in St. Paul. The main campus is beautiful, and it has a very comprehensive academic program. There are also opportunities for cross-enrollment with the other colleges in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The College of St. Benedict actually has a "brother" institution, St. John's, right up the road, so you get the best of both worlds. The College of St. Benedict has some excellent merit scholarship opportunities, and St. Kate's might as well.
Also, St. Mary's, which is right across the street from Notre Dame, is an excellent liberal arts school, and has sort of the same relationship with Notre Dame that Barnard has with Columbia. I have had two students receive very nice merit scholarships there.
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Descartes
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 01:22 am |
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Darn it, Carolyn, you know everything. I was going to bring up St. Catherine's and St. Benedict's but you beat me to it. I know several St. Catherine's grads (called St. Kate's around here): they are dynamic and well-balanced women who gravitate towards leadership roles. There seems to be a social-activist vibe there that their grads are imbued with. It is, I believe, the largest women's college in the country (about 4000 undergrads). There are a fair number of graduate students, too, but I think they admit men to their graduate programs.
They are in a co-op with Macalester, St. Thomas, Hamline, and Concordia-St. Paul, which, as you mention, permits cross-registration. Mac and St. Thomas, in particular, would be within easy biking distance (except in winter!) of St. Kate's, and there is a shuttle circulator, too.
I know less about St. Benedict's, other than it is a twin sister school to St. John's and about an 1.5 hour drive from here.
Let's not forget Scripps, too, down there in CA.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 01:33 am |
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I appreciate your thoughts, Descartes, since you are right in the neighborhood. We drove around St. Kate's campus when we were out visiting Macalester last year, and I liked what I saw very much. I came home and did some research on what they offered, and thought it looked like an interesting option. As for St. Benedicts, they had an admissions rep at the HECA conference, and seem to really be pushing for increasing geographic diversity, so it is a good bet for scholarships for kids from out of state who meet their requirements (which aren't overly onerous from looking at their website). I like the idea of the two partnership with St. John's --- gives more options than one small school alone. But, I have not visited so I can't really say how it pans out in "real life." By the way, St. Benedicts will be hosting the HECA conference in 2010. 
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Shennie
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 06:24 pm |
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| Thanks all for the suggestions, especially the Women's College website. I will pas the info along to my neighbor.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:09 am |
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| Someone else mentioned Simmons College in Boston. I know it's not in the Midwest, but I know a number of people who went there. I used to live in Boston and had some interns at work and some friends who all had good experiences there. I can't speak to what they went in looking for, but they all seemed confident and focused as they left.
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Shennie
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 06:59 pm |
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| Actually, my neighbor wants OUT of the midwest. However, she wants out of the snowbelt as well so she is likely not going to look at a school in Boston, but I will mention it.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:25 pm |
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Shennie,
Depending on what she is interested in, she may want to take a look at Eckerd in Florida. Not a women's college, of course, but I visited last week and was impressed. They are very generous with merit money. The director of admissions indicated that the starting range for students receiving their merit scholarships is just below 3.0. It is an amazingly location - right on the water, very tropical, like being at a resort in Florida. Nice, solid academics.
The University of Redlands is a nice choice in Southern California, and they are eager to keep building their out of state base. Scripps would be the So. Cal women's college. Mills is out of the snow belt, but chilly in the winter.
Last edited on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:26 pm by CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 04:35 am |
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I will vouch for Mills. My oldest D had a terrific experience there and it is smack in the middle of urban. It is pretty edgy, if she likes edgy, but so supportive. It is a short BART ride into San Francisco and has cross registration with Berkeley with a shuttle between the two campuses. It was a perect choice in many ways for my oldest D. Plus, they have generous FA for strong students, but it isn't too hard to get into for B students. Wonderful place. Mills has gorgeous mediteranian weather. It doesn't snow and rains very little. It can be chilly in the winter, but not as cold as San Francisco across the bay.
http://www.mills.edu/
And, my youngest will be attending Bryn Mawr. The suburbs fit her much better than urban. Another great womens college. i m not sure why your friend doesn't think she would fit into a seven sisters college. They seemed great and not at all pearly, if that is what she is concerned about? They are all Easy coast, though. Coming from the midwest, she may find the people more similar in the West? But, my D was worried about the people on the East being too formal and did not find that to be the case at Bryn Mawr at all. It is a very warm and friendly place surrounded by stone. 
http://www.brynmawr.edu/
Last edited on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 04:39 am by outwest
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Shennie
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 05:16 pm |
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| Thanks to both of you. I will pass along the suggestions.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 12:15 pm |
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Agnes Scott has a solid reputation in our area of the country. Its location is not as rural as Sweet Briar or Hollins (decent women's colleges in Virginia). Agnes Scott is reasonably close to Emory. SB and H are both close to Hampden-Sydney (one of the few all-men's schools still in existance).
Trinity College is in a dangerous section of DC. However, it is a beautiful campus and has a lot of security. It is near Catholic University and the Basilica.
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