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Thread #41523   Message #600414
Posted By: GUEST,fretless (still at work, sort of...)
29-Nov-01 - 02:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: College Questions for Leftist Folk
Subject: RE: BS: College Questions for Leftist Folk
Apologies if C.P.'s question was answered above:

Deep Springs is on the eastern, high plains border of California. WAY off the beaten track.

Someone above suggested Brown University. That's not a realistic option with only a 3.0+ GPA. Nor is the University of Virginia unless you are from out of state, willing to pay full tuition, and can offer something special in extracurricular achievement to offset the GPA. The same would be true for Virginia's selective liberal arts college, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.

Would your daughter consider a women's college? Hood College in Frederick, Maryland is reasonably generous with its scholarship money, has a good program in the sciences (especially in environmental science, but the other science fields are OK, too, and they've just build a fine, comprehensive science center), an active program in classical music, and -- obviously, from their demographics -- a strong interest in women's causes. The school is about 50 miles from DC with a very attractive campus in a community that has very, very strong federal and private industry biotech connections, which may make a difference if your daughter maintains her interest in biology.