I'm looking for some colleges that are
A) Great academic schools (preferably with merit aid)
B) Willing to accept a slower runner (4:40s mile- male)
C) in the northeast
Any suggestions?
I'm looking for some colleges that are
A) Great academic schools (preferably with merit aid)
B) Willing to accept a slower runner (4:40s mile- male)
C) in the northeast
Any suggestions?
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prospectivecolleger wrote:
I'm looking for some colleges that are
A) Great academic schools (preferably with merit aid)
B) Willing to accept a slower runner (4:40s mile- male)
C) in the northeast
Any suggestions?
Pick any of the good D3 schools in the northeast.
college graduate wrote:
Pick any of the good D3 schools in the northeast.
Like Roger Williams.
Chowan University is your place.
Tufts or MIT might take you. Look into NYU too.
University of Rochester
some schools: MIT, Penn, Yale, Northeastern, Drexel, NYU, University of Rochester
I don't know the walk-on standards, but based on results you might be OK with a solid senior season.
Marist College pretty solid D1 program - takes pretty much anyone.
Strong/improving academic reputation and will give merit aid.
If you can dip your times slightly: get under 10:00 for 3200, low 4:30s you should be fine. Pete Colaizzo is pretty lenient.
Holy Cross
McGill
Oh, and at 18 you can party
IN French... If you like
Really good academic schools don't give merit aid. They don't need to.
Periwinkle wrote:
Really good academic schools don't give merit aid. They don't need to.
Actually, they do. In recent years, the small private schools have found themselves competing more against state universities that are offering four-year free rides to some top students.
Williams is your place.
letsrun admissions office wrote:
In recent years, the small private schools have found themselves competing more against state universities that are offering four-year free rides to some top students.
Not sure what caliber of schools you're thinking of, but I'm fairly certain that Yale, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. do not offer merit based aid. I would not consider many of the schools listed above as "great" academic schools. Maybe the OP could clarify how "great" an education he's looking for to help narrow the search.
Well it clearly depends on what he means by great, but really, any school ranked in the top 50 is going to be very good academically. The difference is mostly elitist wankery.
FWIW don't plan on getting a ton of merit aid if you haven't accomplished something "great" on top of classwork. Example- I was 2350 on SAT with a 97/100 GPA, national merit scholar, top 3 in the state in track, and no private school offered more than $10,000/year in merit aid. Imagine how hard it is to truly stand out among a sea of applicants to a "great" academic school-- do you honestly expect to be one of the very best applicants at like Carnegie Mellon? Good luck. On the other hand, you can very easily get a full ride if you open up your search a bit. 2nd tier state schools are the best bet.
Which programs do you want the school to be strong in?
Periwinkle wrote:
letsrun admissions office wrote:In recent years, the small private schools have found themselves competing more against state universities that are offering four-year free rides to some top students.
Not sure what caliber of schools you're thinking of, but I'm fairly certain that Yale, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. do not offer merit based aid. I would not consider many of the schools listed above as "great" academic schools. Maybe the OP could clarify how "great" an education he's looking for to help narrow the search.
By "small private schools" I mean schools like Williams, Amherst, Haverford, Pomona, etc. The quality of education at these schools is as good as any ivy.
OP here
By "great" I just mean good (i.e. top 100 schools)
I have a 34 ACT and comparable other stats, so I could get merit aid at a state school perhaps.
I really want a school strong in the social sciences.
I'm so lost in my search right now. I have no idea what to do...
What are your times?