My son is a high school sophomore and wants to major in Wildlife Biology or Zoology. He has been researching schools that he thinks would be a good fit for him – small-to-medium in size, the right major, within our budget, and either selective or very selective in terms of their admissions rate. He is a 4.0 student, a Life Scout working on Eagle and has impressive extracurricular activities including sports and volunteer work in the subject he wants to study. When we apply these criteria, SUNY Oswego and SUNY EFS pop up for Zoology and Wildlife Biology, respectively, as candidate schools. I’m pretty confident he could be admitted to higher-tier schools, but money is a big limiting factor – he will have a sibling in college at the same time he is. Both schools are appealing, depending on what major he settles on, because they are so affordable and in other ways dovetail nicely with what he is looking for. So, my question is whether anyone has any particular insight into how these schools are actually regarded, especially for these majors. College Board rates Oswego as Very Selective at 48%, and ESF as Somewhat Selective at 52%, but I see a lot of other schools rated higher for these majors that are not as selective overall. Thank you for any information you can offer!
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