I think I will go back and re visit *Colleges that Change Lives* but in the meantime, throwing this out to the savvy parent crowd here on CC. Perhaps y'all might come up with something that I haven't thought of. My last child, my darling daughter, is applying to college now. Community college or gap year may be in the cards, but she wants to have options for a four year school. Her grades are *average*. She spent a year as a foreign exchange student in Japan, so her transcript is not typical, is missing the typical junior year classes. And she just took the ACT, and will be taking the SAT soon, so those scores are not available yet, but for now, let's just assume they will be *average*. Looking for a nurturing place that looks at kids as diamonds in the rough, not finished products already, not a pressure cooker environment. She doesn't know what she wants to major in, needs time to figure that out. She is a city mouse, so doesn't want to look at anything that isn't in a large city or very close to one. She is a gifted singer and actress, with tons of performing experience, but does not necessarily want to major in music or theatre. She might want to pursue something in science, maybe biology? -- just doesn't know. She hasn't taken enough science to really know. She is taking Biology now, as a senior. She has a good handle on the Japanese language/culture due to the year abroad. She is working hard to catch up on what she missed by not spending her junior year here.
She is considering Temple in Japan, University of Minnesota, Concordia College. We need some schools in warmer climates to consider. We lived in sunny California for a long time, and moved to this part of the country that has *deep winter* a few years ago. *Deep winter* is hard to get used to. She has been to New Orleans and is attracted to the idea of going to school there. Is Tulane too reachy? I think we will try to make a trip there soon to visit Tulane and Loyola New Orleans. I was browsing CC and the internet yesterday, and thought maybe Gonzaga might be a possibility, but don't know much about it. Any one here familiar with Gonzaga?
Thanks all.
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