Schools between 5-10,000 students

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Anonymous wrote:DD loves W&M. As a freshman she is in small and interesting classes and has strong advisor. Lots of fun activities are available outside Greek life. Much better than my experience at Vanderbilt, but that was in the 1990s..

Sophomore at W&M who transferred from a much larger school because the class sizes and TA-led labs were a poor fit. Great advisor, reputation for great undergrad teaching is well deserved and plenty to do on/off campus.

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This is a feature of what's called Golidlocks schools - not to big/not to small, not too urban/not too rural, etc.

Depending on the list I highly recommend considering ED for the higher ranked schools in this group.

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Wake at 3600 kids was MY Goldilocks school

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Anonymous wrote:Wake at 3600 kids was MY Goldilocks school

I thought Wake was larger than this, more like 5,500 undergrads. Has enrollment grown exponentially since you attended?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake at 3600 kids was MY Goldilocks school

I thought Wake was larger than this, more like 5,500 undergrads. Has enrollment grown exponentially since you attended?

Dp, yes, Wake has grown. Currently at 5500.

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American University.

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William and Mary
Cal Tech & Ivies - but impossible to get into
U Miami - but incredibly expensive (over $90k).

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Yes, Wake was in the 3600-3800 range in the 90s. I loved it at that size. I have heard from my fellow alum with kids now there that they built over what used to be parking lots so now students have a lot of trouble with having a car on campus. They have also changed how the greek system operates and is housed (or not) on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern U and Tufts in Boston

Northeastern Has 20K undergrads. So 2-4x what the OP asked

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I laughed when I saw the title thread . I was trying to think of schools with 5 students.

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That is the size my Senior likes.

Georgetown, W&M, BC and some Ivies.

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Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (an upscale suburb of Chicago) has about 8,200 undergraduates.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, Wake was in the 3600-3800 range in the 90s. I loved it at that size. I have heard from my fellow alum with kids now there that they built over what used to be parking lots so now students have a lot of trouble with having a car on campus. They have also changed how the greek system operates and is housed (or not) on campus.

There is a lot less need for a car now that three years on campus is required, and four years available, but there is still parking adjacent to the dorms. It’s a credit to Wake that they were able to expand while keeping kids on campus and preserving their super low class sizes. And it’s nice to have so many new dorms.

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My daughter loves the size of W&M.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter loves the size of W&M.

I think it's such a good size. I'm hoping my kid pulls it from the maybe pile to the yes pile for applications.