Urban SLACs

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

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Macalester is really unique in this regard.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yep. Not urban at all. My sister went there and she said LA far enough away where most kids rarely go. Very suburban. Very little to do nearby.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

I wouldn't call Reed urban either. It's outside of the downtown area of Portland and very wooded.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

I wouldn't call Reed urban either. It's outside of the downtown area of Portland and very wooded.

OP asked for colleges that are in or near a 'decent size city.' Reed fits her definition even if it isn't what one might usually say is urban.

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La Salle in Phila

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yup -- I did my clerkship in Pasadena -- totally suburban -- in a nice way, but totally surburban.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yep. Not urban at all. My sister went there and she said LA far enough away where most kids rarely go. Very suburban. Very little to do nearby.

Compared to SLACs like Williams, Grinnell, Kenyon, etc, the Claremont colleges are "urban" - you have all the amenities of the city. By your definition no one in LA lives in an urban environment because the entire city is just a bunch of suburbs strung together.

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Hopkins

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard! (If female.) Hard to get more urban than that.

Ditto for Simmons.

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I was intrigued by Mac but then I saw my kid’s major is impacted by waitlists for essential courses. Several posters on CC mentioned that students seen on tours seemed down in the dumps.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yep. Not urban at all. My sister went there and she said LA far enough away where most kids rarely go. Very suburban. Very little to do nearby.

Compared to SLACs like Williams, Grinnell, Kenyon, etc, the Claremont colleges are "urban" - you have all the amenities of the city. By your definition no one in LA lives in an urban environment because the entire city is just a bunch of suburbs strung together.

I guess, if by “urban” you mean “not urban.”

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yep. Not urban at all. My sister went there and she said LA far enough away where most kids rarely go. Very suburban. Very little to do nearby.

Compared to SLACs like Williams, Grinnell, Kenyon, etc, the Claremont colleges are "urban" - you have all the amenities of the city. By your definition no one in LA lives in an urban environment because the entire city is just a bunch of suburbs strung together.[/quote

I guess, if by “urban” you mean “not urban.”

Well, since the average DC "Urban " Momis sitting right now in Potomac or Fairfax County, then sure, Claremont, CA is urban. Why not? We're all urban and cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Hopkins

Def. not a SLAC.

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont colleges in California. Reed in Portland. Colorado College, if you consider Colo Springs "urban." Univ of Richmond. Occidental. Trinity in Hartford.

The Claremont Colleges are in no way, shape, or form urban.

Yep. Not urban at all. My sister went there and she said LA far enough away where most kids rarely go. Very suburban. Very little to do nearby.

Compared to SLACs like Williams, Grinnell, Kenyon, etc, the Claremont colleges are "urban" - you have all the amenities of the city. By your definition no one in LA lives in an urban environment because the entire city is just a bunch of suburbs strung together.

I guess, if by “urban” you mean “not urban.”

I interpreted "urban" as not rural/small town. For example we toured the 3 Maine SLACs (Bowdoin, Bates and Colby) this summer and the towns those schools are in make the area around the Claremont schools look like a raging metropolis.