Not small, not big, not religious, not conservative college?

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UNC Asheville

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Anonymous wrote:Mid-size, secular, with less focus on Greek, not totally urban.

A good chunk of top 20 privates
CMU
Tufts
U Rochester
Case Western
U Miami
RPI
American
U Denver
Clark

Among LACs (naturally toward the smaller side), perhaps:
Wesleyan
U Richmond
Colorado College
Rhodes

If you would be open to schools that are technically religious but not proselytizing, that merely require a theology course from a historical or philosophical, perspective, checking out Jesuit schools would add a lot to the list.

Thanks for this great list!!! Some of those are urban which my DD really doesn't like because she thinks that means less of a campus community.

Most of those are not what I would consider urban. (Maybe CMU.) The rest all have a defined campus, which is what it sounds like she is seeking, with the surrounding area being more suburban in feeling, more on the edge of urban, outskirts, not actually urban. (Just for the purpose of defining urban, when I think urban, I think NYU, BU, GWU, Northeastern. And among those, Northeastern still has a defined campus, unlike the other three, though it is too large for what you are looking for.)

Disagree about CMU--it too has a pretty contained campus, and it's in a very residential part of Pittburgh.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is big
Wesleyan is hard to get into

Conn College?
Kenyon?

Tufts is a mid-size university (5600-ish undergrads). OP asked for mid-size.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mid-size, secular, with less focus on Greek, not totally urban.

A good chunk of top 20 privates
CMU
Tufts
U Rochester
Case Western
U Miami
RPI
American
U Denver
Clark

Among LACs (naturally toward the smaller side), perhaps:
Wesleyan
U Richmond
Colorado College
Rhodes

If you would be open to schools that are technically religious but not proselytizing, that merely require a theology course from a historical or philosophical, perspective, checking out Jesuit schools would add a lot to the list.

Thanks for this great list!!! Some of those are urban which my DD really doesn't like because she thinks that means less of a campus community.

Most of those are not what I would consider urban. (Maybe CMU.) The rest all have a defined campus, which is what it sounds like she is seeking, with the surrounding area being more suburban in feeling, more on the edge of urban, outskirts, not actually urban. (Just for the purpose of defining urban, when I think urban, I think NYU, BU, GWU, Northeastern. And among those, Northeastern still has a defined campus, unlike the other three, though it is too large for what you are looking for.)

Disagree about CMU--it too has a pretty contained campus, and it's in a very residential part of Pittburgh.

PP. Good to know, I haven't visited. So, it can remain on the list.

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how small is too small? and what state are you in?

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Anonymous wrote:Emory is mid-size and suburban-feeling. Claremont Colleges are in a suburb and although each school is small, the Consortium makes it mid-size. Others to consider are Tufts, Boston College, William and Mary, and Wake Forest.

OP said not religious....BC is Jesuit but (like Georgetown) not overly religious in action. It's actually in a positive way, encouraging community, giving, ethics...and lack of Greek is nice (yet, still a strong social scene and much school spirit).

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This is OP. She wants something bigger than the typical 2000 person SLAC. Thanks for all of the suggestions! On a related note, are there some really big schools that do a good job at feeling smaller than they are?

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If the stats are there, WashU is mid-sized and has a very campus feel. It is on the edge of St. Louis and has a very on campus oriented feel. Emory is another good idea.

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Miami of Ohio

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William and Mary is a great size and is quite liberal, not urban, not greek.

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URochester.
Honestly. You have completely described it. It’s set off to the side from Rochester (which isn’t much of a city anyway), beautiful walkable contained-feeling campus, minimal greek life (and what is there is nothing like the south), perfect size, and take a look at the flexible core curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:URochester.
Honestly. You have completely described it. It’s set off to the side from Rochester (which isn’t much of a city anyway), beautiful walkable contained-feeling campus, minimal greek life (and what is there is nothing like the south), perfect size, and take a look at the flexible core curriculum.

Adding to this ... Syracuse?

Might be a little more Greek than she wants, but it's not oppressive.

Cornell if she has the stats.

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Colgate? Carleton?

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Anonymous wrote:URochester.
Honestly. You have completely described it. It’s set off to the side from Rochester (which isn’t much of a city anyway), beautiful walkable contained-feeling campus, minimal greek life (and what is there is nothing like the south), perfect size, and take a look at the flexible core curriculum.

Adding to this ... Syracuse?

Might be a little more Greek than she wants, but it's not oppressive.

Cornell if she has the stats.

No, no, no.
Not Syracuse.
Syracuse is a huge party school, big greek life, big drug scene, not at all what the OP seems to be looking for.
Cornell, eh, maybe, but it’s kind of quiet and competitive and not big on the whole sense of community thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio

Hard core Greek system.