SLAC’s in more suburban/urban areas?

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

Annapolis is not middle of nowhere - or cornfields.

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Anonymous wrote:The town of Oberlin is ridiculously small. The lack of public transportation to Cleveland makes it very inconvenient but fortunately they are talking about starting some kind of shuttle this coming year. There is a tremendous amount to do on campus, more than at many larger schools. My DC wanted the same thing as your's -- SLAC in area accessible to a big city, but fell in love with Oberlin.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

OP asked for “not so rural.” Annapolis qualifies.

Dude, St Johns is great, and I hope a great fit for you, but it is not the answer to every college thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

OP asked for “not so rural.” Annapolis qualifies.

Dude, St Johns is great, and I hope a great fit for you, but it is not the answer to every college thread.

OP asked for, "SLAC’s in more suburban/urban areas."

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

OP asked for “not so rural.” Annapolis qualifies.

Dude, St Johns is great, and I hope a great fit for you, but it is not the answer to every college thread.

OP asked for, "SLAC’s in more suburban/urban areas."

And Johnnys can whip midshipmen any day:

http://www.collegetrad.com/?p=1442

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Anonymous wrote:I also suggest one of the Claremont Colleges. I am an alum. It’s big enough with all the schools combined and is in Claremont- which is a very cute and lively village! You can always escape to other areas: beaches, desert, mountains, LA, San Diego very easily.

Cute and lively to a point, but definitely not a college town.

http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/living/travel/article4033433.html

Okay not a college town in the traditional sense but it’s pretty damn good.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

OP asked for “not so rural.” Annapolis qualifies.

Dude, St Johns is great, and I hope a great fit for you, but it is not the answer to every college thread.

Hahahahahahaha I know who you’re addressing but I’m totally not Paleocon. It would be difficult for us to be more different. I also posted a big list and then separately recommended Drew. It doesn’t make me Paleocon to point out that Annapolis is a small city and not so rural.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what posters are referring to is that those two towns are sleepy. You could go to Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca at 2 AM and see plenty of late night places where students are hanging out. There are night clubs. Big sports culture puts a certain energy that you just will never see on a game night. Both Wellesley and Claremont close completely after midnight. But to be fair, are any LAC settings in those traditional college towns? The only one I can think of is Amherst MA, supported by the neighboring UMass Amherst.

Barnard?

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

There’s college nightlife in Annapolis? It’s a cute town but not a traditional college town. While the presence of the Academy is great, those kids are maybe going out for ice cream on a big night out.

And Annapolis is not a suburb of either DC or Baltimore.

OP asked for “not so rural.” Annapolis qualifies.

Dude, St Johns is great, and I hope a great fit for you, but it is not the answer to every college thread.

Hahahahahahaha I know who you’re addressing but I’m totally not Paleocon. It would be difficult for us to be more different. I also posted a big list and then separately recommended Drew. It doesn’t make me Paleocon to point out that Annapolis is a small city and not so rural.

NP -- and there is STILL no nightlife in Annapolis...

Navy grad

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Doesn't Annapolis have under 40,000 people? Pretty tiny.

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Reed is right in south east portland, oregon. It's a phenomenal school academically and Portland is a wonderful city. Plus it's an hour to the oregon coast, or an hour to the college's ski cabin on Mt Hood.

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Mentioned upthread, but we loved Trinity University in San Antonio. It is a SLAC with good resources, so some really innovative programs AND good merit scholarships. My DC didn't end up going there because our church had limited numbers for young adults in SA, but they turned down Trinity with regret.

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But isn’t Richmond up tight white entitled preppy kids? It gets a really bad rap on college confidential? And Richmond might be one of the most racist cities I have eve4 been to.

My URM kid is having a great experience at UR both socially and academically.Entitled -white- preppy is certainly a part of the campus life, but it doesn't define it. Lots of international kids and URMS - ~28%. Richmond has also become quite progressive with a black mayor. The image of UR and of Richmond is definitely antiquated on this forum and in CC. Granted Richmond is the former seat of the Confederacy, where plenty of reminders are ever present. But reminders of the Confederate past are also ever present in NoVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore (as noted above), Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Sarah Lawrence, the Claremont colleges, Reed, Davidson, Vassar, Amherst

Amherst? Oh god no.

Middle of nowhere

Amherst is a super cool college town with multiple schools. It is far from DC. Not that far NYC or Boston.

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Rhodes College in Memphis. Memphis is bustling and has a fun vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:Rhodes College in Memphis. Memphis is bustling and has a fun vibe.

Isn’t it one of the most dangerous cities in the country?