schools like U of Richmond, but a higher acceptance rate

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Anonymous wrote:do they still do that book with the top colleges that says where else people who apply to certain schools apply?

In the Fiske Guide, the Richmond overlaps are: UVA, W&M, Boston College, wake Forest, Georgetown, Chapel hill, Villanova, and Notre Dame. But those are all quite selective and OP wants over 50%.

I believe the guidebooks while they can be super helpful, might be off in some respects. I can imagine that students who like U of R would also like the others listed above, but as much as I liked it it is not in the same league with them. U of R does have a great early application program. I agree with those who said apply early, and give them a lot of love - visit, engage etc. Agree on Quinnipiac - student body there reminded me a lot of U of R

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Anonymous wrote:Some southern private southern schools with a nice campus and higher acceptance rate
TCU
Rhodes
Sewanee
Furman
Elon

Elon has a big NE following. Others are very southern,

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe Rhodes College (Memphis) or Union College (NY), or Bard College (also in NY).

there is nothing about bard that is similar to richmond. nothing.

I love Bard, but I agree it has nothing in common with Richmond.

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Anonymous wrote:How is Reed anything like University of Richmond?

My thought exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:Rollins (in Orlando) has a similar vibe but is much easier to get into than U of R. I can't think of a West Coast LAC that isn't super woke left wing SJW, which is not Richmond's vibe at all.

Rollins an Elon are the two best suggestions on here. In the south, but lots of NE students. Easy to get into, but a real education.

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Davidson?

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson?

Similar to Richmond, but more selective so not what OP wants.

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Furman

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University of Rochester is a hidden gem. Great for biology. Bigger (6400) than Richmond but not too big. The student body is 25% international students, which lowers that acceptance rate, making the real acceptance rate in the 40-50% range for US applicants. Great resources, superb faculty. Very good reputation. Has the feel of an LAC on the undergraduate level.

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Anonymous wrote:Fordham University. Great Bio sciences program and acceitance rate to med school (if thats your intrest). Acceptance rate around 50%. Protected enclave in a city. Very similar to Richmond academically. I believe it should be ranked far higher but I think the location scares some people - although it should not as its got great security. I was really impressed by this school when my DD looked and was accepted. She probably not going as got into a school ranked much higher (and higher than Richmond) but it was her safety that she would have happily attended.

I love Fordham!

But Richmond makes me think of Elon.

My kid with a 4.0, heavy extra curricular, 6 A.P. and the rest honors, Catholic HS, was rejected from Fordham, family alum. It is not a safety school.

I'd love to know what this kid's college list results look like.

Or what the test scores were…

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Anonymous wrote:How about Sewanne?

https://new.sewanee.edu/

My HS friend is in the registrar’s office there. It is beautiful on the mountaintop there, but it is *very far* from anything. It’s like monastic living.

There are several monasteries here in DC; you can live a monastic life anywhere.

At Sewanee, you would want a car. I have spent weeks there at a time, and there are 1-2 coffee shops and an odd assortment of restaurants. All very spread out.

Everyone knows each other. My friends who live there probably know the person who is a registrar.

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Anonymous wrote:Folks you have no clue - Bucknell for instance, is ranked exactly the same as Richmond and has very close acceptance rate. Same for Lehigh althohg you really inly go to Lehigh for engineering. Im guessing Sewanee isn't far off either.

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Except that only 25% of Lehigh students are there for engineering. Lehigh
Has long been evolved from its engineering-only days. It is comprised of four schools: Arts&Sciences, Engineering, Business, and Health.

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Randolph - Macon Ashland

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Anonymous wrote:Folks you have no clue - Bucknell for instance, is ranked exactly the same as Richmond and has very close acceptance rate. Same for Lehigh althohg you really inly go to Lehigh for engineering. Im guessing Sewanee isn't far off either.

Only one third of Lehigh is engineering. There’s another third that’s business and the remaining third is Liberal Arts.

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The last two maybe. Rochester? Really? It's an awesome school but definitely not preppy/ conservative.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe U. of Rochester? U. of Denver? Santa Clara U.