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

[Anonymous]

My DD wants a school that is not too small, not huge, and that is liberal-minded but not right in a big city. It seems like so many mid-size schools are religious or hard-core Greek. For reference, Bucknell seems too conservative and Greek. (And yes, we know Ivies are mid-sized --she doesn't have the stats for them.)

[Anonymous]

The Claremont Colleges?

I went to Scripps. It was perfect.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

I've heard Wake Forest feels like an Ole South party school.

[Anonymous]

Ithica?

[Anonymous]

William and Mary.

[Anonymous]

Marist if you're looking for an easier admission

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Tufts is big
Wesleyan is hard to get into

Conn College?
Kenyon?

[Anonymous]

Kenyon and Conn are smaller than 2000. That IS small.

[Anonymous]

Good suggestions above, I'll add some publics to the W&M suggestion:

Christopher Newport
College of New Jersey
SUNY-Geneseo
SUNY-Binghamton
Truman State
Mary Washington
UMBC
UVM

I noticed above that someone mentioned Clark. It's true that technically Clark is a university not a LAC, but it's quite small--<3000 undergrads

[Anonymous]

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.

None of the urban schools listed above are anything like GWU. They have real, contained campuses. I wouldn't let her dismiss any of them without visiting.

[Anonymous]

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.)

[Anonymous]

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.

None of the urban schools listed above are anything like GWU. They have real, contained campuses. I wouldn't let her dismiss any of them without visiting.

(I mean, I wouldn't let her dismiss them on that basis.)