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[quote=Anonymous]My view is to visit the type of school and you can really extrapolate a lot from it. But I am strictly talking from an environment feel.

For example, WM is a good proxy for a SLAC (though it's a run down one, fwiw).  GW = urban schools like BU and NYU and even lesser known schools like Georgia State (Atlanta). Virginia Tech is an excellent comparator for the SEC schools like Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia or Big Ten schools like Penn State, Illinois or Indiana. Combine UVA and you have a feel for schools like Wisconsin or Michigan. Want a more gritty school feel -- visit Hopkins. Yale, Chicago, Penn all have a similar vibe. University of Maryland? Very similar vibe to the University of Washington in Seattle. Northwestern also feels a lot like the University of Maryland. So, does Loyola Chicago (it's right next to Evanston).

The only schools I'd have a hard time finding around here for a similar feel are the Seven Sister schools and the California schools. Maybe USC/Hopkins might be a comparator, but the environment is so different besides being in an urban more gritty adjacent area.
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