Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 14:23     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Villanova?
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 14:20     Subject: Re:Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
I can’t imagine being a mother and referring to my son as a “bro.” This is not a neutral term, OP.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 14:19     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Reach: Colgate, W&L

Target: Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette

Low target: Trinity

Safety: Gettysburg, Union


This is a good list. I would maybe add Hamilton as a reach, Richmond as a target, and St. Lawrence as a safety.


Richmond is a great addition. Can't believe I missed that one.

Is Hamilton Greek and bro-y? I thought it was more of a writer's school with a frat participation rate under 20%, similar to Kenyon. Maybe I'm wrong, or things have changed.

I don't know anything about St. L except it's about as cold and isolated as you can get. Maybe that lends itself to the kind of environment OP's kid is looking for.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 14:17     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Hampton Sydney


Not for a kid who's aiming for a higher tier than Bucknell.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 13:37     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Hampton Sydney
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 13:36     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Reach: Colgate, W&L

Target: Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette

Low target: Trinity

Safety: Gettysburg, Union


This is a good list. I would maybe add Hamilton as a reach, Richmond as a target, and St. Lawrence as a safety.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 13:31     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thx!
He's likely going to apply to both Bucknell and Lehigh as well as some large universities.

Any ideas for liberal arts colleges with some element of this culture that are a tier above Bucknell? He's actually a really studious kid--a weird mix of super academic and social "bro" (party going, guy's guy, sports loving, etc).





Plenty of that type at Amherst.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 13:27     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth strikes me as a college that used to be heavy on bro culture in the past but is pretty different today. If one wants it, they can probably find it at Dartmouth, but it's probably no longer the dominant ethos.


I agree. I just think it can more easily be found than at say Grinnell.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 13:17     Subject: Re:Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Denison, Dickinson, Davidson.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:57     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Hamilton
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:57     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Dartmouth strikes me as a college that used to be heavy on bro culture in the past but is pretty different today. If one wants it, they can probably find it at Dartmouth, but it's probably no longer the dominant ethos.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:39     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Reach: Colgate, W&L

Target: Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette

Low target: Trinity

Safety: Gettysburg, Union


Can't argue with this. Only thing I would add, getting recruited for baseball will get you into the bro culture at any of those schools. Those who know, know.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:37     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Bucknell alumnus from 2003.

Wake was my target; it rejected me. Among my classmates, many had Colgate has a higher choice than Bucknell (but some had a choice and selected Bucknell).
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:37     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Colgate
W&L
Dartmouth
Richmond
Maybe Davidson


Davidson is the antithesis of bro culture.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2023 12:28     Subject: Suggestions for Greek-heavy, "bro" liberal arts colleges?
Colgate
W&L
Dartmouth
Richmond
Maybe Davidson