<p>Yes, it's me again, but I still need help. My guidance counselor says that she wants my college list by the end of this week, but right now that list only has two schools. Does anyone know of any college(s) that meet(s) the folowing criteria?</p>
<ul>
<li>Accepts B+ students</li>
<li>Is relatively liberal and gay-friendly</li>
<li>Is in the south, northeast, or midwest</li>
<li>Has less than 3,000 students</li>
<li>Has an intellectual atmosphere</li>
<li>Is known for being cheap or having good financial aid</li>
</ul>
<p>Official college list:
- Agnes Scott College (already applied)
- Mt. Holyoke College</p>
<p>Colleges that I'm considering:
- College of Wooster
- Goucher College
- St. John's College
- Hiram College
- Wells College
- New College of Florida
- Hendrix College</p>
<p>Colleges that I considered but decided against:
- Bryn Mawr College (could never get in)
- Smith College (CNGI)
- Bates College (CNGI)
- Sweet Briar College (too conservative)
- All TN colleges and universities (too conservative, too close to home)
- Connecticut College (arrogant admissions officer)
- Hampshire College (weird FL admissions requirement)
- Guilford College (65% syphilis rate)</p>
<p>New ideas are much appreciated! Commenting on my lists as they are is also great. </p>
<p>If you are applying to Mt. Holyoke, why rule out Smith for “could never get in”? The two regularly flip-flop admits (admitted to one, denied/WL’ed to the other).</p>
<p>I think you could get good FA from Wooster, maybe Hendrix and Hiram. Goucher gives the real money to A students that it wants to attract.</p>
<p>We could help more if you gave us an UW GPA (B+ can mean a lot of different things), test scores, whether you’re looking for need- or merit-based FA, and what your EFC is vs. how much your family can pay.</p>
<p>Beloit, Knox and Lawrence fit all criteria very very well. I am surprised you haven’t considered them. PM for more info especially about beloit and Knox.</p>
<p>I went through my Fiske guide again tonight, and found these delightful little schools: Allegheny
Susquehanna U
Clark U Kalamazoo
Beloit
Knox
Warren Wilson Bennington
Lawrence U
Grinnell
Manhattanville
Hollins U
Randolph
Alma</p>
<p>Great minds think alike, huh? BTW, Mt. Holyoke is much less self-selecting than Smith, so there is a difference in what kind of student each will accept.</p>
<p>I will be narrowing my list down based on the presence or absence of undergraduate research opportunities at each school.</p>
<p>I’m only reporting what I hear from the Smith/Holyoke forums. The Holyoke people would be quite angry at your insinuation that MTH is significantly easier to get into than Smith. I think there is probably a small difference in selectivity, but not enough for you to not even apply to Smith.</p>
<p>Elon has 5000 students and by design a tuition that runs about 10K less than other schools. +70% of students come from OOS (most from NE). Good luck on your quest…</p>
<p>I did a quick internet search and found nothing about the college having a 65% syphilis rate, but a couple of articles about syphilis in Guilford County (Greensboro, NC), which happens to be home to a number of colleges/universities - - including UNC-Grensboro.</p>
<p>Le Moyne College. It’s a little bigger than you’re looking at (3400, about 2700 undergrad and 700 grad)…but it’s a great school! I go there, so if you want something more specific about the school, just PM me and I’ll let you know!</p>
<p>If you liked the looks of Hendrix, you should also consider Rhodes College in Memphis and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Those three schools are very similar and often have overlapping applications. Rhodes probably won’t be as liberal as Millsaps, and the greater Memphis and Jackson areas certainly aren’t predominantly liberal.</p>
<p>^ I’ve heard that Rhodes is more liberal than Millsaps, actually–that R is solidly moderate while M leans conservative. Hendrix is the most liberal of the three. None are in predominantly liberal locales.</p>
<p>The college of new jersey has great academics, very reasonably priced
beautiful campus but has 5000 students
my daughter just started there as a freshman
best of luck</p>