<p>I'm here at the University of Oregon and I hate it here. Way too laid back, no intellectual environment. I did really well senior year but not anywhere well enough to get into anywhere respectable-- it was too little too late. I'll post later when grades come out what I get and I honestly don't know how I'm going to do but I want to transfer. Can someone suggest a place? I like philosophy (Kant, Nietzsche, Sartre), and European history (really interested in Nazi Germany and Germany in general), and European literature (Joyce!) and I'm learning German and I'm a Classics major (but this isn't important-- if there was a really good Philo or history or English department I'd probably major in one of those). I don't know where I ought to apply and I'll post grades when I get them. Can people make suggestions of places? Where perhaps there are professors who specialize in that area? And not a school whose English classes primarily centers around authors I've never heard of from countries I've never heard of! And that isn't so liberal! I just want a good school!</p>
<p>How about Gettysburg College- it is competitive, but you may have the statistics to get in. A lot of liberal arts colleges would probably be a good fit for you. Muhlenburg is a good one in PA that is not that competitive for admissions. If Catholic places are acceptable, I think that quite a few would meet your specifications. If you are a Maryland resident, definitely look at St. Mary’s College of Maryland- it is like going to a private liberal arts college at in-state tuition rates, because it is public.</p>
<p>Are you a freshman? If so, then your high school stats are going to come into play. What are they?</p>
<p>Is money no object?</p>
<p>Is Maryland your home state?</p>
<p>That’s quite a paragraph.
You won’t learn very much if people only tell you things you already know…
Maybe you should look at Oregon State. It has the reputation of being more conservative than UOregon (hence the nickname “Oregon Straight”).</p>
<p>I meant I don’t want to learn about authors from some random Caribbean country or some environmental hippie.</p>
<p>I have sophomore standing but this is my first year out of high school.</p>
<p>High school until senior year: 3.5 GPA 4.02 weighted 1900 SAT
Senior year: 3.8 GPA 4.8 weighted (5 APs and two classes with UMCP) both semesters.</p>
<p>I’m taking 18 credits this semester. Philosophy 421, History 466, Latin 101, German 101 (I got an A+ )</p>
<p>I am certainly open to consideration but I have always had doubts about small colleges: I want to study abroad (I am applying to study in Germany in the Spring for a Spring Intensive Program) and I want a lot of opportunities. And I am self-motivated. But I would like a place in which the people aren’t screaming for football every saturday. And a lot of the liberal arts schools are too expensive…so yeah money is an object.
Maryland is home state but I positively want to go out of state.</p>
<p>College of Wooster - expensive, but has great financial aid and merit scholarships, great school spirit but is D3 so football screaming is minimal. Bunches and bunches of study abroad, and you can also design your own (though obviously, your aid won’t carry over)</p>
<p>Also, the Political Theory (who deals a lot with philosophy) is the smartest department I’ve ever seen</p>
<p>I also forgot that I’d like as little general ed requirements as possible- absolutely no way am I taking a math class. And I like 400 level courses a lot. (I’m taking two next semester again).</p>
<p>Since Mike is already at a college, I doubt he’d get merit scholarships of any real amount from any colleges.</p>
<p>Also, you have Soph standing because of AP credit, is that right? Will you need your new school to accept those AP credits in the same fashion as Oregon?</p>
<p>What kind of school are you looking for (besides the things you’ve mentioned) Do you like big, small, quiet, rah rah big sports, rural, city, snow weather, warm weather?</p>
<p>What is your education budget? No point in recommending schools that aren’t affordable? Is $35k per year too much? $40k? How much are you spending each year at Oregon?</p>
<p>Depending on your APs, you could have much of your Gen Ed credits already covered. What are your AP classes and scores?</p>
<p>BTW…does anyone know how APs are handled during transfers? Does the new school just use its own rules? Or do they credit the same as the old school?</p>
<p>My APs are pretty bad.</p>
<p>Spanish: 3
Literature: 3
U.S. History: 3
World History: 4
Euro History: 5</p>
<p>I took two classes with UMCP in highschool: Geology was a B and History was an A.</p>
<p>I took the least amount of math in high school. My budget is probably 40k including everything. And the studying abroad can’t be so expensive otherwise the school would have to be proportionally cheaper…</p>
<p>Did you take a math AP? If not and you hate math, since most (all?) schools require at least 3 credits of math (one class) to graduate, many schools offer EASY math classes to satisfy that requirement for those who aren’t “math people.”
lol</p>
<p>oops…cross posted…I now see that you didn’t take a math AP</p>
<p>Can you answer my other questions in the above post?</p>
<p>What kind of credit did Oregon give you for your APs?</p>
<p>Weather is not important as long as it isn’t extremely hot and it doesn’t rain. But snow wouldn’t be bad at all. I want culture (not some hillbilly mountain town or a populace of Marx idolizers) but not somewhere dirty like D.C. or L.A. New York would be OK. I strongly prefer homogeneous student population.</p>
<p>*I strongly prefer homogeneous student population. *</p>
<p>What does that mean? Most colleges are integrated with people of all colors/ethnic groups. Why don’t you like that?</p>
<p>Doesn’t rain??? I realize that it rains a lot in Oregon, but you want a place where it never rains? Or minimally rains? if so, you need to stay in the lower half of the country.</p>
<p>Well…</p>
<p>U Florida
U Texas
LSU
U Alabama
U South Carolina
U San Diego (expensive and lots of rich kids there)
Clemson
Loyola Marymount (but expensive…oops LA)
Loyola New Orleans (probably expensive)
DePauw (probably expensive)</p>
<p>We really need to know your annual school budget.</p>
<p>Alabama??? LSU??? I want to drink beer with a group of people WHILE seriously discussing to what extent becoming a good person is up to us. That is what I am socially after. I need intellectual environment (see first post)</p>
<p>19,000 tuition, about 11,000 other fees. 7,000 a year scholarship.</p>
<p>Uh…my two sons are at Alabama and I’m SURE that their stats exceeded yours (Their APs sure did). No more help from me. You have no idea of what level of kids are at Alabama - especially in the honors college. 40% of Alabama’s students are from out-of state.</p>
<p>I did really well senior year but not anywhere well enough to get into anywhere respectable</p>
<p>Since my kids have Ivy-quality stats, I know that their stats are higher.</p>
<p>Doesn’t make them smarter than me.</p>
<p>If believing that makes you feel better, than fine. Good luck.</p>
<p>Why, may I ask, did they choose Alabama???</p>
<p>It doesn’t. I just sensed a bit of arrogance in your post.</p>
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I don’t even know where to start with this…</p>