<p>So I'm a Junior starting to look at schools.</p>
<p>My sister went to SMU and I really liked it, but I want something different (a little less conservative) and I just don't want to look like I'm following my sisters every move.</p>
<p>What are some schools that come to mind? Private, Phish listening, Backwards hat, Polo Wearing, etc, etc haha.</p>
<p>Get back to me.</p>
<p>Tulane. Northwestern. Boston College. Maybe TCU, but it’ll give you an inferiority complex if your sister went to SMU. Nothing wrong with being an SMU Mustang family though.</p>
<p>ya dude ideally i’d love to go to Northwestern but I really don’t see that happening…</p>
<p>both my parents went to Tulane so that helps my chances I’d think.</p>
<p>and yeah, SMU does have a very good rep in the south it seems (minus in FL where I live haha)</p>
<p>Admissions wise I’m thinking like on par with SMU though. Maybe Denver?</p>
<p>SMU is pretty selective…probably in the 30/40% range. It’s no Rice, but it’s no state school either.</p>
<p>Denver? I know you mean the University of Denver, but they really lack a strong reputation. It’s hard to beat the idea of going to school in Denver though! That’s probably the best thing about it, because Denver is such a cool city.</p>
<p>I would definitely look into Tulane in your case. It’s very cosmopolitan being in New Orleans, but the white kids at least that go there tend to be very Southern, very preppy. Going to Tulane and living in New Orleans during your college years has to rank up there with one of the best college experiences anyone could ever hope to have. New Orleans is such an amazing city.</p>
<p>SMU’s not that selective…65% acceptance rate. A&M, UT, and Rice are all much better.</p>
<p>You’re actually wrong. For 2008, there were 8,270 total applicants…4,113 of whom were denied. So that’s about 50%.</p>
<p>My source: Princeton Review <a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeAdmissions.aspx?iid=1023253[/url]”>http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeAdmissions.aspx?iid=1023253</a></p>
<p>I said it’s no Rice, but it’s far from one of the many state schools that let anyone in, which in TX is all of them except UT.</p>
<p>As a guy from Louisiana I can tell you schools like SMU, TCU, and Baylor all have good reputations. Granted, they may not rank high, so for people that live and die based on lists and rankings they may not be ‘good enough’ but frankly no one is good enough for those folks anyhow. :)</p>
<p>Trinity? San Antonio is no New Orleans, but it beats the heck out of Waco.</p>
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<p>Understatement of the day.</p>
<p>I don’t know, I don’t think Trinity is worth the high tuition…it’s too small to have much of a reputation I think.</p>
<p>I am not an SMU fan. If you have high stats, look at Vanderbilt. Tulane is also a good choice.</p>
<p>University of Dallas-great core curriculum, Rome Program, and small class with lots of attention to each student.</p>
<p>hmmm</p>
<p>No thanks to U of Dallas, if I was to go to college in Texas it would for sure be SMU.</p>
<p>thats what I’m asking, are there any schools outside of Texas (maybe even out west) that are similar to SMU??</p>
<p>I mean I guess the school doesn’t have to be that similar,r I just tthink the whole fratastical campus and student body would make for an amazing college expereince.</p>
<p>maybe USC?</p>
<p>Having lived not far from SMU for many years, I consider it a very white-bread, PG high schoolish college experience. It is every frat/sorority stereotype there is. There are exceptions, of course, and there is some great merit money awarded as well as some strong departments, but it is considered an extension of the very affluent Dallas public high school directly to the south of the campus. If this is what suits you, by all means take a look. I would think many of the state universities would have the things you seem to like about SMU but with more advantages.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt, USC, Tulane, University Of Miami</p>