<p>I'm trying to find the 'right' college for me and am having a hard time doing this. I know what i am looking for in a school and i am sure it exist, i just cant seem to find it.
So, im a quiet girl whos wants to move away from home. I want tu study psycology and the arts and would love to be surrounded by art and music. Its important to me to live in a very diverse and cultured area, since i havent grown up in such a place. </p>
<p>I would consider myself an average student. GPA: 3.5. I didnt do especialy hot on my SAT's (i got a 1550), and am currently waiting on my ACT score to come in.</p>
<p>Does reading this bring to mind any colleges? Or do you have ANY suggestions of a school i may be intersested in?</p>
<p>Your imput is appriciated!</p>
<p>Rhodes College is in Memphis. We’ve got good psych and art programs, Memphis is a very diverse city with a lot of culture and heritage. There’s obviously a big music scene on Beale Street, plus Nashville is right up I-40. There are many galleries around town, most down on South Main in downtown.</p>
<p>The only catch is that your SAT is below the 25th percentile, and I’m not sure about your GPA (the average is 3.8). Doesn’t mean that it’s out of the question, but it’s probably a reach.</p>
<p>University of San Francisco</p>
<p>Loyola of Chicago</p>
<p>It’s not that I’m pushing Jesuit schools (although they are just fine), but neither has super high entrance requirements, and they are in fun, cultured areas.</p>
<p>I dont identify with any one religion, and i did notice that Rhodes is a Presbyterian College. How focused on religion is the school? </p>
<p>and thank you both for your imput.</p>
<p>Perhaps Goucher, or Depauw in Chicago? I don’t know how your SAT would stack up at either one…</p>
<p>Edit: Emmanuel in Boston is a place to consider. Again, I don’t know how your scores would compare, but it’s worth looking into.</p>
<p>conolation i think u mean depaul? depauw is a good school but from what i have read about it it is not very cultured. depaul is a good size school and was ranked as one of the most diverse colleges, although i read a student review saying they hadnt noticed diversity. ur sat is a little low for depaul though.</p>
<p>Are you interested in women’s colleges? A few of them are SAT-optional and you sound like you’d fit in well at, say, Smith.</p>
<p>College of Wooster - specializes in ‘average’ students who didn’t do exceptionally well in high school (but not poorly) and not for a lack of intelligence but a lack of a stimulating environment. The campus itself is very diverse, with multiple income levels heavily represented as well as the student body. This year alone had students coming from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe. The town itself is in Ohio – so in that sense it’s maybe not as diverse as you’re looking for.</p>
<p>Fantastic school with an active theater program and arts department. Oh and the band includes Bagpipes and the entire band wears kilts 
As well as a state of the art psychology building – including Monkeys that psych students can work with. They aren’t used for medical testing but for psych testing such as left and right handedness. It is (technically) Presbyterian and there is a chapel on campus, but you wouldn’t know it if it were not listed on college board.com and all other religions are equally represented with everyone being very low-key and tolerant. They are very generous with financial aid, and you would be eligible for merit scholarships. It’s a personal experience, for instance, on your acceptance letter you get a handwritten note about your application essay, written by the President of the school. This school is great, and has repeatedly been called, including in the book Colleges Change Lives, “the best kept secret in education.”</p>
<p>I went there for 3 years before transferring for reasons unrelated to the quality of the school, and my roommate was a Psych major.</p>
<p>The way the Presbyterian relationship at Rhodes expresses itself is through a humanities requirement fulfilled by a 3-course sequence, either Life: Then and Now (mostly Biblical studies) or Search for Values in the Light of Western History and Religion (mostly philosophy and world religions). The chaplain on campus is also an ordained Presbyterian minister, though his ministry is ecumenical.</p>
<p>Drew outside NY; Muhlenberg or Ursinus, not too far from Philly, Clark in Worcester, Stonehill, not far from Boston, Gocuher</p>
<p>Thank you so much; this school sounds like just want I need!</p>