any suggestions?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I know exactly what I want in a college, but it's hard to find a college that fits with most of my wants and I don't really know where or how to start my search...so if anyone has any suggestions of schools that fit in a good number of these categories...any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>artsy, eclectic, intelligent student body
liberal
very politically/socially aware and active
urban or suburban
not in the south or middle of the country
strong liberal arts (i want to study political science, law, social work)
not too big and not too small (small to medium classes with accessible teachers...I'm not really a big fan of huge lectures taught by grad students...)
dont care about greek life, but I want to live on campus
dont care about sports
I want a campus in or near a big city where students can stay on campus on the weekends or explore a great city (NY, Washington DC, Boston, SF, etc.)
not really interested in ivy league, but I do want a moderately to very selective college</p>

<p>thats all I can think of for now...so thank you mucho in advance for any advice...</p>

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<p>Sarah Lawrence sounds like a really good fit for you. </p>

<p>If not, maybe.. NYU, George Washington University, Oberlin, hmmmm..</p>

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<p>do yopu want it coed/noncoed?</p>

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<p>Reed
UChicago
Swarthmore
Haverford
Byn Mawr (if female)
Wellesley (if female)
Lewis and Clark</p>

<p>I have not visited any of these, so I'm not sure if they would all qualify as urban or suburban. There would be many more options if you were willing to consider colleges in small towns near cities. Good luck with your search!</p>

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<p>i would prefer coed...thanks everybody for you suggestion so far!!</p>

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<p>Citygirlsmom is superstarr's mom!!! :cool:</p>

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<p>sorry...that last one (coed) was from me but I didn't realize that my mom was still signed in...so anyways good job yemaya..she is my mom :-( </p>

<p>haha just kidding</p>

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<p>Don't be :(. She's :cool:!</p>

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<p>lol she is really cool! My mom doesn't know jack about computers. lol</p>

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<p>Vassar and Skidmore come to mind, although they are not urban.</p>

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<p>Another option in the middle of the country. . .Macalester College. Mpls/St. Paul is not the most exciting urban area in the U.S. but it's got excellent music, theatre, arts and sports scenes and Macalester meets all of your academic and social criteria. </p>

<p>From the other suggestions I like University of Chicago, Reed and Lewis & Clark. Haverford is a great school, too, but it is small. Occidental and Pomona (Los Angeles) would be other good options.</p>

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<p>University of Chicago, NYU, and Johns Hopkins. Perhaps also GW and BU.</p>

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<p>Check out GW. It's very politically active and mostly liberal. PM me with qs</p>

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<p>Reed sounds like the perfect place for you.....it's VERY artsy, political, communist......atheist....</p>

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<p>thanks everybody for your suggestions! some of them are really really good...im doing research on all of those schools now</p>

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<p>Wesleyan University also sounds as though it would fit your criteria.</p>

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<p>Haverford sounds like it might be a good fit. It's suburban, so you have access to the city but yet there is a very distinct campus life, almost 100% of students live on campus, and there is no greek system. It is very small, a little under 1200 students, but it is part of the Quaker consortium, so you have access to classes at Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and UPenn, all really good schools, and the Bryn Mawr connection extends beyond the classroom so you pretty much double the size. Also, it has a great policital science department. I think it's really similar to U of C (I loved U of C but I applied early to Haverford b/c it focuses much more on undergrads), but it's in the east. It is a highly respected LAC, ranked 6th LAC for top feeder schools.</p>

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<p>bbbuuummmppp (sorrrrry)</p>

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<p>oberlin?</p>

<p>jbkolgl</p>

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<p>yeah...I've heard good things. But Reed, NYU, Georgetown, Sarah Lawrence, George Washington...they all sound fantabulous as well. Maybe even more so. I don't know yet. I'm visiting NYU, Georgetown, Sarah Lawrence, and George Washington over spring break so I guess I'll find out about those even more when I'm there. So anyways...thanks everybody for your suggestions</p>