<p>If your grades are not good enough for Smith or Mount Holyoke, give UMASS some consideration. It’s a decent big state uni, in the next town over to Northampton–Amherst. Rated slightly below UCONN, you can get a comparable education, and Amherst has been rated the number 1 college town in the US. I’ve lived in both Amherst and Northampton, the latter of which has been called the San Francisco for lesbians.</p>
<p>If you are quirky and creative–a hipster?–Hampshire College, also in Amherst, is worth a look. </p>
<p>Also, Bard.</p>