<p>Pomona.</p>
<p>10char</p>
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Dartmouth's good as a quasi-LAC, quasi-research university.
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<p>Agreed....</p>
<p>Rice, Tufts, Wake Forest, William & Mary, Colgate, Brown, Dartmouth , Claremont Consortium, plus the reg LAC schools. A couple might be a tad over 5K, but feel small.</p>
<p>All the top LACs, Mudd, Cooper Union, Rose.</p>
<p>Trinity, Conn College, Tufts, Denison, Gettysburg, Hobart, Union, Bates, Colby, Kenyon, Oberlin, F & M, Elon–all value teaching over research and students get a good deal in the process.</p>
<p>Grinnell 10char</p>
<p>Grinnell!!!</p>
<p>College Of William & Mary
St. Mary’s College Of Maryland
New College Of Florida
The College Of New Jersey
UNC-Asheville</p>
<p>Tech schools:</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd
Olin
Rose-Hulman
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Colorado School of Mines
Cooper Union</p>
<p>Patriot League School-solid academics and Div1 sports-Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Colgate, and Lehigh.</p>
<p>If we are talking about comprehensive universities that enroll no more than 5000 undergraduates in the arts and sciences (excluding technical schools, art schools, 2 year colleges, cooking schools, flight schools, etc etc, … and LACs), then I believe the top 5 ranked by 75th percentile SAT scores would be:</p>
<p>Princeton (4800<em>, 1580</em>*)
Dartmouth (4100, 1550)
The University of Chicago (4700, 1530)
Rice University (2800,1510)
Johns Hopkins University (4600,1490)</p>
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<li>undergraduate enrollment
** cumulative CR & M SAT, 75th percentile score</li>
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<p>If we want to focus on LACs, then ranked listings are available on the USNWR site.</p>
<p>One of the problems in compiling the above list is the question of what counts as a “comprehensive university”, as opposed to a LAC. Dartmouth arguably is more like a LAC than a comprehensive arts & sciences university. If we remove Dartmouth, there are several contenders with SATs a little lower than Hopkins. These include Tufts, Wake Forest, and Brandeis. However, none of these seem to have the breadth, depth, and strength of offerings - at graduate as well as undergraduate levels - that you’d find at Princeton, Chicago, or Hopkins (in terms of faculty distinction, or number of departments that command high peer review rankings, or research facilities.)</p>
<p>In other words, there are very few world-class, comprehensive arts & sciences universities that enroll no more than 5000 undergraduates.</p>
<p>Union should be considered for its academics and its reputation for the success of its alumni (see Forbes). With a curriculum combining better than most liberal arts and science/engineering, Union may be the ideal school for the twenty first century.</p>
<p>IN today’s tough economy, poor job market and high tuition costs, Holy Cross and Davidson would be good choices. Holy Cross is need-blind for admissions-meets 100% demonstrated financial need, Holy Cross was ranked 12th among all schools in this year’s Payscale salary study of alumni, Forbes ranked HC 22ND among all schools, Kiplingers in the top 14 of LAC’s for best value. HC ALSO HAS ONE OF THE STRONGER ALUMNI NETWORKS that is very good for job placement and internships. Davidson has similar attributes with stronger influence in southern states.</p>
<p>Williams and definitely Wellesley.</p>