<p>Vandy, Northwestern, ND, UNC,UVA, UMichigan. Among LAC'S -very good academics with Div1&1AA sports-Holy Cross, Davidson and Colgate.</p>
<p>Virginia
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Texas</p>
<p>All souther schools with big sports, academics on par with Colgate, and admissions standards below Ivy level. </p>
<p>Each has their own little fault though. UNC is probably just as hard as an ivy to get into, but if he really likes it, it's much easier to get in as a transfer. </p>
<p>Texas is difficult to get into OOS, and may not provide the diversity in meeting people from other regions that other publics have (95% Texans).</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has relatively few female students (if that bothers him, it's nearly a 3-1 guy-girl ratio).</p>
<p>Vanderbilt, although in the SEC, doesn't have the Big Time Sports program that you would expect from a SEC school. </p>
<p>Virginia isn't really south, it snows in Charlottesville for crying out loud! Then again, it does so in Chapel Hill and Nashville occasionally.</p>
<p>Private --
Stanford
Duke
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Boston College
Notre Dame
Georgetown
USC
Georgia Tech
UMiami
Syracuse
Rutgers</p>
<p>Public --
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
University of Texas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Florida
UVA
UNC
Georgia
Maryland
Ohio State</p>
<p>Rutgers is a public school.</p>
<p>Yeah, it wont let me edit it.</p>
<p>try Wisconsin and Minnisota twin cities</p>
<p>Thanks all. I guess I really did know them all. Your confirmation puts my mind at ease.</p>
<p>This is going to be some far flung set of college visits.</p>
<p>yea, start cutting them down from it's location, and student body atmosphere. Try fiske guide, you'll cut down pretty fast.</p>
<p>I don't think W&M would be too conservative, but it is FAR from big [sports] school atmosphere.</p>
<p>As for less selective than Duke and UVA--I would check out UGA, Wisconsin, Texas, Penn State, Florida, Illinois, Pitt, Syracuse...</p>