<p>As a junior in highschool, I am starting to jump on the college bandwagon. I'm trying to find a college/ university that:</p>
<p>-offers a well-established business school, communications majors, and liberal arts such as dance
-small to medium school size; nothing over 20,000 undergrads
-located in a small or large city (or surburban area)
-has a generally diverse nature
-good academics, but not cut-throat competitive; somewhere comfortably academic, but not lacking credibility
-wide range of clubs/organizations to join
-work hard/play hard mentality
-laid-back, friendly atmosphere
-offers study abroad programs </p>
<p>Possible choices: Northeastern University or Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>Any advice for colleges that come to mind would be WONDERFUL! Thank you so much for your time!!!</p>
<p>Villanova
BU
Penn
WashU
Georgetown
USC
BC
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Miami
Pitt
Fordham
American</p>
<p>Vanderbilt
WUSTL
UPenn
Northwestern</p>
<p>Very hard to give meaningful recommendations without any stats.</p>
<p>Top schools like that would be Georgetown/ Wake Forest/ William & Mary/ Duke.</p>
<p>How about Syracuse?</p>
<p>Vanderbilt doesn’t have an undergrad business major, and no academic dance program. It does have majors in Communication Studies and in Communication of Science and Technology (an interdisciplinary major), which look interesting - although you’d really need to look at the curriculum in both to be certain that the focus is what you want.</p>
<p>W & M does seem a possibility, but it has no communications department. It offers an undergrad business major in the Mason School of Business, and it has a dance minor in a modern-centric program.</p>
<p>“somewhere comfortably academic, but not lacking credibility” - that doesn’t quite describe either school, to me, though W & M probably has more of a reputation for being less academically “comfortable.” Vanderbilt is certainly a work hard, play hard school, but in my observation the students are really working harder than they’re playing. (Parent of daughters who attended both schools here.) I agree with schrizto that Syracuse also fits your criteria - the Newhouse School is a pretty tough admit, though, as it’s one of the very top communications schools in the country. If you post more about your qualifications, we can be more helpful. Good luck.</p>
<p>Vandy is getting hard to get into.</p>
<p>Without stats, it’s hard to make recommendations.</p>
<p>What are your stats? If you haven’t taken an SAT or ACT yet, do so soon. What was your PSAT score?</p>
<p>What is your weighted GPA?</p>
<p>Will your parents pay $50k+ for the school of your choice? If not, you need to find out how much they will pay. This will largely determine where you can go to school.</p>
<p>Northwestern has two undergraduate business programs–but one only leads to a certificate, not a degree, and the other is one you can only minor in. (Translation: you can’t get a true undergraduate business degree at Northwestern–although it should be noted that their graduate business school ranks in the top 5 or so)</p>
<p>Duke has no undergraduate business school. Fuqua is a graduate business school only.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech doesn’t offer a single course in Dance, although it does have a liberal arts school.</p>
<p>Also, I’m presuming diontechristmas meant Miami of Florida, not Miami of Ohio–because the latter is not exactly in a sizable town</p>
<p>Let me add Indiana University, the University of Illinois, the University of Oregon, the University of Colorado and the University of Washington to this list.</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill meets every single one of your requirements.</p>
<p>Unless he cannot get in. Silly to get hopes up for the OP if he doesn’t have the stats. UNC-CH is particularly difficult for OOS.</p>
<p>UNC is a good match if the OP understands 20,000 undergrads is not “small to medium”.</p>
<p>How about the University of Virginia? (I don’t know if they have a communications department though)</p>