<p>I'm thinking of a college search road trip that would include:</p>
<p>Marquette</p>
<p>DePaul & Loyola</p>
<p>Butler (yes, it was on the list before they made the final four)</p>
<p>Indiana - Bloomington</p>
<p>Any other schools in the "neighborhood" worth a peek? Butler would probably be the smallest size D would consider, IU may be too large. Probable 28-ish ACT, 5.0+ (on a 5.0) GPA, probable business or marketing major.</p>
<p>Am I forgetting any good schools?</p>
<p>Purdue? It’s a big school like IU is but it’s on the way to Butler/IU from Chicago. Might as well give it a shot! 
Possibly Notre Dame as well?</p>
<p>If you are in Milwaukee you really should make the 80 mile drive west to Madison. Big school, but many a kid has fallen in love with the place after seeing State St. and the Student Union on Lake Mendota. Her stats are right in the ballpark.</p>
<p>Brrr…it’s making me cold to just think about these schools. I was raised in Illinois and don’t see how I ever walked to class in a foot of snow in 10 below zero weather…I find it hard to even tolerate Texas winters now. D thinks she wants to be up north…I certainly won’t be visiting her in the winter!</p>
<p>If you want to party and see Indiana at it’s finest/worst, come visit on April 23rd and 24th.</p>
<p>U of Illinois, Wisconsin-Madison, Illinois Wesleyen</p>
<p>Maybe Depauw?</p>
<p>DePauw is even smaller than Butler. </p>
<p>We’re pretty familiar with the Illinois schools, unless you can think of any more in the Chicago area (besides U of C or Northwestern).</p>
<p>Wabash, Purdue</p>
<p>She’s a girl. Isn’t Wabash still all male?</p>
<p>Valparaiso is a nice school right along the way between Chicago and Indianapolis that I think fits your size parameters. It’s in a much smaller community than the others so it has a different feel. Marquette, Loyola and DePaul are all in very “urban” locations in their respective cities. Think traffic, sirens, etc., although Loyola’s campus is kind of a nice enclave once you get into it. Butler is on the north side of Indianapolis in more of a residential area.</p>
<p>IU is very much the odd “man” out. Much bigger than the others, public, dominates its setting. But an excellent University (especially in business) and a very popular college town that a lot of kids love.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>She thinks she wants “uban” but what she may actually be imagining is “college town.”</p>
<p>I second maxellis’ post on seeing Indiana at it’s finest/worst if you like partying. Purdue has Grand Prix and IU has Little 500. Of course, Grand Prix is better and more exciting :P</p>
<p>oh haha I didn’t realize that it was a girl haha</p>