Here are some things I’m looking for. I would love if anyone could make suggestions of schools that fit some of these.
small-medium
no serious focus immediately
freedom in choosing classes
liberal arts
town/suburban
low greek life
What kinds of grades and scores do you have so I can suggest?
I have a 4.2 GPA
Pomona comes to mind
Although really most liberal arts schools fit that description (depending on if they have greek life or not)
Kenyon, Wesleyan, Lehigh, bowdoin, Colby, bates, swarthmore etc
What is your ACT or SAT (or PSAT if you’ve not yet taken the others)?
Have your parents told you how much they will be able/willing to pay?
Are you male or female?
1350 pSAT
female
Good job on the PSAT. Along with the many excellent co-ed liberal arts colleges, be sure to take a look at schools like Bryn Mwar and Smith. Think about geography. Some people like to spread out their applications (my son applied to 2 on the west coast, 3 in the midwest, and 3 on the east coast) while other people limit their applications to a single region.
Most of your criteria can be applied to almost any liberal arts college but since you mentioned “freedom in choosing classes”, put Amherst and Grinnell on your radar. Any good liberal arts college is going to give you plenty of opportunity to explore academically though, so don’t get too hung up on ‘open curricula’ when you’re starting out your search.
thanks!
Hampshire, Hamilton if you don’t mind some Greek and Rochester if you don’t mind a campus near a big-ish city, but from what I hear, it’s a real campus
University of Rochester was my first thought due to curriculum flexibility yet still being very liberal arts focused in atmosphere. Meets every other requirement.
@citymama9, yes Hamilton had Greek Life, but abolished Greek houses many years ago so it’s a different vibe today
https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/studentactivities/greek-life
That said, the old Greek houses do make great dorms - one of my DD’s lives in Wertimer which is a wonderful old Greek house.
Carleton has zero frats and meets your description. Not sure if you have any geographic preference.
Wake Forest. Also has Greek life but no houses. Everyone lives on campus for at least 3 yrs (required). So greeks live with everyone else. Makes for an inclusive student body, with or without Greek involvement. Greek is more like a club scenario.