Was at Vassar recently and they said the male/female ratio was 43/57 and then went on to say about even. which is kind of stretching it a bit. But the Hamilton web-site says the new class has a male/female ratio of 45/55, so really not all that different. Although I do think Vassar gets far fewer male applicants.
Colgate has small to medium sized university, liberal arts focus, same student to staff ratio, small classroom size, upper SES type but with some diversity, both NE corridor. True one is city based, other is not.
Pomona College is also similar in that both are prestigious and highly and similarly ranked by USNWR. Many students apply to both and can’t decide which they like better. Small classrooms, unique and interesting students. Now here at least Pomona has pretty easy access to a city, LA.
Thanks!
Unless I’m reading it wrong, the majority of accepted students at Hamilton had over 1400 on the SAT
uh, i’m quite surprised no one has said it yet, but grinnell, specifically, is a lot like brown.
(grinnell has only one required class, is fairly strong in the sciences, and is liberal and inclusive just like brown [though, perhaps not as pretentious, haha]. i’ve heard grinnell be referred to as “brown’s midwest cousin”, but that’s just me.)
@citymama9, that’s correct - 72%
As we’ve seen with many colleges, the reported numbers on a colleges webpage don’t always translate to the CDS.
According to the CDS, no past year has had more than ~ 50% of enrolled students with 1400-1600 SAT scores. The numbers have been very consistent. I’d like all colleges to report percentages between 500-599, 600- 699 and 700 -800 for the reading and math tests.
https://www.hamilton.edu/offices/oir/common-data-sets
@CrewDad, you can not add the CR and Math percentages together to achieve the # of students that scored above 1400 as not all students are balanced in their test score results.
But more importantly, turning off kids who are looking for actionable feedback regarding college choices by throwing out unsubstantiated facts isn’t helpful.
Since you have a fascination with the Hamilton, they have published the exact score distribution for applied, admitted and attending students - there are no doubles https://www.hamilton.edu/admission/apply/standardized-testing-distribution-of-scores
For NESCAC football fans, Hamilton had a decent year and beat its three Maine rivals; Bates, Bowdoin and Colby - go Continentals!
For those that like to see comparisons of the same data, here’s the CDS for the NESCAC schools (not all are 2016-2017 given not provided yet); its clear that adding the two together doesn’t tie to those that achieved above a combined 1400 -
Amherst CR 68%, Math 67%
Williams - CR 64%, Math 61%
Bowdoin - CR 59%, Math 54%
Hamilton - CR 52%, Math 48%
Middlebury - CR 50%, Math 50%
Wesleyan - CR 49%, Math 43%
Colby - CR 34%, Math 44%
Connecticut - CR 26%, Math 29%
Bates - CR 21%, Math 25%
Trinity - CR 21%, Math 18%
Brown - CR 71%, Math 73%
Colgate - CR 38%, Math 49% (because it’s an NE LAC Comp)
That said, schools are more than their scores…
OP, attached is a CC thread with a bunch of links from over the years http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1897021-colleges-like-brown.html
It also seems to me that the most defining characteristic of Brown is its completely open curriculum— which the following schools also share: Amherst, Grinnell, Hamilton, and Smith. So those might be good choices.
There are also some schools with extremely light requirements, like Vassar and University of Rochester. And there are lot of schools with not-too-onerous distribution requirements.
@TheGreyKing, thanks for trying to steer back on topic!
also, op, i suggest bowdoin, university of rochester, tufts, and, perhaps, case western reserve. 
(i’m attempting to bring the thread back on track! lol)
@kalons, all great suggestions!!
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Unless I missed something, I do not recall the OP asking to be dazzled by statistical brilliance. Normally I wouldn’t mind, but the discussion of percentages has only devolved into debate, which I do mind. Move on please. Several posts deleted, although I am not deleting them all. However, from this point on, please refrain from debating the numbers.
OP has said similar campus feel and edge of city are what OP wants suggestions for. None of those rural LACs, regardless of curriculum or scores, are that.
OP, as I noted in posting #23 “That said, the campus’ are all very different, so not certain how easy it is to match Brown’s academic profile, size, location and open curriculum.” It’s a hard one to replicate - maybe Tufts and Wesleyan are closest in size, and Amherst in openness.
thank you this helps!
How about Georgetown? Harvard?