<p>Purdue
U Mich</p>
<p>are the most prominent that come to mind</p>
<p>my list would be:</p>
<p>TOP
University of Pittsburgh
Bard College
St. Johnâs College (NM and SF)
Whitman College
The College of Wooster
Tulane University
University of Rochester
The College of Idaho
Franklin and Marshall College
Occidental College
AND UC Santa Barbara!</p>
<p>^^i think the caliber of students at all of these colleges is really quite high. plus, the acceptance rates arenât that low. i think most good students stand a chance at most, if not all of these.<br>
itâs kind of sad that theyâre not ranked higher, theyâre definitely better than many colleges out there (like lafayette!)
I would highly recommend each and everyone one of these colleges to anyone!</p>
<p>Occidental is getting pretty selective.</p>
<p>All of these have been mentioned before, but I nth them, in roughly descending order of size:</p>
<p>New College of Florida
Earlham College (25% on Pell Grants)
Bard College (makes a good safety with the Instant Decision option)
Hendrix College
St. Johnâs College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
Whitman College
Lawrence University (excellent LAC with nationally known conservatory)
Lewis & Clark College
St. Olafâs College
Rhodes College
Mount Allison University (Canada)
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
Case Western Reserve University
Elon University
Fordham University
Tulane University
University of Pittsburgh (rolling)
University of Michigan (rolling)
Boston University</p>
<p>James Madison University
University of Tulsa</p>
<p>Grinnell College also comes to mind.</p>
<p>To answer Ms. Rubenstoneâs question directly, I would have to say that almost anything on the second page of USNWR National Uni or LAC rankings makes the cut.</p>
<p>Also, many U-Masters and Baccaleurate Uâs in the top 10 of each region make the cut as well.</p>
<p>oh i have one more college to add!</p>
<p>i think berea college is one of the most amazing, inspiring colleges out there. although many students wonât get in because itâs geared towards under-served members of the population and poor college-bound students</p>
<p>SIU (Southern Illinois University)</p>
<p>apparently it has the NUMBER ONE RANKED AUTOS PROGRAM IN THE NATION</p>
<p>this is along with the 90-something percent acceptance rateâŠ</p>
<p>Villanova, Boston Univ., Univ. of Delaware, Penn State</p>
<p>How about some of the Womenâs Colleges? Smith, Mount Holyoke, Agnes Scott, etc.</p>
<p>Rochester
Fordham
Lawrence
DePauw
Brandeis
Kalamazoo</p>
<p>Wow this thread just went down the drain. </p>
<p>New thread idea: Colleges that arenât Well Respected (and are easy to get into that arenât community colleges). </p>
<p>This thread is basically every college minus the Ivy League, top 20, and top LACs. THREAD FAIL.</p>
<p>University of the Pacific (UOP)</p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo isnât that easy to get into, especially if the major is impacted. My husbandâs old roommate was rejected by Cal Poly SLO (architecture) but accepted at Stanford. I know of others nowadays in similar situations. With the CA budget issues, it will only be more difficult of certain majors are impacted.</p>
<p>Have not gone through this entire thread. Has anyone mentioned Marlboro College?</p>
<p>Marlboro has not been mentioned. Marlboro is very highly rated by its students, for academics. Most applicants are accepted, we were told, since it is sort of a self-selecting group.</p>
<p>I would also add Bennington.</p>
<p>I donât think Bard, Bates or Tufts should be on this list, personallyâŠ</p>
<p>For our family, Clark in MA, Goucher and Bennington were top choices inthe northeast for one of our kids who would not get into the more selective schools, but could thrive in a stimulating environment. And UMassâŠ</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for some great suggestions, especially Soozievt who really got the ball rolling with a long list. </p>
<p>While some of the colleges mentioned on this thread strike me as too selective to meet our criteria and others too obscure, overall we are very impressed with the thoughtful submissions. (And, besides, the lines that separate the schools we seek from those we donât are very blurry.) So, again, many thanks.</p>
<p>^ How would you define a school that is âtoo obscureâ ???</p>
<p>What are the criteria?</p>
<p>This thread has taken the same tone as some of the âoverratedâ, or âunderrratedâ threads.</p>
<p>Definition Overrated: My kid (or me) doesnât go, didnât apply, or got rejected from there</p>
<p>Definition Underrated: My kid (or me) goes there, was accepted there, or got some $$ from there⊠:o</p>
<p>I am surprised that no one mentioned some foreign colleges such as University of Toronto, McGill University, University of British Columbia as well as UK universities such as Edinburgh, London School of Economics ( which is fairly hard to get into), St. Andrews, and Exeter and Trinity College and Imperial College in London. All of these schools have INTERNATIONAL reputations and are considered quite good. In fact, with the exception of the London School of Economics, admissions isnât that hard at these school. From what I can tell, a 1300 (M and CR) on SATs and strong APs can get you in. Some schools weigh the APs very strongly. I was told that if you apply to London School of Economics with a number of AP scores of "5,â you should have an easier time getting admitted. Because Americans pay a lot more than UK citizens, admission seems to be a bit easier from US than for native citizens there.</p>
<p>In addition, you should note that for UK universities, you apply to a specific program such as economics, or philosophy etc. You just donât apply to a school and try to figure out what your major should be thereafter. It doesnât work that way there.</p>
<p>In addition, many of these are less expensive ( tuition wise) than many American Universities. However, room and board can be very expensive in London.</p>
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<p>We were looking for colleges with nationalâor even internationalâname recognition. Granted, that can be hard to determine and certainly subjective, but I think that some of the places mentioned fall into the very shadowy side of this gray area.</p>