<p>What are the colleges that most put importance on the essay during admissions?</p>
<p>And of these, if you are so inclined, which are the most politically/socially liberal, not liberal arts, relatively inexpensive, or any combination of the three? </p>
<p>Thank you...!</p>
<p>Your message is a little vague. Almost all major private universities and colleges cost $50,000+ per annum, with state schools being cheaper, etc. </p>
<p>As for essay reading, generally the more selective the university, the more the admissions panel there will put weight on it. </p>
<p>As for your question about liberal schools, they tend to be concentrated in either the northern part of this country or in the western part.</p>
<p>uchicago .</p>
<p>Yes, but that doesn’t mean all privates cost the same. So obviously there are cheaper ones.</p>
<p>And I meant importance on the essay relative to all other criteria.</p>
<p>I’ve heard Reed College and New College of Florida both put much emphasis on the essay submitted.</p>
<p>Both are very liberal liberal arts colleges. Reed is private and expensive, while NCF is public and relatively inexpensive.</p>
<p>NCF is inexpensive only to Florida residents. It costs over $38K for OOS students.</p>
<p>Google for a school’s Common Data Set and look at section C7; for Application Essay one of these will be checked: Very Important, Important, Considered, Not Considered.</p>
<p>Thanks all, helpful stuff so far. What about down one notch in selectivity?</p>
<p>St. John’s College puts a lot of emphasis on the essay. You have to be hardcore into liberal arts to want to go there.</p>
<p>Down one notch in selectivity compared to what?</p>
<p>Compared to say Reed or U of Chicago. I don’t know how selective NCF is, or if I like it; I’ll check it out.</p>
<p>Wake Forest maybe? you don’t have to submit SAT scores so more emphasis is put on the other parts of the application (they have a supplement thats a little different from most of the other school’s i’ve looked at.)</p>