<p>I come from a very small, private, community based high school and am currently attending West Chester University in PA. I am looking to transfer for next year because this school is too big and it feels like you are not cared about. What are some small colleges that have a big community feel to them? So far on my list I have Sarah Lawrance, Skidmore, Gettsbery, Mount Holyoke, villanova, ithaca, james madison, marlboro, and colby-sawyer. Thanks you guys!</p>
<p>I would suggest researching liberal arts schools and schools with fewer than 3,000 students or so.</p>
<p>I would guess that you are female seeing as Mt. Holyoke is on your list. You should considered Wellesley College and Smith College (which is very close to Mt. Holyoke). Also, Williams College and Amherst College (not UMass Amherst) are very well known for their tight night community feel and alumni-networks. There’s also Bryn Mawr, Pomona, and Claremont McKenna (both out in California). All of these schools have fantastic reputations and great placement into the top graduate programs in the country.</p>
<p>yes i am a girl haha. I also do not have any sence of colleges, so names don’t really mean anything to me, which is why I am posting here. What do you know about Clark, Bennington, Denison, and Colegate?</p>
<p>Colgate and Denison are fairly well respected, Clark not as much, and I have never even heard of Bennington, but you have to keep your end goal in mind. If you want a great job straight out of college, you are best off at the big name/high ranking Liberal Arts Colleges (Williams, Amherst, Wellesley, Smith, etc.) If you are planning on going to a good grad school, still, the bigger names are better but you are fine at any of the top 30 LAC’s.</p>
<p>University of Scranton :)</p>
<p>What are you interested in studying and what are your stats (SAT scores, HS GPA,)? You list schools of varying selectivity. Also, you say you want a smaller school with a big community feel - JMU has an enrollment of 16,000+, Villanova is 7000+ and Ithaca is 6000+. Will you need fiinancial aid? The sticker price for the private colleges you have listed will be far greater than your current school.</p>
<p>If you’re super smart check out Kenyon College–there’s only 1600 students:)</p>
<p>The only reason I am at West Chester currently is because they have a very good theatre program where I can come out with a solid musical theatre training. they also have an established harp program. Because the school has a BA in Theatre w/ MT concentration, I can Minor in harp. My future plans are to try to make it in New York on the stage, and in between jobs I would play in the pits for the shows with my harp, so a school with a harp program is important.</p>
<p>Here is a website listing of colleges that offer harp : [Colleges</a> and Universities](<a href=“http://www.harpmall.com/colleges_and_universities.htm]Colleges”>http://www.harpmall.com/colleges_and_universities.htm)</p>
<p>You would have to check any that look interesting to you to see if they offer MT.</p>
<p>Oberlin, a LAC in Ohio, has both a “college” and a “conservatory.”</p>
<p>But for Oberlin’s conservatory you’d better be one heck of a harpist!</p>
<p>yeah I am kinda a legit harpist, I mean I wouldn’t get into Juilliard, but i’m pretty good. the thing is I want to minor with harp so thats the difficult part</p>
<p>don’t do villanova. by the end of the year, i couldn’t wait to transfer out of there. only time there’s a community feel is basketball season, or if you have a really small major. if youre looking for the whole small, liberal arts school thing, nova is not a good choice. plus there’s no music major/minor/anything program there (minus a 0 credit, music-camp in august).</p>