Help a Junior Find a Small School

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello everyone!</p>

<p>I'm looking for a fairly small school on the west coast with strong programs in english, psychology, and the arts (like dance and photography). I live in California, but I'm also looking in Nevada, Arizona, & Oregon. Other than that I don't have too many other specifics. I'm not concerned about admissions standards because I have a 4.3 GPA, although I'm not interested in an Ivy Leagues, so please don't suggest Stanford haha!</p>

<p>Help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Stanford isn’t an Ivy, lol.</p>

<p>But with that GPA you should have a lot of choices. Try the Claremont Colleges Consortium…more specifically Pomona (I really want to go there.) They have a strong English program I believe. Loyola Marymount is a big larger with a strong Psycho program. But besides that you’re not going to find a lot of small schools in CA or the other states you provided.</p>

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<p>Pomona (CA)
Claremont McKenna (CA)
Pitzer (CA)
Occidental (CA)
Whitman (WA)
Reed (OR)</p>

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<p>Thanks for all your suggestions. I’m kind of looking for a “hidden gem” type of school. I’m fine with state schools or schools that are a little less known, and preferably not religious.
Anyone have any comments on Mills College?</p>

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<p>Occidental has been called those exact words by many, ha.</p>

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<p>There’s not much in Nevada besides UNR and UNLV, both of which are pretty large. However, there is a small LAC up in Tahoe called Sierra Nevada College.</p>

<p>[Sierra</a> Nevada College](<a href=“http://www.sierranevada.edu/home.php]Sierra”>http://www.sierranevada.edu/home.php)</p>

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<p>I highly recommend Whitman College</p>

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<p>Mills is an all girls schools…-if that is your thing Scripps is a far better choice!</p>

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<p>Any suggestions of good smaller schools in Northern California?</p>

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<p>Like I said, the Claremont Consortium is your best bet for a small LAC-ish school in CA.</p>

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<p>St Marys College? A gem!</p>

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<p>Northern California… well, Mills is supposed to be good. It is a girls’ school.</p>

<p>University of San Francisco, perhaps? Though it is religiously affiliated.</p>

<p>Sonoma State University is public, medium-sized, and in Northern California. I don’t know anything about it other than that.</p>

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<p>Evergreen?</p>

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<p>The two that come to mind besides Claremont Colleges are Reed and Evergreen.</p>

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<p>I do really like Sonoma State, and my family is in love with it, but I also want to have some other options.</p>

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<p>I second whoever suggested Whitman.</p>

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<p>My dd was looking into a small, liberal arts college on the west coast also (she’s a senior this year). The ones she ended up visiting were:</p>

<p>Reed
Lewis & Clark
Evergreen
University of Puget Sound
Occidental</p>

<p>She ended up applying to L&C, Evergreen UPS and Eckerd (in St. Petersburg, FL). She was accepted to all of them. She is going to attend Eckerd.</p>

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<p>Is WA okay? if so, Whitworth tends to be overlooked and it matches your criteria.</p>

<p>Otherwise, St. Mary’s in CA is a hidden gem that you should look into.</p>