Looking for some recs in the Northeast, not too rural with good liberal arts programs/humanities (not STEM), not tiny. Looking for target schools–have plenty of reaches!
31-32 ACT; 3.75/3.8 (no weighting at our school–so about an A-)
plenty of activities, clubs, sports, music, etc
Thinking UMass, UVM as targets…need some others.
thanks!
Wesleyan!
Bucknell, Ithaca
Ithaca could be good, but very rural right? And Wesleyan does not seem like target but more of a reach, right?
For more info, no budget constraints and could get a 32 if superscore…
thanks!
What do you mean by “not tiny”?
not under 2500 undergrads…so many LACs are out…
Univ of Maine. Delaware.
These schools tend to be strong in humanities: http://flavorwire.com/409437/the-25-most-literary-colleges-in-america/25. If not too rural includes urban, The New School could serve as a match.
Ithaca itself is pretty isolated but it’s a small city, not a tiny town. Cornell is big – 16k undergrad plus grad students and all the supporting faculty, staff, etc. The feel is overall small urban – but there’s no nearby large metro area. Syracuse is biggest close city at about 2 hours, if I recall. Did the drive but it’s been a while.
Bucknell is mid-sized but pretty rural so might not be good option.
If you’re willing to look farther South, Elon or Wake Forest would be good picks. Elon is more of the target. Its town is tiny but you can get to Greensboro and even Hillsborough/Durham pretty within 30 minutes. WF is prolly low reach.
Take a look at Skidmore, I think it is just about 2500 students and I think its a good match depending on ECs. Great arts/theatre program, walking distance to Saratoga Springs, 30 minutes to Albany. UVM is probably an academic safety but still a good choice, really nice college town. Clark University (over 3000 students) for a low match and Holy Cross might be worth a look if Worcester is not an issue for you. UMass is huge, probably 24 or 25K, not sure if that’s too big?
Holy Cross?
SUNY Binghamton and Geneseo. Syracuse U. Temple U. Fairfield U. College of NJ. U of Pitt. UConn. U of Rochester (though this is definitely STEM-centered, lots of STEM schools offer solid humanities offerings). UMD. Penn St.
The challenge? LACs are out (these are strongholds for humanities). Rural is semi-out (many colleges and universities are oasises not often located in large population areas).
Boston U certainly comes to mind for the humanities. BU is in line with his/her stats, but it’s getting quite selective (22% admitted last year). Financial aid is hit-or-miss, if that’s an important concern.
Rutgers has arguably the top philosophy program in the world, and several of its other humanities programs are pretty strong.
I second @Hapworth’s suggestion of the SUNYs. In addition to Binghamton and Geneseo, SUNY Buffalo has good offerings in the humanities, including a very fine classics program.
Villanova and Fordham may be worth a look as well.
Marist.
Brandeis? Fordham?
Providence, Marist. Also Clark…it’s a little small undergrad (just under 2300) but does have grad students as well.
thanks all. Don’t want religious, rural or too small. Any thoughts on
UMass Amherst
Pitt
Ithaca
Wesleyan
URochester
yes, thinking about BU as well.
However, out of ~4873 students who recently graduated from UB, only three had chosen to major in classics.
https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Buffalo&s=all&id=196088#programs
UMBC, though best known for STEM these days, has strong humanities programs.