<p>Hello! I'm a bit lost in this whole college search process and I'd like to have some feedback. I'd love to go to a school that is very prestigious, medium sized, and has a friendly student body. I most definitely don't want to go to a party school or one with lots of drinking. A quiet school, but where students are enthusiastic and there are fun things to do. I'd also like the school to not be religious, conservative, or full of hippies. </p>
<p>I know that's a lot to ask, but is there any school that fits a description like that?</p>
<p>Take the Ivies without Upenn (party) and Cornell (too big). I'd leave out Georgetown too as it is a bit of a party place down in D.C. </p>
<p>UChicago is known to be quite "intense" in its studies but you might like it. If you like Chicago though maybe MIT/Caltech would work too. Maybe Northwestern (I've heard different stories on its social life), Carnegie Mellon, and Rice.</p>
<p>There is a good deal of drinking at N'western, and Greek life is pretty huge, so it might not be the place you're looking for. Its size and reputation, however, seem to fit your description. The students also tend to be quite friendly.</p>
<p>Prestigious
Medium Sized
Friendly Student Body
Not Party School
Not a lot of Drinking
Quiet
Enthusiastic
Not Religious
Not Conservative
Not Hippies</p>
<p>Well, you just ruled out every school. Remove at least one of your rules and then you have a few outs.</p>
<p>Strike the "not conservative" rule, and Notre Dame fits the bill.
Strike the "no hippies" rule, and Brown ain't bad.
Strike the "not a party school" rule, and you should try Duke.
Strike the "medium sized" rule and you should try Cornell.
Strike the "not a lot of drinking" rule and you could look at Yale and Princeton.</p>
<p>Yeah, sorry about that. I think I could go with some drinking and hippies, and a louder campus. </p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions guys. I don't think I'll be able to make it into any Ivies, but I'm kind of looking at the "elite but not Ivy" schools. I'm really looking into U Chicago because I've lived in Chicago nearly all my life and I love it, so it's nice to hear that.</p>
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<p>I call BS on that - I looked at your stats, you could make it at plenty of Ivies. Your SATs are above 2300. Your ECs look a bit weak, but volunteering/teaching assistant can be strong if you play on that well (with the way you present yourself in your essays - make service your "passion") If you want prestige, definitely apply to some Ivies.</p>
<p>I would look at Brown, Cornell, UChicago, Penn, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, and Northwestern. Cornell and UChicago are more intense, Yale and Princeton are the hardest to get into, and Brown probably has the most hippies.</p>
<p>I went to W&M 25 years ago, it was Republican, but not overwhelmingly conservative. I think you would like it. If you want to party you can join a sorority, but there wasn't a lot of partying other than that when I was there. Maybe some people on the forum know the more recent scoop.</p>
<p>Mr. Pink no offense, but I remember just replying a 'looking for colleges' thread of yours. If you're just applying, how much would you know about chances? (Just a harmless friendly question, I'm curious about what background you were coming from giving the OP her Ivies chances.)</p>
<p>Because I'd disagree, sorry. =( Jeanne does have good, very good numbers. So do the 9451748328 other applicants to the Ivies. 345123 will also have amazing EC's. Here's where you fall flat a bit. 3283 will have amazing EC's and ones they are passionate about, and that's what makes all the difference. Your EC's will hurt you unless you can pull the Service Clubs into something awesome. AND you're Asian, which is generally not considered URM.</p>
<p>BUT, I'm not saying don't apply. I'm saying go apply. In fact, I read your first list of colleges, you should have some lower end Ivies than Princeton and Harvard. (And about your mom, pull up a list of stats of people who get admitted and show her, THESE are the people who get in. Even though I look like them, there are nine people rejected JUST LIKE THIS for every one person admitted. That ought to help a bit.) You do have a chance at Ivies, and seeing how random they can be sometimes, what I said in the above paragraph might be total crap. =P</p>
<p>The perception that some of you on these boards have of a "party school" is truly fascinating. I rolled on the floor, literally, laughing when someone mentioned Penn as a "party". That is the most ridiculous comment i've ever seen. One of my friends went on a college visit to Penn and their version of a party was getting together with friends in a dorm room and drinking. I have a friend going there and he refuses to drink. Duke is not a party school, no, they have fun at basketball games but they don't party except for the lacrosse team. Northwestern isn't a party school. My goodness people, these are schools that are known for their ACADEMICS, not their parties. People don't go to these schools because of their party school reputation, rather because of the overall prestige of the school.</p>