To the OP, Emory is 30% greek life participation, GW is 25% for women, USC is about 27%. These are not dramatically different than the percentages for Dickinson and Denison.
The first step is to get a handle on financials, in state and at private schools. Build the list in terms of affordability.
OP, take a look at Bates
Have a look at Goucher, Clark U, Skidmore, and Bard.
Conn College and Ithaca are also decent options.
Also, do have another look at Brandeis. It would provide much of what you’re looking for.
Of course cost considerations for the above schools need to be respected, but all are known for either generous merit, need-based, or even ‘institutional’ aid for those students that they hope to attract.
Run those NPC’s.
@goldie17 You appear to be a solid match for UF (good grades, course rigor and ECs, OK SAT). With the low in-state cost of tuition and the possibility of having tuition 100% covered by Bright Futures (if the state legislature and governor get together) it is a financial match also.
You may want to look a little more seriously at UF instead of considering it a backup.
I agree with UF, in fact, you should look into all Florida schools.
NCF seems ideal for you, and it has excellent Environmental Studies (especially in Oceanography). As a FL resident, it would also be very affordable.
I would also say if you are looking at Smith- also look at Mount Holyoke. We are also from FL and D not only had bright futures but Benacquisto and opted to attend Mount Holyoke.
Greek presence at Dickinson isn’t really noticeable and Denison made theirs non-residential which limits their influence.
Seconding Muhlenberg and Bates.
I am liking the Smith and Juniata recommendations.
Have you looked at Kenyon? Everyone associates them with writing. However they have a large nature preserve and have just upgraded environmental studies to a major (previously a concentration.) They are going to need bodies in those classrooms.
http://www.kenyon.edu/academics/departments-programs/environmental-studies/.
Have you looked at schools in the Pacific Northwest. Western Washington University may be a good option for you. Your GPA / Test Scores are good enough to get a decent merit scholarship which may make it affordable. They have both Environmental Science and Art departments and the city of Bellingham, WA is considered very artsy. It’s a really nice area with nice people and the school has no greek system (voted on by students).
URochester or Muhlenberg may be other viable options if affordable.
Is 1380 a bad score? That sounds pretty good to me. Maybe not for Harvard. You might like Brandeis or Boston Univ or Tulane. GL
Only on CC with all its high achievers is 1380 a bad score. in real life, it’s very, very good! The national average SAT score last year was something like 1080. OF course, on this site, you’d forget there are 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States, ha ha.
I didn’t mean to sound like 1380 was a bad score!! It’s just a bit lower than I’d like it to be 
I’m looking into the colleges recommended now! Thank you!
Muhlenberg got recommended a few times. From where I live, with the limited college gossip I hear, it’s supposed to be rich, white, and conservative. Is this true? Obviously any good college will have their share of rich white conservative kids, but I’d rather that not be the dominant presence.
Well, my daughter’s heading off to Muhlenberg this coming fall, and so I’ve done my own due diligence in looking at what she’s getting herself into, and I’d have to say that the college gossip you’ve heard is, I think, partially true. That is:
[ul][]Rich: Yes. The student body at Muhlenberg, when measured in terms of family income (important caveat: not family wealth—I haven’t been able to find such data, and it may not really exist, anyway) is one of the richest in the country.
[]White: Yes. The school is just over 75% white (plus about 8% unlisted, which probably includes a few more white students in there somewhere). Interestingly, though, it’s not an incredibly WASP sort of white—there is a very large Jewish presence, for example, despite the college’s Lutheran affiliation.
[*]Conservative: Hard to tell, really, if only because such labels are fairly slippery. For instance, Muhlenberg seems, by reputation, to be a welcoming community for LGBTQA students—but is that a function of students leaning left, or students being of traditional college age (since that’s a trait that cuts across political preferences at the younger end of the population)? Voting patterns in precincts that would include Muhlenberg students seem to point to a left-leaning tilt to the student body, but that of course only captures those who are registered to vote at their college address and also vote, which isn’t going to get a lot of the student body, I don’t think. The Muhlenberg College Republicans Facebook page has more likes than the Muhlenberg College Democrats page, but neither of them have a lot, and there’s more activity on the Democrats’ site. So, in sum, it probably (as with so many things in college) depends on who you end up hanging out with.[/ul]
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goldie17, I found Muhlenberg to have a mix of students. There were some wealthy kids, but I have seen that at almost all LAC’s. I see more of a mix of various students then at many of the LAC’s we visited. Theater kids, athletes, liberal, conservative, straight and gay all seemed to be represented. One of the interesting things to me was how all the groups seemed to be fine with all of the other groups. A lot of smart students making for an interesting learning community. I wouldn’t overlook it due to limited gossip. Best of luck to you!