Help Me Choose!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I just applied to the University of Richmond EDII but its kind of a long shot. These are the other colleges I'm applying to. What's the best school overall on this list?</p>

<p>Rhodes College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Union College
Kalamazoo College
University of Vermont</p>

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<p>I have heard great things about all of them & have known kids who have attended! </p>

<p>UVM has such a nice location in Burlington, too, great college town. </p>

<p>F & M & Rhodes are probably the two most rigorous ones, academically speaking.
Union has a reputation of being “Fratty”. </p>

<p>You have a great list, best of luck in your college search.</p>

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<p>You have some great schools on this list. I’m in NoVA and am very familiar with U. of Richmond --great school, supposedly a strong greek scene, good academics. </p>

<p>I’m only going to write what I know, so there will be blanks by the others in the list:</p>

<p>Rhodes College
Denison University -great option. you’d have similar U of R types of students. Beautiful campus and town (my son just appllied too).
Dickinson College
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Union College
Kalamazoo College–much more of a liberal student body than U. of R–good school
University of Vermont --very liberal too.</p>

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<p>UVM, no football team, most students are from OOS! </p>

<p>You do have some fantastic schools on your list! </p>

<p>Only you can decide where you will make your home for 4 years of your life!</p>

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<p>I visited a couple of your schools with my son. His opinion would be:

  1. Dickinson. Great kids, serious about their studies. Great abroad program. He really started to love Dickinson.
  2. Union. new science building, somewhat of a jock school, which he didn’t want
  3. UVM. Like a city school in the country. Student appeared to take their studies seriously. Nice college town
  4. F&M. My son loved the campus, but thought it had too many jocks. I didn’t agree and would put F&M either 2 or 3 on the list.
  5. Gettysburg. Neither of us liked Gettysburg. Campus was not well taken care of and the students did not seem very interested in their studies </p>

<p>My son is going to Skidmore. Another school he liked not on your list is Hobart.</p>

<p>Hope this helps</p>

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<p>Thank you all! It’s helpful to have a new perspective. I just got admitted into Rhodes, which is great, but I was thumbing through F & M’s course catalogue and I was really impressed. I hope I get in it seems like an incredible school!</p>

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<p>I think Gettysburg is a beautiful school and very well maintained. They have a brand new athletic facility and new gym. The science building is nice and the library is the nicest I have seen.</p>

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<p>What is your major?</p>

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<p>Right now I’m undecided about a major but I’m interested in political science and economics</p>