help me find a large LAC-ish school in midwest!

<p>Okay, Im looking for a school with the following criteria:</p>

<p>-Must be in midwest
-More than 3,000 students but less than 5,000
-preferably urban
-smart and quirky kids are the norm. (its cool to talk about academics!)
-gay-friendly
-I actually have a good shot of getting in.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>-Male- Illinois Resident
-first generation college student
-first generation american</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>CLASS RANK: 25/401</p>

<p>ACT:25</p>

<p>GPA Weighed : 3.91</p>

<p>FRESHMAN YEAR S1/S2 grade</p>

<p>Honors English A/B
Algebra 1 A/A
Honors Biology A/A
Health A/A
Spanish A/B
Honors World History A/A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE YEAR</p>

<p>Newspaper A/B
Zoology A/A
Honors English A/B
Chemistry A/B
Honors Geometry B/D (KILLER)
Spanish B/A</p>

<p>JUNIOR YEAR</p>

<p>Newspaper A/A
Spanish C/C
AP English L&C A/A
AP Us History A/A
AlgebraII B/A
Anatomy/Physiology A/A</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR SCHEDULE</p>

<p>AP English Literature
Ap Bio
Ap Chem
Honors Econ/ Honors Government
AP Statistics
Pre Calc</p>

<p>COURSES TAKEN AT LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Sociology(Summer before sophomore year) -A
Psychology (Summer before junior year)- A
Composition/Creative writing (during junior year) -A
College Algebra -B
Speech (currently taking for senior yr)</p>

<p>ECS-
Newspaper- sophomore, reporter; junior, opinion editor
-Student Council- freshman, secretary;sophomore, member;junior, member
-Key Club- freshman, member
-Cross Country- freshman thru senior, runner
-Job- since sophomore year, in fast food. I work about 20 hrs a week
-Volunteer 1-4 hrs a week at the local hospital's emergency room
-NHS- junior, member; senior, vice president
-GSA- sophomore, member</p>

<p>Can you think of any schools??</p>

<p>grr I meant to post this in "college search and selection"...</p>

<p>bump.. I know there must be some schools that fit my criteria. Anyone, please?</p>

<p>Offhand, I can't think of any that meet all your requirements. I do, however, suggest Macalester. It fits all your criteria except for size. However, there are several other colleges nearby with cross-registration available, so that might mitigate the smaller size. ACT (or SAT) needs to be a bit higher, though.</p>

<p>Case Western? ~5000 undergrad, in cleveland</p>

<p>Oberlin is ~2800 students, but not urban. Would be a reach for you, though, with the ACT score and your D.</p>

<p>Maybe Butler or Drake?</p>