Help With College List

HI-- Looking for input from those who have been through this process.

DC wants not too big not too small (no, I don’t really know what that means…we are open), mid-atlantic or northeast school, strong in liberal arts/humanities.

GPA will be around 3.8 UW (no weighting), 31-32 ACT, good ECs but not starting non-profits or curing cancers…

Where have your similar kids gotten IN? Just trying to make a reasonable list

thanks

We loved Lafayette. And there’s a little village/city of Easton kids can walk to from campus. Greek life wasn’t overwhelming, but there is spirit with D1 sports. Felt less preprofessional than Richmond.

Not sure if any of these are original recommendations, but:

Wesleyan
Vassar
Smith
Georgetown
Barnard
BC (too preppy?)
W&M (too Greek?)
U of Richmond (too Greek?)
Tufts
Haverford (too small?)
Bryn Mawr (too small?)
Lafayette
Brandeis
BU (too big?)
Wheaton (MA)
Dickinson
Denison
Clark
Syracuse
Ithaca
Loyola (MD)
TCNJ
U of Scranton
Seton Hall
Providence

It is not the easiest thing finding schools that are intellectual, SJW, not too rural, and with a big sports scene and lots of school spirit.

^That’s especially true since, historically, a lot of LACs were founded upon the philosophy that big cities were distractions and antithetical to serious school work. I mean, think about it: of the ten oldest colleges in America, only three (Penn, Brown and Columbia) were founded in actual cities (not sure Cambridge would have qualified as a city in the 17th century. And, Yale was originally founded in the tiny town of Saybrook, Connecticut.)

@circuitrider Not many would be aware but Brown was chartered in Newport RI with a very long name. The college of Rhode Island and providence plantations. The original campus was in Warren Ri. A village on the bay 15 miles from Providence. It was a seafaring village and the Browns (who were just a few of the 36 incorporators) had holdings there. They also donated a bunch of money later on and the rest is history. Here’s the time line.

“The college was founded as Rhode Island College, on the site of the First Baptist Church at the corner of Main and Miller Streets in Warren, Rhode Island.[5] The first commencement was held in Warren in September 1769.[5] The original church building was burned to the ground by British and Hessian soldiers in 1778, and the present First Baptist Church stands on the original site.[5] However, the College had already moved in 1770 to its present location on College Hill in the East Side of Providence. The first building, the College Edifice, was renamed University Hall in 1823”

Seconding Skidmore, Muhlenberg, Dickinson, Ithaca, Brandeis, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY New Paltz.
What about Marist (not religious), Case Western, UVermont (more northern than wished though), UNC Asheville (more Southern than wished but exactly the size, vibe, and ‘spirit’ she’s looking for), St Olaf (more Midwestern than wished for but right size, very musical, LGBTQ friendly, community service/social justice oriented.)
Bryn Mawr is small but integrated with Haverford which doubles its population.

A sample of one. But a young lady and family friend just transferred mid year as a freshman from Marist to BU. She is an incredibly likeable kid and a burgeoning SJW. She said the fit was all wrong for her on that front and felt like a lot of students seemed to go home on the weekends. And definately not a kid prone to exaggeration. But who knows. Just one student. FWIW.