<p>i recently visited swarthmore and fell in love with the school. unfortunately, the campus is about twenty minutes away from my house. are there any other colleges in the northeast/midwest/midatlantic regions that are like swarthmore, especailly ones with a strong writing program?</p>
<p>Kenyon, Middlebury, Denison and Grinnell.</p>
<p>Don’t despair… there are a TON of excellent LACs in the area that you mentioned. Some ideas for starting out, just off the top of my head: Vassar College (NY), Amherst College (MA), Middlebury College (VT), Kenyon College (OH), Grinnell College (IA), Hamilton College (NY), Williams College (MA), Wesleyan University (CT), Connecticut College (CT), Bates College (ME), Bowdoin College (ME), Carleton College (MN), Macalester College (MN), Oberlin College (OH), Colby College (ME), Colgate University (NY), Trinity College (CT), and Skidmore College (NY).</p>
<p>Wellesley if you’re a girl</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Smith College is definitely worth considering. Smith has an open curriculum, and is known for academic excellence and small classes. Lots of great writers are Smith alumni, including</p>
<p>Sylvia Plath - poet
Margret Edson Pulitzer Prize
Molly Ivins columnist and author
Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind
Madeline LEngle - A Wrinkle in Time and others
Gloria Steinem magazine founding editor
Betty Friedan
Ruth Ozeki
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Meg Greenfield Pulitzer Prize</p>