<p>Oliver, our d's are very similar in their interests including the Spanish and music. Recently I was speaking with a business professor discussing D's interest in languages and possibly combining that with business. He encouraged me to encourage her to carry through with this plan. He also emphasized that women with Ph.Ds in business could "write their own ticket" as he put it if they wanted to teach at the college level. </p>
<p>Great thread by the way! I'll have to look into Maccaluster. I also had the same question regarding safety at Fordham. It's a school she's expressed some interest in learning more about.</p>
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<p>The Sorbonne no longer exists as an individual college. It was absorbed into the University of Paris in the 60s. For some reason it seems to have a big name in the US, despite the fact it is meaningless! This question gets asked all the time. To enrol at a French university (as opposed to a US university in France, or study abroad) you need fluency in French. Complete fluency. Not US high school "fluent".</p>
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<p>I second cupcake. Not only must she be fluent in French, but there is no campus, and unlike the US, it's basically impossible to study music and something else (that's why my D is at Smith). On the other hand, it's virtually free. if you're thinking of Europe, look into colleges in the UK, although tuition is now almost on par with US colleges, or even Spain where there are some great international programs (see "The Spanish Inn").</p>
<p>I second Macalester and Goucher--it now REQUIRES time abroad and I would add Lewis & Clark just outside of Portland, OR. Beautiful campus, very internationally focused. At Goucher and L&C, your D might qualify for some nice merit $$. Macalester gives $5,000 for NMS but they all are probably good on need-based aid if you qualify. A friend's D is at Mac and they were very happy with their FA package. I've heard Lawrence is good on FA, but is Appleton a city? I've never been there, so I'm not saying it isn't, just don't know. These are all really friendly schools, Goucher is probably the most artsy, has a lot of dancers. Beloit or Grinnell or Carleton would be good choices, but they're NOT in or near cities.</p>
<p>Mac has Scottish dancing and free bagpipe lessons. My niece graduated from there and loved it.</p>
<p>Though you said your daughter didn't necessarily want to get a degree in music, I would still suggest looking at Northwestern University. The music school is awesome, and many music students pursue at 5 year double degree (music and college of arts and sciences, or music and engineering). There are so many languages offered and in my experience, they're all fantastic. Northwestern also heavily encourages students to study abroad (junior year, mostly), and is affiliated with hundreds of universities around the world.</p>
<p>Northwestern is located in a beautiful suburb of Chicago, is only about 10 minutes from the city limits and 30-35 minutes from neighborhoods in Chicago one would visit to hang out (Wrigleyville) or do cultural stuff (downtown, navy pier, etc). </p>
<p>Seems like most people are recommending LACs, but if your daughter is open to a medium sized school (<8000 undergrads), definitely check out NU.</p>
<p>Yes Appleton, home of Lawrence University is a city of 70,217 on the Fox River and yes it even has a skyline. The Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah area has a combined population of 350,000.</p>
<p>Oliver 123: whatever you do, don't consider La Sorbonne for your daughter. Unfortunately French universities are very much on the decline. La Sorbonne has a name but little else.</p>