<p>Hmmm..I am the complete opposite. I can see myself living around Chicago, where UChicago and Northwestern are, but not in VA/NC (what's there anyway for a big city person like me?). :)</p>
<p>Chicago is so ...... cold.</p>
<p>VA/NC has a lot of small cities, which I like. Another example of what I see as balance</p>
<p>you seem a bit picky, I guess the best options i can give you are, wake forest,duke, UVA, university of richmond,VCU, davidson,or UNC. Actually you seem set on going to a school in the NC/VA area so just pick one, I would love to be of more help but every rebuttal from you has mentioned VA/NC so you seem to have a liking to those to states.</p>
<p>consider James Madison U.; also Lynchburg...and maybe a little further north, consider Towson or Loyola in Baltimore.</p>
<p>Well I'm only able to mention the ones I know about; I wish I knew more schools in other parts of the country. I'm picky, because, well, I feel like its a decision worth being picky over.</p>
<p>To narrow it down a bit, my stats are 3.64 unweighted and 4.47 weighted GPAs and a 1510/2230 SAT score. I'm not really looking for reaches, but I also don't want to be way over-qualified.</p>
<p>I've been looking at Davidson College, but I get nervous when its described as a conservative school. I've pretty much crossed W&L off the list becasue it seems to have taken conservative to levels I didn't know existed (is it really like that?). </p>
<p>I have come to the conclusion that I like relatively smaller schools, although not necessarily LACs. Wake is still pretty high on my list. Goucher seems kinda interesting</p>
<p>I.. don't know what residency you are, but if you apply out of state to UVA with your stats, you've got a low chance of acceptance. Instate would be.. higher chance, but still not as great.</p>
<p>I'm a little surprised at the comments about your stats....GPA is OK, SAT is very good. But you'll need to look at where you stand compared to the median admits at the schools you're interested in. EC's could give a boost, too.</p>
<p>Since you're looking south...continue a little further and look at Emory. Maybe Vanderbilt, too...but might be too conservative. If UVA and UNC are appealing, also look at Maryland. Smaller public universities -- William and Mary (may be harder for out of state than UVA, though), Miami of Ohio, Towson State.</p>
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<p>I like Wake Forest, Duke, UVA, and Chapel Hill.
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<p>Since you're looking south...continue a little further and look at Emory. Maybe Vanderbilt, too...but might be too conservative. If UVA and UNC are appealing, also look at Maryland. Smaller public universities -- William and Mary (may be harder for out of state than UVA, though), Miami of Ohio, Towson State.
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<p>Suprised how? I think W&M would actually be slightly easier to get into OOS than UVA, although both would be very tough.</p>
<p>I'm definitely applying to Duke, UVA, and Wake. I've been looking at Maryland. Do anyone know about Goucher or McDaniel (I think thats the name of it) in Maryland? It seems the really quality LAC are concentrated where its really cold</p>
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I've been reading some of Lauren Pope's books (Looking Beyond the Ivy League, etc.), and she seems to really believe small schools are best for undergraduate education. I agree with that to a certain extent, but I DO NOT want to be isolated from the 'real world', ie. surrounded by college people every waking moment for four years
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<p>It's "Loren", BTW, and Loren is male.</p>
<p>And as for ucsd, I'd skip it (and all UC schools). Out of state you're going to pay $40K/year or more, and little aid is available. You'll have all the disadvantages of a large public (large lecture classes with 200-500 kids, little or no advising, trouble registering for classes you want, impersonal sink-or-swim atmosphere, etc) for a price that could have got you a much more personal experience. And the "small colleges" at ucsd are just the way the U is organized administratively; the classes are just as large as at any other UC. Take a look at what people say about ucsd; it doesn't have much of a college feel since most kids live miles away from campus (although often in Mission Beach or Pacific Beach).</p>
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<p>Sounds good. COuld you offer up a few?</p>
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<p>lol oops. his books provided some insight, but 1) seem pretty outdated; ie. schools have changed names, CMU was listed under 'schools that accept B and C+ students', yeah right 2) contradict themselves 3) pushes the LAC-thing 100%.</p>
<p>Have you visited any of these campuses yet? No doubt that will help narrow and prioritize your list. Each of these campuses have distinct "feels" and variations in emphasis and study body. Having visited all of the NC/VA?MD schools you listed, being a Wake and UMd law grad, having a son who applied to many of the schools you listed intending to major in bio and is headed to W&L on an academic scholarship next fall, I encourage you to recognize that you don't have to know exactly where you want to go right now. Use the process to learn more about each school for yourself. What we learned during those months gave us the info we needed to choose. And there were many surprises along the way. </p>
<p>So just deciding on a list to visit (not necessarily apply) at this point seems like the best next step. Certainly, Wake, Duke, UNC, UVa, Davidson, W&L, W&M, Richmond, and Vanderbilt are all cross-admit schools for good reasons. Start planning your trip(s) now! Go now and go back to the ones you like most for an on-campus stay during classes.</p>