<p>I keep trying to find a college that I'm interested in and getting no results. I find so many that are good on paper, but then I find out that partying and dressing preppy and being rich dominates the scene. I'm not into alcohol and I dress mostly in jeans and t-shirts. There are so many colleges that the students say that if you don't party every thursday to sunday campus life gets boring fast. And so many that say if you don't dress a certain way you will by the end of your college career, or will be shunned from the society. Also, not into drugs and not interested in trying. I'm fine with there being a bunch of parties or whatever, but I just don't want it to be necessary wherever I go. I'm fine with there being drugs on scene, just none in your face about it. I don't want there to be a set way to dress or act to be accepted into the community. </p>
<p>I want to stay in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic. Probably majoring in a science, not sure which, though. I really want a medium size school (i.e. 4000-10000). Any colleges you can think of that fit this criteria would be appreciated!</p>
<p>You really have to visit a school and ask current students to get a proper picture of the school’s environment. Almost every school is going to have reviews online giving it a bad rap for a party school, drugs, or whatever. No school has on definite social climate. The admissions are constructed in a way to have a diverse student population. If a school is a party school, it doesn’t mean EVERYONE there wants or even likes to party.</p>
<p>by stats you mean grades? 3.6 GPA, top 3% of a class of 560, I’ve taken all honors courses throughout my highschool career and by the time I graduate I’ll have taken 8 AP classes. I have a 1960 SAT, 1270 verbal and math. I’m not limiting my price range. I dont know what major. and i live in NJ. </p>
<p>I went to a college recently, and I didnt think to ask about the drug and social scene until I got home. I went online and started reading about it and they say they always do drugs. I emailed my tour guide asking her about this and she hasn’t answered me and I asked her four days ago. This didn’t really ensue confidence in me that the rumors i’ve been hearing that it’s a weed and alcohol school are just rumors.</p>
<p>oh and there was no one there when I visited the college so I couldn’t ask anyone. I can’t take off during the school year because it’s so easy to fall behind and the people in all of my classes tend to be a bit cut throat and will not help you unless you beg and plead.</p>
<p>if I were you I would go to a large school because there will be more variety of students and you will be more likely to find people who feel the same as yourself. I would also suggest that you look at urban locations, because there is more to do; at schools in small towns or rural settings, there can be more emphasis on partying because that is all there is to do. In PA, check out Temple and Pitt.</p>
<p>the issue with large schools, for me, is that I prefer and work better in small classes. I’m very likely to get distracted in a big class because to me there’ll feel like less pressure to pay attention.</p>
<p>Not all of these are in the northeast but:
Brigham Young University in Utah
Yeshiva University in New York
Grove City College in Pennsylvania
Maharishi University in Iowa
St. John’s in Annapolis MD or Santa Fe NM
Are you a girl? If so, you could check out women’s colleges: Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley (reach)
Are you a boy? It is a reach, but check out Deep Springs.
Try an honors college at a large public to get small classes within a large university where you are more likely to find non-partiers.
There are substance free dorms at many colleges.
As for the clothes, just wear what you want and don’t worry about it.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Not in the northeast, but look at Oberlin. When we visited, the students were very friendly and laid back about dress. While there is the usual amount of substance use, it seemed like there was less pressure to participate. We sat in on classes, and the profs were terrific. Likewise at the University of Chicago, nobody cares what you wear or whether you use substances, though that’s a big reach with your numbers.</p>
<p>Lots of schools have sub-free housing which generally attracts students who party moderately and generally somewhere else, if at all. They choose sub-free not because they are Puritans, but because they prefer to come home to a clean, quiet dorm.</p>