I need help finding a school with the following criteria:

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Rutgers is your answer.</p>

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<li> Founded in 1766.</li>
<li> See <a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/img/college-photo_10352..JPG”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/img/college-photo_10352..JPG&lt;/a&gt; .</li>
<li> In New Jersey.</li>
<li> Lots of good rankings: <a href=“http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/national-rankings”>http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/national-rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
<li> A little more than an hour to New York city by public transportation.</li>
<li> See #4.</li>
<li> Big is fine.</li>
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<p>@ucbalumnus‌ I’ve pretty much ruled Rutgers out. Old is important, but mostly because of environment and campus feel. Rutgers is an entirely different school. It isn’t iconic by any means and its huge. It isn’t just big, its huge. Its frankly not very good either. From my high school, with my credentials it would be a huge surprise to most people. I’ll get off my high horse and tell you another thing. Even if it was a bastion of fantastic education, the environment, size, facilities and spirit aren’t for me. Rule out Rutgers. </p>

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<p>Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>Fordham might be worth a look, too. And while it’s in the midwest and might be a reach, WashU in Saint Louis definitely has a Hogwart’s vibe architecturally. </p>

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<p>Elon - North Carolina, founded 1889 and considered by many to be the most beautiful campus in the US.</p>

<p>You might also consider University of Toronto. If you’re looking for a magical place this could be it. It oozes charm, history, and tradition. The campus was strongly considered as a possible Hogwarts location for the Harry Potter movies, but apparently JK Rowlings insisted on being true to the book’s British roots and filming in England. While the campus has a huge student population of over 60k students, when we toured our guides all said it felt much smaller because of the residential college system used at UT. Toronto is also a beautiful and dynamic city if you don’t want to be too far from civilization. </p>

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<p>Lehigh immediately comes to mind, checks nearly all of your criteria:

  1. Founded in 1865 (close enough?)
  2. Awesome quad around university center on Asa Packer, beautiful architecture.
  3. In PA right next to NJ.
  4. Top 50 National University on US News
  5. Allentown’s right there, about 90 minutes from New York City and Philadelphia.
  6. Named a Little Ivy
  7. For a nationally ranked non-LAC, it’s relatively small (<10,000) if I remember correctly</p>

<p>It also has a killer job placement department, they don’t take your writing scores into account, and a bunch of other good things. Google it, go for a visit if you have time. I went and was immediately blown away. </p>

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<p>It’d also be around a match for you. </p>

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<p>Are you male or female? (if female, that opens up the seven sisters, some of which have the most GORGEOUS old campuses. MHC is particularly Hogwarts-esgue.)</p>

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<p>What about Vassar? Connecticut College? I’ve also heard that Wesleyan has gone test-optional, and so they’re worth applying to, if you feel that your test scores are your weakest attribute. With that, I suspect that Wesleyan’s application pool will expand considerably. I was in high school forty years ago, when Bowdoin was the first highly prestigious school to adopt test-optional admissions. Every kid with disappointing scores in the country applied there, and it had the lowest (or close to it) acceptance rate in the nation for a year or two. </p>

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<p>I agree with William and Mary as a high-match for you just because OOS. university of Pittsburgh as a safety. Super old and in the metro area. Haverford/ Swarthmore/ Brynmawr college (all girls) certainly have the academics and old looking buildings. </p>