<p>no i'm not cocky with the title just a biiiiiig anchorman fan.
but i need your help with schools!
i want:
-pretty campus with grassy quads, nice buildings, etc. don't know why but it's important to me.
-in a suburb, preferably. big cities can be overwhelming/sketchy and middle-of-nowhere farmville isn't too appealing.
-strong international relations, economics, poli sci; basically, strong social sciences
-good grad school placement
-intellectual atmosphere/ not too preprofessional
-friendly, welcoming student body
-liberal campus with political awareness and activism. not too edgy though bc i'm not one for dreadlocks, tattoos, etc. But i also don't like the vanderbilt/ SMU fake blonde preppiness.
-small classes. however, i know it is inevitable for some intro classes to be large.
-residential campus. i want most people to live on campus so that, on the weekend, there are lots of diff things to do... like on-campus parties, concerts, i think you get the gist. </p>
<p>yall aren't my college counselors so i'm not asking you to evaluate my chances, but give me schools that, despite the selectivity, match what I want. in other words, send me everything from harvard (even though i did NOT like it) to who knows what else. </p>
<p>examples of schools i liked so far: pomona and swarthmore. if you know much about them, do they sound like fits? more suggestions?
thanks!</p>
<p>I visited Tufts and liked it. I'm not very interested in Tulane because I'm from Texas and am tired of the South. Tulane seems very Southern. But, from what I've heard (and correct me if I'm wrong), Emory isn't very Southern so i'm semi-interested. thanks for the reply!</p>
<p>If you liked Pomona and Swarthmore and you sound like me, then you'd probably should look into:</p>
<p>Emory University: Good political science program, excellent in business and economics, it's a suburb campus to Atlanta</p>
<p>Amherst College: There are few things that this school isn't good at, bu they are superb in social sciences, classes are small and professor are refreshing and lively. This isn't your standard political science department, especially with the Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought major, you are getting the best. They do offer an International Relations Certificate throught the Five College program aswell.
But the othe CCers will probably give you lots of reaches so I'll help you with matches:</p>
<p>Colby College - If you can get past it's location, you'll find one of the most open and spirited LAC, who work hard & play hard, and excel in International Studies and Economics.</p>
<p>Dickinson College - Another gem in the same vane as Colby, all of the subjects here have a globalzed perspect as there strengths are international relations and international business.</p>
<p>Oberlin College
American University
Macalester College
Bucknell University</p>
<p>welllll Duke seemed pretty sweet when i visited. I went to the hotel information session when Duke came to town and the admissions lady said that, for texas, the admit rate to Duke is 7%. that's gnarly. kinda gave up when i heard that.</p>
<p>yeah and i liked it a lot too. in my eyes, pomona was pretty much perfect but claremont mckenna was really nice too and seemed to be amazing in the subjects that i like.</p>
<p>I loved the campus.................well mostly the part where it's in SoCal and it has great weather all the time. I'd take an average campus in SoCal over an above average campus in Pennsylvania or Massachusetts any day!</p>