<p>Hi. So I am in love with the city of Boston and really want to apply to at least one college in the city, but I'm not really sure where to start looking. My SAT score is 2050, my GPA is 97.31/100, and I have 7 AP exams with a 4 or 5. I'm considering studying History and Anthropology with a focus in archaeology or maybe International business with a foreign language. I like smaller, urban schools, with most class sizes not going over 40 students. The college cannot be religious either.</p>
<p>Any suggestions at what schools I should look at?</p>
<p>Tufts is right by Boston, Boston College is also near it. If you want to be in Boston then BU and NEU come to mind. Maybe even Harvard if you can get SAT up</p>
<p>I used google and in two seconds I found a list of schools in the Boston metropolitan area to look at. <a href=“List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_metropolitan_Boston</a> I’d get my hands on a good college guide book (I like Fiske and Princeton Review but there are many out there) and go on the websites of schools that interest you and do some research. You also need to decide if you want to be in Boston proper or if the outlying areas would also work. Choices are limited in Boston itself (Northeastern?) but in the suburbs might look into Tufts, Wellesley and Brandeis. Boston is a great college town but if you stick to that one city your choices will be limited…</p>
<p>Tufts or Wellesley. BC has peaceful looking Jesuits walking around but is a BEAUTIFUL campus and many of the students do not act very religious. They have an excellent business school–apply directly to it as it’s harder to get in later. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m taking the ACT next month so I can avoid SAT subject tests. I’m also in the top 10% of my class. Do you think I would have a shot at getting into BU or Wellesley with my current stats and good writing supplements? </p>
<p>The Catholic schools I have been around aren’t particularly religious. There probably are requirements to take a couple religion and philosophy classes.</p>
<p>BC – an EXCELLENT undergraduate school, usually ranked among the top thity-five national universities – may be Catholic, but what is your point? Does that mean the OP should not attend, or that one can be accepted only if one is Catholic (absurd), or that their educational programs are somehow less (or more) desirable, or that their curricula are religiously biased, and so forth? Again, what is your point? </p>
<p>@GingeroftheWeb: Metropolitan Boston is a wonderful undergraduate venue, you have received many of excellent suggestions, to which I would add Wheaton College in Norton (not to suggest it is preferable to other recommendations, but it is likely worthy of your consideration). </p>
<p>@TopTier - Some students, myself included, have been around a heavily religious environment previously and have determined it’s not right for them. I don’t understand why you feel the need to get so defensive in all of your posts. I for one know for a fact that going to a Catholic college would be the biggest mistake of my life. The OP said that she doesn’t want to go to a religious college/university, end of discussion.</p>
<p>The homogeneous student body is one turn off about going to a Catholic school, as well as having a stricter core curriculum (in general) as well as being taught by Jesuit/Augustinian/Dominican/Marianist brothers/priests in some classes. I see nothing wrong with requesting schools with no religious overtones, especially considering how it can be overbearing dealing with a population that’s very different from one’s own beliefs and feeling a bit isolated. I’ve gone through it in high school and I definitely would not recommend it to anyone else who does not strongly identify with the religion of the school he or she is attending.</p>
<p>Negative. Brandeis is and has always been non-sectarian. </p>
<p>It was created by Jews looking for a college that wouldn’t discriminate against them when the ivys had Jewish quotas. It was never affiliated with Jewish religious organization. </p>
<p>It has historically attracted a large Jewish population, and as you might expect, has a strong near eastern and Judaic studies department, but Jews are in the minority at Brandeis. </p>