<p>...as an LAC / LAC-feeling school with a campus / location like UPenn???</p>
<p>I LOVED the gothic-y Penn buildings & especially the gritty urban-ness. Things that are too clean annoy me - that's what going to public school will do to you I suppose.</p>
<p>Why didn't anyone think to build a Pomona or an Amherst in NYC?</p>
<p>Well Swarthmore is close to Philly...but it's still removed and pretty clean :)</p>
<p>That's the thing though...people there are still mostly confined to Swat's campus, with it's trimmed grass, etc. I'm like, where are the polluted air and gum-ridden benches??!</p>
<p>OK, not really...but kinda.</p>
<p>Well Barnard is an LAC - any particular reason Barnard didn't excite you?</p>
<p>All women - I could never take it.</p>
<p>And I know it's "sisters" with Columbia or whatev, but trust me, I've tried the all girls thing and it's NOT for me.</p>
<p>haha - so you need some air pollution and men...hmmm...</p>
<p>Yep, basically!! Is that too much to ask? Lol.</p>
<p>The closest one I could think of is Tufts or Brown. Maybe Georgetown or Duke but that is really a stretch.</p>
<p>vassar? i'm not sure how close it is to a city though...haha</p>
<p>brown is ivy, not a LAC. and trust me, duke/durham=nowhere near city feel</p>
<p>As I understand it (going to visit in a few wks though), Vassar is in a small town in upstate NY.</p>
<p>And I see where swish is going w/ Brown, as it has the academic freedom & undergrad focus characteristic of LACs despite being officially "Ivy"</p>
<p>Aura is right though - Duke is not urban, and very Southern & fratty besides...</p>
<p>Ahhh! I wish I could just pick Pomona up (I suppose the rest of the consortium could come too), drag it across the country, and drop it in a real CITY!</p>
<p>Occidental in LA?</p>
<p>Clark in Worcester?</p>
<p>Occidental: Hmmm, I kind of like this as a match / safety-ish school.</p>
<p>Clark: According to PrincetonReview - "Hometown Worcester has other problems; it "isn't the best city to go to school in, despite having eight colleges here. There's very little to do off campus on weekends unless you go to Boston.""</p>
<p>Aside from Barnard, I can't think of LACs in real cities...Boston College?</p>
<p>Anyway you can have an intimate experience at Penn if you live in a dorm with strong community like Kings Court-English House, and see if you can get into Ben Franklin Scholars which will give you more faculty face-time.</p>
<p>Why not the University of Chicago? It has a slightly gothic architecture and it is pretty urban.</p>
<p>University</a> of Chicago - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin</p>
<p>Macalester is another LAC IN a city. I don't know anything about its architecture, but it’s worth checking out.</p>
<p>Trinity- beautiful school and hartford is definitely gritty</p>
