<p>People on this website keep recommending Ursinus, but I wonder if it would be a good "fit" for me. I decided to ask the experts. I hope that the experts will be honest. </p>
<p>About me:
Gender: Female
State: Tennessee
Sexual Orientation: Asexual
Parties or drinks: No
Personality type: INTJ (the mastermind)
Religion: Still searching. I've been a Presbyterian, a Catholic, a Wiccan, an atheist, a Gnostic Christian, a Muslim, and a Deist. I love learning about different religions.
Politics: I'm a left-leaning moderate who REALLY doesn't want to go to a conservative school.</p>
<p>About me as a student:
Probability of admission to Ursinus, based on stats and grades: roughly 40%
Prospective major: Psychology
Family income: $40,000 per year</p>
<p>What I'm looking for in a college:
Small size (<3,000 students)
Small classes
A diverse, welcoming, liberal student body
Disability services for my Asperger's
Decent dorms
Engaged professors
Undergraduate research opportunities
Dedication to the liberal arts
A safe campus </p>
<p>Eventual career goal:
I want to have a PhD in psychology that allows me to work with autistic people through research, therapy, or advocacy.</p>
<p>I’ll give you my opinions, but please keep in mind that the are just my opinions, based on what I’ve seen / what my D has told me. Hopefully others will chime in.</p>
<p>Sexual Orientation: Asexual There’s at least one person at Ursinus that describes herself as asexual / non-gendered. D doesn’t really know her, so can’t comment on whether or not that person feels accepted. Parties or drinks: No D rarely (if ever) drinks, but has found a group of like-minded friends and is has a good social life.</p>
<p>*Religion: * Not a big deal at Ursinus. Politics: I’m a left-leaning moderate who REALLY doesn’t want to go to a conservative school. Judging by the last presidential election, the leaft-leaners are the most active group on campus. </p>
<p>What I’m looking for in a college: Small size (<3,000 students) Yes Small classes Yes A diverse ???maybe diverse in thought, but not really diverse in skin color, welcoming Yes, liberal student body mostly Disability services for my Asperger’s Better check directly with Ursinus Decent dorms Mostly Engaged professors Yes Undergraduate research opportunities Yes Dedication to the liberal arts ??..D is a science major A safe campus Yes</p>
<p>Do you live close enough to be able to visit Ursinus? What other schools are you considering?</p>
<p>I think Ursinus would be a pretty good fit. You really should visit it, though. S’s reaction when we got there is that it seemed like it was a suburb in the middle of nowhere. They do seem to be dedicated to the liberal arts, as well as the sciences.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman this year, so here’s my take on your question…you would probably do fine here, but there are a few things I have noticed that you might want to take into consideration.</p>
<p>1)I would say 70-80% of the student body here is from either PA or NJ, and the remaining are from other places within 2 hours from here. As someone who’s from much farther away, I’ve found it to be a bit of a nuisance.</p>
<p>2)Drinking here is huge, and without an easy way to get to the city (without a car, you’d have to take a bus and a train), I couldn’t imagine what I’d do on the weekends.</p>
<p>3)This school is very aspergers/pretty much any mental illness friendly.</p>
<p>4)The classes here are phenomenal. If this is a reach or even in the top bunch of schools you’re looking at, I would go for it.</p>
<p>I can’t answer the Ursinus question but would highly recommend that you check out Clark University, in Worcester near Boston. My D and I toured last spring. Clark is famous for its psychology department, as well as for its 5th-year master’s program (if you maintain a good GPA, I think 3.0, you can stay straight through for FREE master’s degrees. The campus is in a tough town (which didn’t bother my urban girl a bit), with a compact and pretty campus, definitely politically liberal, good, well-rounded liberal arts curriculum, generous with merit aid, and the students looked very happy and engaged.</p>