<p>Please make suggestions re: LACs in or near cities--preferably major east coast metro areas, but in any event not in rural or small town locales. Occidental and Wellesley come to mind.</p>
<p>This for a student who was interested in Carleton and Middlebury before she realized that the country life is not for her!</p>
<p>Thanks to all....</p>
<p>Emerson, Agnes Scott</p>
<p>Vassar, a fairly convenient train ride to NYC, though not exactly daily visiting distance. Poughkeepsie is your basic small city, generally regarded as unexciting.
Trinity in Hartford, CT (not necessarily most appealing city), but again, NYC is accessible for weekend visits.
Wesleyan, about 100 miles from NYC, can visit NYC or Boston on weekends: it is in Middletown, which is more than a small town though less than a major city.
Macalester, not East Coast, but in St. Paul.
Barnard, not quite an LAC, but in NYC.
Bryn Mawr, suburban setting with easy access to Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Swarthmore, Haverford--right outside of Philly.</p>
<p>Bard, Vassar--train ride to NYC</p>
<p>Macalester--St. Paul , MN</p>
<p>Tufts, a uni but not much bigger than an LAC, outside of Boston</p>
<p>Lake Forest near Chicago, Wheaton near Providence and Boston, Trinity in Hartford, Providence College in Providence, Villanova and Haverford near Philadelphia......this is harder than I thought...alot of LAC's really aren't very well located, are they!</p>
<p>Other LACs in urban areas are Barnard (NYC), Macalester (Twin Cities), Reed (Portland, Ore.), Lewis & Clark (Portland, Ore), and Trinity (Hartford). Wellesley is not urban; it's in suburban Boston.</p>
<p>Lake Forest is definitely suburban, too -- in a bucolic suburb 25 miles north of Chicago.</p>
<p>The Claremont schools</p>
<p>Reed College is in Portland Oregon
Evergreen state college a public LAC is in Olympia Washington's capitol
Speaking of Capitol, Willamette is in Oregon's
And I forgot Lewis and Clark which is also in Portland</p>
<p>Carleton is only 40 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and probably 25 minutes to nearest suburb. Not exactly the country life.</p>
<p>hopingtohelp asked for "near cities" as well so the suburban locations work.</p>
<p>So many great suggestions! Thank you all.</p>
<p>This is going to be one of those eye of the beholder things....but I was under the impression that Northfield (where Carleton is) is pretty much a small town, and that there would not be good public transport into Minneapolis. We've never been there, though, so she may want to go check it out, along with Macalester.</p>
<p>I saw Pomona et al during my number one child's college search--while technically an LA suburb, it was my impression the the area was pretty isolated from LA, because of the lack of public transport, miserable traffic and actual distance to Los Angeles. Pomona is my personal favorite of ALL the colleges and universities we have looked at with our kids to date but I'm not sure it fits this child's criteria.</p>
<p>And, unfortunately Chicago is out, since older sib is there at NU--and they don't want to be in the same city. Otherwise I would be pushing hard for a look-see at the Univ. of Chicago, since I think it would suit this kid, even though it's not an LAC.</p>
<p>Hopingtohelp,
Yes, Northfield is a small town but I thought maybe you didn't know how close it was to the Mpls. St. Paul area. There are no trains if that is what you mean by good transportation. I would think the school might have shuttles that run to cultural events, the airport or shopping.</p>
<p>Rhodes - Memphis</p>
<p>Fordham - NYC (Bronx or Lincoln Center)</p>
<p>Carleton has regular shuttle service to downtown Minneapolis, Mall of America, Macalester (in St. Paul), MSP airport on a daily basis. Downtown Minneapolis is 45 minutes without traffic. Northfield wants to preserve small town atmosphere. Urban sprawl is just 10 minutes up the freeway. Cute town - you gotta love anywhere that has diagonal parking downtown (all four blocks), 2 colleges and a Malt-o-Meal factory! As the sign says when you enter Northfield: "Town of Cows, Contentment, and Colleges". Haven't seen the cows though.</p>
<p>Fairfield about 40 minutes from NYC</p>
<p>Villanova, St. Joe's both outside of Philadelphia. 'Nova is a little further up but still very accessible.</p>
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<p>more like 75-80 minutes</p>
<p>hopintohelp, Are you saying kid won't even consider University of Chicago because older sibling is at Northwestern University ?? Would a gentle smack to the head knock some sense into this kid? (Just kidding... but come on!!!)</p>