<p>What are some good private LACs that are within access of NYC (2 hours or less) for a high-achieving student who may be slightly out of reach of top-notch schools like Amherst or Williams?</p>
<p>New School, Barnard, Vassar, Bard, Sarah Lawrence... probably a few others</p>
<p>Drew University + Trinity, Wesleyan, Conn. College not much futher.</p>
<p>Here's everything USNEWS returned for private colleges and universities under 5,000 undergrads within 120 miles of Manhatten. Some of them are universities. Others are LACs, but this will give you a starting point.</p>
<p>Adelphi University (NY)
Albertus Magnus College (CT)
American International College (MA)
Arcadia University (PA)
Bard College (NY)
Barnard College (NY)
Bay Path College (MA)
Bloomfield College (NJ)
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church (PA)
Bryn Mawr College (PA)
Cabrini College (PA)
Caldwell College (NJ)
Cedar Crest College (PA)
Centenary College (NJ)
Chestnut Hill College (PA)
College of Mount St. Vincent (NY)
College of St. Elizabeth (NJ)
Concordia College (NY)
Cooper Union (NY)
Culinary Institute of America (NY)
Delaware Valley College (PA)
DeSales University (PA)
Dominican College of Blauvelt (NY)
Dowling College (NY)
Drew University (NJ)
Eastern University (PA)
Felician College (NJ)
Georgian Court University (NJ)
Gwynedd-Mercy College (PA)
Haverford College (PA)
Holy Apostles College and Seminary (CT)
Holy Family University (PA)
Immaculata University (PA)
Iona College (NY)
Juilliard School (NY)
King's College (NY)
La Salle University (PA)
Lafayette College (PA)
Lehigh University (PA)
Manhattan College (NY)
Manhattan School of Music (NY)
Manhattanville College (NY)
Marist College (NY)
Marymount Manhattan College (NY)
Molloy College (NY)
Monmouth University (NJ)
Moore College of Art and Design (PA)
Moravian College (PA)
Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Mount St. Mary College (NY)
Muhlenberg College (PA)
Neumann College (PA)
New York School of Interior Design (NY)
Nyack College (NY)
Parsons School of Design (NY)
Peirce College (PA)
Philadelphia Biblical University (PA)
Philadelphia University (PA)
Polytechnic University (NY)
Pratt Institute (NY)
Princeton University (NJ)
Rider University (NJ)
Rosemont College (PA)
Sarah Lawrence College (NY)
Simon's Rock College of Bard (MA)
Smith College (MA)
Springfield College (MA)
St. Francis College (NY)
St. Joseph College (CT)
St. Joseph's College New York--Brooklyn (NY)
St. Peter's College (NJ)
St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY)
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
Swarthmore College (PA)
Trinity College (CT)
University of Bridgeport (CT)
University of New Haven (CT)
University of the Arts (PA)
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (PA)
Ursinus College (PA)
Vassar College (NY)
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (NY)
Wagner College (NY)
Webb Institute (NY)
Wesleyan University (CT)
Western New England College (MA)
Widener University (PA)
Yeshiva University (NY)</p>
<p>It would be worth taking a day trip down to Phila on the train and checking out Bryn Mawr and Haverford. Cruise up to Connecticut and check out Wesleyan, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, etc.</p>
<p>You could probably check out Vassar and Bard in a day trip.</p>
<p>The only one i can think of IN NYC is barnard, but most northeastern LACs are fairly close to NYC or Boston so im sure youll have access to the city in one way or another</p>