<p>After going to many of my high school football and volleyball games along with going to see UCLA basketball for as long as I can remember, i've realized that I want a school that has an exciting sports program. A lot of national championships or anything of that manner are not required (the school doesn't even have to be good at all), I just want a school where a good sized crowd shows up to games and are pumped up and excited to be there. I love school spirit, basically.</p>
<p>School size doesn't really matter and geographically i'm open to look into any blue state. I also want a pretty diverse campus... or basically where being brown doesn't make me the odd-man out. Also, a little about me... </p>
<p>Male, California, Hispanic/Latino
GPA W: 3.87, GPA UW: 3.71, Upward Trend
Rank: 25/147, SAT I: CR 700 M 610 W 640 (1950), SAT II: World History 720 Spanish 650</p>
<p>Currently, my school list is composed of: Macalester, Lewis & Clark, DePaul, University of Portland, Seattle University, Grinnell, Wesleyan, University of Chicago, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and San Francisco State. Let me know if any of those schools definately don't fit that criteria and also which ones do.</p>
<p>the schools that fit your criteria as well as are academically good are:
Macalester, Lewis & Clark, DePaul, Seattle, Grinnell, Wesleyan, UC-Santa Cruz, and UCLA</p>
<p>Sports are nonexistent (that is nobody goes to sports events) at the University Of Chicago</p>
<p>Don't really see the "school spirit" thing at a lot of your listings (Chicago???). Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Dartmouth certainly seem to take their sports scenes more seriously. At least in basketball, I'd add Davidson as well, though diversity will not be on the same level here as other options.</p>
<p>Top 20 schools where students pack the stadiums
1. University Of Florida
2. University Of Maryland - College Park
3. University Of Notre Dame
4. Penn State -University Park
5. University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
6. University Of Georgia
7. Clemson University
8. University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor
9. the University Of Texas At Austin
10. Duke University
11. University Of California - Los Angeles
12. West Virginia University
13. Boston College
14. Wabash College
15. Gonzaga University
16. University Of Wisconsin - Madison
17. University Of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
18. University Of Southern California
19. Virginia Tech
20. Indiana University - Bloomington</p>
<p>I think that's the final straw for UChicago, it's off my list. When I visited I got the same impression anyways, my tour guide could only talk about the theater and wasn't sure on what sports they had... ("i'm pretty sure we have a soccer team...")</p>
<p>I did look at Williams and Amherst, but I think those two are completely out of my reach. I'll consider Duke, Gonzaga, and Fordham...</p>
<p>S is at Grinnell and LOVES the sports scene there-because he can be a player and not just a spectator. The phenomenol basketball team draws a crowd and the sports facilities are fabulous, but what's really great is that the teams are all walk-on. Example: he's a recreational swimmer and had never played water polo (let alone competitively) before. Now he's on the team and training hard. He also plays soccer, racketball, tennis, golf. Given a choice between cheering for someone else or being on the team, he'd rather be playing. You know best what you'd prefer.</p>
<p>Davidson College Wildcats
Dartmouth University Big Green
Amherst College Lord Jeffs
Williams College Purple Ephs
Colby College Mules
Knox College Prairie Fire
Illinois Wesleyan University Titans
Washington and Lee University Generals</p>
<p>It sounds like you are a sports fan and appreciate UCLA, etc.
Grinnell is a fine school but please don't look for a sports scene that people pay any attention to. If you are physically awkward and always wanted to play volleyball, for instance, but could never make your high school team, Grinnell is the place for you.</p>
<p>Claremont Schools have rivalries with each other, very school spirited with their sports teams. PP-Pomona and Pitzer and CMS-Claremont/mudd/scripps</p>
<p>To be totally honest almost every school on your list (with the exeption of UCLA) really isn't that into school spirit. You might take a look at Bucknell, Colgate, and Middlebury among the LACs. Also among smaller universities UNC-CH (bigger but awesome), Duke, and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I would also echo Dartmouth, Williams, Colgate, Bucknell as well as Lafayette and Holy Cross too. DePaul used to have a strong basketball tradition, but aside from UCLA none of the other schools on your list really have much of strong sports following to them. </p>
<p>Slipper, I'm surprised you idly stand by without comment whenever anyone mistakenly says Dartmouth University instead of Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>My XC coach who went to Bucknell is really telling me to stay away from the Pennsylvania liberal arts schools (Lehigh, Lafayette, Gettysburg), saying that for me it would be like stepping backwards in time coming from the west coast. </p>
<p>Also, Gonzaga came off a little conservative, but I do know they have a great basketball program. I'll also look into Pitzer. I highly doubt I have a chance at Dartmouth College, Williams, Middlebury, Amherst, or Duke. </p>
<p>So what school fills up the 10th spot? Gah....</p>
<p>Wabash College, they have amazing school spirit and have great rivalries with other schools.....and it gets a great rating by the Princeton Review, check it out, you can't go wrong</p>
<p>I think you have gotten lots of great advice. I especially agree that San Francisco State is not a place to go seeking school spirit. Many students complain that it is a commuter school where people just go to class and go home.</p>
<p>Yeah the advice has been amazing, I want to thank everyone first and foremost!!!</p>
<p>So many possibilities and choices! Eek...</p>
<p>And yeah, while SFSU would probably not fulfill my school spirit requirement, it's the ideal financial back-up and plus i've already been accepted. Go Gators!</p>
<p>Holy Cross is 40 miles west of Boston and there is commuter rail service to Boston and free shuttles from the college to Boston and Providence on weekends. Lots of school spirit for men's basketball. They have made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament a few times in the past few years.</p>