<p>Does anyone know any eastern LACs that are less selective than the LAC stereotype of Amherst or Williams? I was thinking more along the lines of 3.3-3.5 GPA and 30 ACT. Personally I have around a 3.5 weighted GPA and a 32 ACT and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks!</p>
<p>ALmost all of them are. You have to stop living in the CC world bubble. Go look at school stats. Your problem with the most selective schools is your GPA. Are you a junior and can raise it? Because most schools will choose a slightly lower score with a higher GPA. BUt with your scores and grades, lots of schools are either matches or good chances. Look for the college and then look at 25-75 score range and percentage of kid with x GPA. You probably don’t want the colleges where over 75% have 4.0.</p>
<p>There is also a thread here on students w/ 3.3-3.6 GPA and where they want to go.My daughter was accepted to Oberlin w/a 3.6.</p>
<p>Holy Cross, Bucknell, Lafayette.</p>
<p>That is a huge range of schools that may be of interest to you. What are you looking for in an LAC? Size, areas of study, urban, suburban, rural, general atmosphere? Give the post some more information besides basic stats and we can be more helpful.</p>
<p>Holy Cross, Bucknell, Lafayette…</p>
<p>Colby, Colgate, Nazareth, Connecticut College, Union, Elmira, St. Anselm, Stonehill, Endicott, Colby-Sawyer, Salve Regina, Wheaton, Assumption, Elms, Trinity, Champlain, St. Michael’s, Drew, Hartwick, Hobart and William Smith, St. Lawrence, Skidmore, Bard, Moravian, Muhlenberg, Ursinus, Elizabethtown, Juniata, Susquehanna University, Lycoming, Dickinson, Messiah…to start.</p>
<p>Tell us more about yourself and we can come up with a more meaningful list.</p>
<p>Sorry for being so vague. I was just asking if they were out there. Well to start, I don’t really care if its rural or urban. I would apply to a couple so after getting accepted I could visit and decide. However, in terms of atmosphere, I’m looking for some really cool architecture, preferably gothic-ish in a pretty setting. I want to major in econ and maybe double major in poli sci too. I also am looking for a student body that studies hard, but also plays hard, and pretty preppy.</p>
<p>I also have 8 ECs and like 30 community service hours. I’m also a senior.</p>
<p>After looking through some, I really like Bucknell, Holy Cross, and Trinity, however, I don’t live on the east coast so I’m not too familiar with many of them. In general, I’m looking for a school that’s still pretty selective but that I can get into.</p>
<p>Sewanee:The University of the South fits all of your criteria.</p>
<p>have you considered Dickinson or Denison?</p>
<p>Kenyon would be a match.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions. I’m looking into all of them. I’m having a little difficulty choosing which ones to apply to though. There is so many to choose from haha.</p>
<p>Any more suggestions???</p>
<p>Villanova has gothic architecture and is in a nice setting. They have a great business school and a great nursing school. I think the econ is good, too. Not sure about poli sci.</p>
<p>[Connecticut</a> College : Academics - Majors and Minors](<a href=“http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors.htm]Connecticut”>http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors.htm)</p>
<p>Check out Connecticut College, it might be a match to your requirements! </p>
<p>You haven’t mentioned Financial Aid! Are your parents willing/able to pay $50,000/year plus all your personal travel expenses etc? Some of these schools we are mentioning are over $50,000 year & of course some may have Merit Aid & some may not!</p>
<p>“You have to stop living in the CC world bubble.”</p>
<p>Ain’t that the truth! LOL!</p>
<p>Slightly off-topic: I wish there were a good alternative to CC, because, helpful as CC may be (and it is), it definitely has (shall we say) a rather strange vibe in places.</p>
<p>My favorite example: The girl who was told her ECs weren’t “passionate” enough (whatever that means!) to get her into Yale. </p>
<p>She’s now at Yale.</p>
<p>LOL! </p>
<p>My rule of thumb: Don’t merely take CC advice with a grain of salt. Use the whole dang salt-shaker.</p>
<p>Would you consider the Southeast? If so, I would suggest looking into UNC Asheville, the UNC system’s public LAC. Older son is seriously considering it. Even for OOS, it is a bargain. And you can’t beat the location! (Well, if you like artsy little cities and gorgeous mountains, that is.)</p>
<p>Furman University in Greenville, SC is another good choice, although the architecture is brick rather than gothic.</p>
<p>I would check out Rhodes and Washington and Lee (great econ and politics although the architecture isn’t gothic).</p>
<p>Your stats would put you in good shape at U. of Richmond. It has a very pretty campus, overlooking a lake. It is preppy. It has a well-regarded business school, within a LAC.</p>
<p>I love Richmond from what I’ve seen of it. I feel like I don’t have very much of a chance though 
Same with Washington & Lee. Honestly, as long as the campus has an older feeling, I think I’d love it. I love the architecture of Richmond. I also like Connecticut College. But here lies my dilemma: I like them all! And I don’t really know how to choose which ones to apply to. Any ideas how I can narrow the list even more?</p>
<p>I’m also not using CC as my be-all-end-all, just merely advice from people that I can take into consideration to make my decision. Also, I’m basically paying everything myself along with scholarships. My parents are willing to cosign loans though. I’m willing to go into debt to get the education I want because it can help my future.</p>
<p>Also look at other sites like Students Review, Princeton Review web sites for anecdotal info on the schools.</p>