Liberal Midsized Colleges for Sciences

College Search & Selection
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<p>Must not be too hard to get into for my friend.</p>

<p>1800 SAT( better grades in V+W )
3.5-3.7 UW GPA ( who knows )</p>

<p>But this is his definition of liberal:</p>

<p>"No mandatory Church services"
"Overnight guests of opposite sex allowed without much hassle or complication" </p>

<p>Also mid size for him= (3,000-10,000)
He does not care:</p>

<p>-Students leaning in politics/society
-Teachers leaning in politics/society</p>

<p>Intended major: Undecided science, probably Pre-Dent or Pre-Optometry</p>

<p>You guys are the masters, you never fail to exceed anyones high expectations, mostly lookin for safetys/matches for my friends</p>

<p>Some ECs:
Basketball Team
Boys State Award
Part-Time Work
Hospital Volunteer</p>

<p>Write back A.S.A.P.</p>

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<p>Bowling Green State University</p>

<p>it would be a match or maybe safety for him, my stats were similar (my gpa was a 3.2 thougn) and that's were I'm goin'.</p>

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<p>University of Redlands
Case Western (maybe reach)
Tulane (less selective now)
UMiami (maybe reach)
University of Tulsa
University of Richmond (maybe reach)
Hope College</p>

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<p>Hope is very christian if you didn't know. I was accepted to hope and decided not to attend because of how church oriented the school is (I'm an athiest btw, i was attracted to their english program)</p>

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<p>oops, I didn't realize that. I just knew it was good for science.</p>

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<p>Replace Hope with Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo is VERY strong in the sciences (100% med school placement i believe) and K-College is also liberal and is in a much better area. Kalamazoo would be a reach though.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, seems full of high matches and reaches though - was wondering if you could recommend any safeties? </p>

<p>Bowling Green Stat Enrollment=15k +</p>

<p>Please stick to my 3k-10k criterion as much as possible.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the suggestions, now looking for easier matches and safeties.</p>

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<p>Based on size and selectivity requested; don't know how good they are for pre-med</p>

<p>U of San Fran
Drexel (on the larger side - 11,900)
UNH (also on the larger side)
TCU (requires an "Understanding Religion" class, but not daily chapel or anything like that)
U of Vermont
U of Denver</p>

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<p>Pitzer College
University of La Verne
UC Merced (it's new, rather small at the moment, and eager to recruit students since it didn't meet its freshman objective of one thousand students)</p>

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<p>thanks a lot raindrop, i only fear for my friend that these public schools will be too diffucult to get into out of state?</p>

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<p>I think Vermont and New Hampshire are both states that have aging populations and are losing college-age students. Therefore, I don't think it would be much harder as an out of state applicant. U of San Francisco and Denver are both privates (Catholic... may want to check for religious requirements)</p>

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<p>thanks, would u happen to have any other new england, private, but not religious options, northeast is preferrable, like i said he only wants reign in no church and easy access for overnight guests</p>

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<p>bucknell and lehigh would both be good reaches.</p>

<p>there are also some really good matches (like juniata) that are too small according to your criteria but are great for the sciences. what geographic location are we dealing with here?</p>

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<p>Adelphi U in NY
Hofstra U
Pace U
Skidmore (on the small side)
U of Rhode Island (11,300 students, private, no religious affiliation)</p>

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<p>adelphi/hostra are very lenient about people staying over? good to know.
wiill look into all others</p>

<p>Northeast preferred in terms of geography.</p>

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<p>according to USNews, they aren't affiliated with any religion. at both schools, less than 1/2 of the students live on campus, and i don't think any school can control who comes and goes in off campus housing.</p>

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<p>my gifted teacher used to have a book by petersons that profiled a bunch of schools that are strong in the sciences. its probably 10 years old now, but might be a really great place to look because it contained a huge variety of schools.</p>

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<p>Clark U. in Worcester, MA is EXACTLY what you are looking for.</p>

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<p>bump.....bump</p>

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<p>bump bump bump i wont give up</p>