<p>I would not call Bates preppy, not at all. (My non-preppy S was there for his Katrina fall semester). Agree that he should look for "easier to get into schools", but perhaps not only for those.</p>
<p>Since my S had to transfer due to Tulane's phase-out of his major post-Katrina, he decided to do the full spectrum of reach-match-safety schools for transfer, just as one would do for freshman year.</p>
<p>Like MotherofTwo, I think my S got into a more selective school after great performance in Freshman year, than he might have gotten into as a freshman applicant, so don't rule out a great fit school for him which might seem more selective than his current school.</p>
<p>I think that both Villanova and Holy Cross will have a strong presence of liberal minded students.</p>
<p>When you look at transfer acceptance rates (that, and the standard freshman class stat profiles are good ways to guess at his chances, imo), consider the boost he will have as a male in several schools. I know that a previous poster suggested you look at male transfer acceptances, but you may not always be able to find those.</p>
<p>thanks jmmom. We're looking at Brandeis, Goucher, Skidmore. I was under the impression that Trinity was more preppy-oriented. Not true? </p>
<p>And he's doing the reach-match-safety again as well.</p>
<p>Than you for your support. This transferring is really stressing me out, considering that all the time we took trying to find the right school the first time was a total bust.</p>
<p>When my D transfered to Wes five years ago, the acceptance rate was about 25%, so I doubt that it's now 41. OTOH, they do takes lots of transfers, so they're friendly that way. But it's probably still more select than the OP is looking for. I thnk Bard would fit your criteria exactly. Very liberal minded, somewhat easier to get into, East Coast. I've heard similar about Skidmore and Goucher, not so sure about Brandeis. Oberlin would be great, too, not so far from the East, and maybe a little easier to get into than Wes, but not much. They also take a lot of transfers. Conn College seems to be preppy in an arty kind of way, if tht makes sense. Clark seems similar. I don't know much about the Catholic Colleges you mention.</p>
<p>Well, I just go with what Collegeboard gives me, and I'm guessin they got their info from Wesleyan or else the university wouldn't let them post it:</p>
<p>Transfer Students
Total number of transfer students who applied: 311
Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 126 </p>
<p>I thought it was strangely high as well, but I spoke with an admissions counselor and they told me that the transfer rate given is indeed correct. Good for me and anyone else applying :)</p>
<p>Wow, I have a breakthrough here. lake Washington knows the obscure. Thank you for Guilford and St. Mary's - they look like real possibilities for him. Skidmore is also one of his favorites, along with Vassar. I think you've provided some safeties -or good matches, who knows- for him. I really appreciate this, thank you.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about Roger williams college in RI? </p>
<p>Just to let you know, his sat's were 1250, 3.5 gpa, is now working harder and making the dean's list at a school with an 87 on the selectivity rating.</p>
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Oh, tutu, don't I know it. Ask any of the regular cc'ers how close to meltdown the transfer process put me :D. </p>
<p>Onto more serious questions: re Roger Williams, I think his stats are very strong for that school. Many students from our hs apply and go there; it is often a choice for the B student at our school, with lesser SATs than your S. I don't happen to know how many transfers they take. Another poster has taken me up on my offer to answer several more questions in detail re Roger Williams and I haven't yet had the time to consult the "in-the-know" parents around here, but I am going to and will post.</p>
<p>Re "preppy" schools - I have to say I haven't visited one, but I have visited many with that label sometimes posted on them (Trinity and Lehigh being among them) and neither I, nor DH nor DS found them to be that way. DS would have run in the opposite direction from a preppy school. I am left thinking maybe some of the southern schools labelled preppy are appropriately so labelled, but maybe that's because I haven't visited them. Or maybe we are preppies and don't know it?</p>
<p>Really, I think the labels are too easily attached and I, for one, would not go by them.</p>
<p>Please ignore that. I just gave a lengthy reply to your post, jmmom, and it was lost forever because this website said I wasn't logged in.</p>
<p>OK - I agree with you on the label thing. Preppy has totally lost the original slang meaning that it so rightfully deserved. So let's just say he'd like to eliminate schools with a large Greek population. </p>
<p>Secondly, I'm not needing any help on academic matches because it's easy to look those statistics up on a multitude of websites. He'd like to get into a better school than the one he's in because he's performing better in college than in high school where he was a low A student with 1250 sats. I'm looking for schools with an overall more laid-back student budy. We know the obvious ones but need to find some that are not as well-known. I got some good advice before on St. Mary's and Guilford. I was curious about Roger Williams as a social fit.</p>
<p>Phew. Do you do this out of the goodness of your heart?</p>
<p>Wow. ROger Williams has a rating of 78 and my son's current school has an 87. How did I miss that? Thank you everyone for all the help. Special thanks to LakeWashington for getting those last few lesser-known schools. This is a great website!</p>
<p>tutus, if you don't mind a departure from your original question, I am curious as to how your son ended up at a school he doesn't like. I'm helping my daughter, a senior in high school, find a good fit. Of course it's not easy, and I think the social fit is particularly hard to peg. So if you have any words of wisdom, many of us would appreciate it if you could pass them along! Was there something you/he should have done but didn't? Were there any "warning signs" you/he ignored? Did he do an overnight?</p>
<p>I also wanted to add that several of the LACs mentioned are hungry for males, and your son might experience a boost because of that. I'm thinking Vassar and (probably) Skidmore in particular.</p>
<p>Titus, my son is a freshman at Clark U. in Mass. There are no frats and the campus culture is predominately liberal. It also has a highly regarded program in International Relations. Not sure why a couple here think it is preppy, but I think they must be thinking of someplace else. It is pretty diverse, but I would say more hippie than preppy if I had to categorize. </p>
<p>My son also considered Goucher and liked it a lot. The students were the friendliest of any campus, liberal, and as I recall, no frats. A new study abroad requirement seemed to boost their applications this year and they had a high yield, but still probably looking to increase the number of males. </p>
<p>Based on your search criteria and from what I know, I would second those who suggested Bates, Skidmore, Vassar, Brandeis, Hampshire. </p>