Looking for a School

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi! I'm a junior, and I'm having a little trouble finding my "dream school..." Based on the criteria below, do you have any ideas? Here is what I'm looking for:</p>

<p>*Small classes (~20 kids or less) but I don't care about the size of the actual school
*A wide variety of classes, despite the fact that they're almost all fairly small
*Academically rigorous, more intellectual enviroment (anything but HYP is fine)
*Most students live on campus and campus dorms are fairly nice/decent
*Not a frat school
*Preferrably on the east coast, but that doesn't really matter so much
*Stronger English/Psych/Comp Lit departments (= I don't care for sciences)
*Vibrant campus life, although by that I don't mean a serious party school
*Not hippy-ish (not a heavy drug culture)
*I prefer no core and I don't mind requirements, but no requirements are good, too.
*a happy school
*down to earth people
*A warm community
*I don't care about surrounding location, but I'd rather it wasn't in the woods.</p>

<p>I don't know if there's a college with all of that, but whatever you can think of is great! If you mention a college that doesn't have something from my list, can you please let me know? Thank you so much for all your help! :)</p>

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<p>I'd suggest you look at Denison. Not exactly east coast (Ohio) but it certainly meets the rest of your requirements. My son loves it there.</p>

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<p>William & Mary/Davidson/Swarthmore/Chicago/Tufts/Brown/Amherst/Oberlin/Carleton. These would be a good start.</p>

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<p>conn college</p>

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<p>sounds like Brown</p>

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<p>Take a look at University of Rochester. It has most of what you're talking about (although intro courses may be larger).</p>

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<p>Rice comes to mind. No Greek scene, warm and friendly student body, nice dorms/campus, large city, rigorous academics, ability to triple major, etc. Although it's mostly known for the sciences, English is actually the most popular major at Rice. :)</p>

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<p>Wrong coast but maybe you should consider one of the Claremont Colleges (Southern California). Kenyon College is also in Ohio but may be worth a look. I think Amherst and Haverford (both in Consortiums, like the Claremont Consortium) may be of interest as well. </p>

<p>Not to rag on other folks' choices (these are 2 of the top schools on my list) but Davidson does have non-residential fraternities and Carleton is one of the more science-focused LACs. Both these schools have warm communities (and Davidson has warm weather) and fantastic academics though, so don't rule them out.</p>

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<p>Brown is hippy-ish</p>

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<p>What about Vassar?</p>

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<p>Vassar doesn't have comp lit. I'll definitely look into the other choices, though. Thanks so much! :)</p>