Most underrated college/university?

Applying to College
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<p>As i am nearing to the days when I will be busy filling out applications and focusing perhaps a little too much on the "name brand" schools out there, I am curious as to which schools you really feel just don't get the credit they deserve and warrant more attention and merit than they get? I am a kid who has had a strong juinor year but a weak beginning to h.s. and this will affect my overall GPA to being in the low to mid 3's however my SAT scores are coming in strong, math/reading about 1400'S. So any ideas of where else I might want to consdider? Thanks!!</p>

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<p>Wooster College and Ohio Wesleyan. Very good schools, somewhat undervalued.</p>

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<p>College that Change Lives Schools:</p>

<p>ctcl.com</p>

<p>Its goal is to let more people know about excellent schools that lack the prestige factor.</p>

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<p>San Jose State, cause thats where I'm headed. :)</p>

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<p>Well, just scanning the list of "Top LAC's here on CC, I'd say, as someone from the northeast... Bates College, Carleton College, Colby College, Colgate University, Davidson College, Grinnell College, Hamilton College, Kenyon College, Macalester College, Trinity College, Vassar College (since I've decided to attend, I've noticed that there's a ton of people who've never heard of it), Washington & Lee University, Whitman College. These aren't unknown schools, persay, but they're one that often get overlooked by those whose first choices are Ivy League schools.</p>

<p>Also, out of the schools I visited which aren't on that one list... Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall College, and Ursinus College are all VERY nice schools. You'd probably get in pretty easily with nice merit scholarships.</p>

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<p>In my opinion, schools in America’s Sunbelt don’t get the attention that they deserve. There are many very good schools around the country and if decent weather has any relevance in where you will spend your four years of college, the following list might be a good starting point.</p>

<p>NORTH CAROLINA
Duke
U North Carolina (18% OOS students)
Wake Forest
Davidson College
Elon</p>

<p>SOUTH CAROLINA
Clemson (35% OOS)
Furman </p>

<p>GEORGIA
Emory
Georgia Tech (31% OOS)
U Georgia (12% OOS)</p>

<p>TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt
Rhodes College
Sewanee (Univ of the South)</p>

<p>FLORIDA
U Florida (7% OOS)
U Miami
Rollins</p>

<p>LOUISIANA
Tulane</p>

<p>TEXAS
Rice
U Texas (5% OOS)
Texas A&M (6% OOS)
Southern Methodist
Baylor
Austin College
Trinity University</p>

<p>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Caltech
USC
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
Harvey Mudd
Scripps
Occidental
UC San Diego (2% OOS)
UC Santa Barbara (5% OOS)</p>

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<p>American University and the University of Scranton</p>

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<p>Harvard.......</p>

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<p>Reed..underrated</p>

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<p>Cooper Union, Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>us news has connecticut college ranked 8-14 places too low...if that means anything about being underrated. (should be 25-30)</p>

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<p>Frankly, I think that every college has at least one professor that makes a huge difference in his or her students lives. I know it sounds clich</p>

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<p>Holy Cross, Davidson, Colby. HC has nice location-1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>Adding two more excellent, underrated schools: Hendrix (Arkansas) and Centre (Kentucky). Don't let their locations fool you ... these are fantastic schools ... but they are small (1100). If small is good for you, you can't go wrong with either of these schools!</p>

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<p>Rhodes is somewhat unknown but its an excellent LAC</p>

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<p>University of Scranton? More like "University of Scrotum." I've heard nothing but horror stories from that place.</p>

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<p>most underrated college IMO is pepperdine in malibu. check it out.</p>

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<p>trizkutt you are the man</p>

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<p>Most Underrated: Pomona. Or "best school you've never heard of"...</p>

<p>Class of 2011 stats: <a href="http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?page=news&article=2412&issue=82%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?page=news&article=2412&issue=82&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>25% valedictorians.
Average SAT 740M, 750R, 740CW (highest, with HMC, of any LAC. Only major universities with higher SATs are HYPM and Cal Tech)
90% in top 10% of class.
15.8% acceptance rate (lowest of any major LAC).</p>

<p>5th highest endowment per student of any school in the country (behind HYP).
Plus SoCal weather and access to LA.</p>

<p>Maybe not a perfect match for the OP, but still most underrated IMHO.
Yeah, I'm biased. My D will be in the class of 2011.</p>

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<p>Univ. of Toronto, Queens COllege in Kingston Ontario, Rutgers College at Rutgers Univ</p>