<p>Male, from non-competitive high school in the South.
ACT 31
GPA unweighted 3.8
No sports but good school and community ECs</p>
<p>Wants a LAC or small university, and wants to study international affairs and foreign languages, including Chinese. The Chinese thing is what's making it hard to find a long list of good match schools. The reach schools are:
Middlebury
Carleton
Macalester</p>
<p>Rhodes is on the list too.</p>
<p>At the moment, he is thinking that if he does not go to a top LAC, he wold prefer to stay in the South (hence Rhodes). His reasoning is that the non-top-tier LACs tend to have a lot of in-state students, and he thinks that he would prefer not to be the only (or one of only a few) Southerners at for example a college in Arizona, when everyone else is from Arizona.</p>
<p>What colleges might we be missing? So far Hendrix, Birmingham-Southern, and Guilford have been considered but rejected because they do not offer any classes in Chinese. Also looked at Earlham but again no Chinese. Sewanee does offer some classes in Chinese but it seems much more frat-oriented, conservative and non-diverse than Rhodes.</p>
<p>a male from the south with a 31 ACT would definitely get him a great look at bates, connecticut college, hamilton, and trinity- all offer chinese as a major. conn also has an excellent reputation for international studies and has great connections in asia.</p>
<p>One thing your son should also consider are schools that offer Asian and/or East Asian Studies. It may be hard to find places with a major just in Chinese; however, there are a lot of schools out there that offer the language as a part of their Asian Studies programs. That being said, here are some suggestions of more places to look with majors in Asian Studies/Chinese & International Politics/Studies/Relations... </p>
<p>LACS & SMALL UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE THE SOUTH: Carnegie Mellon University (PA), Tufts University (MA), Bucknell University (PA), Colby College (ME), Vassar College (NY), Lehigh University (PA), Trinity College (CT), Connecticut College (CT), Gettysburg College (PA), Wheaton College (MA), Dickinson College (PA)</p>
<p>SOUTHERN SCHOOLS: Emory University (GA), College of William & Mary (VA), University of Richmond (VA)</p>