PLEASE give some suggestions (liberal colleges only!)

<p>I'm applying to 4 schools so far, two of the are "safeties" that I don't really want to go to. I also applied to Pitt and Vermont. I'm looking for some more colleges, preferably very liberal schools. Unfortunately most of these are LACs which I will have some trouble getting into. My stats are as follows:</p>

<p>560 R
530 M
590 W</p>

<p>3.2ish @ a top ranked private high "school of excellence"</p>

<p>4 yrs varsity sport
3 yrs ski club
1 yr student forum
some volunteer
3 yrs work experience</p>

<p>good recs
awesome essay</p>

<p>so where else should I apply?</p>

<p>what do you want to study?</p>

<p>Politcal Science/English/History</p>

<p>Area of the country? Urban/rural/suburban?</p>

<p>Doesn't matter. Preferably not completely rural if there's not much to do on campus.</p>

<p>You might have trouble at LACs, yes. But you could consider planning a transfer for later.</p>

<p>What about Hampshire? It's quite liberal.</p>

<p>Well...
Clarkson Univ. in NY is good and easy to get into
the University of Maine is also easy
Arcadia Univ. if you're really into studying abroad, they have a great program
Augustana college
DePaul Univ. is amazing, it's very liberal and in Chicago
Suffolk University in Boston
Rutgers
Syracuse Univ.
the CUNY colleges and SUNY colleges are pretty liberal and affordable and in a great lcoation</p>

<p>I'm kinda in your same position, I'm looking for good liberal arts schools that are not really hard to get into</p>

<p>I think I'm definitely going to check out depaul, thanks.</p>

<p>I really liked Vermont when I went to visit, any fairly easy new england schools?</p>

<p>Fairly easy isn't quantifiable.
If you mean fairly easy as in under 1800 but higher than 1650 (Ruggs states this), what about Northeastern?</p>

<p>See, this is what I don't get. Statistically I think I'd have a shot at a school like Northeastern. However the acceptence rate is like 30%, so is it worth applying or should I save the money? Another thing, if you're going to pay 40 grand a year for college doesn't it make more sense to go somewhere where there is more individualized attention per student or does that vary from school to school?</p>

<p>suffolk is in new england and fairly easy to get into</p>

<p>some others in NE are:
university of new haven
univ. of maine
merrimack college, small, liberal, in mass.
western new england college
new england college
univ. of new england
springfield college, its nice
univ. of hartford
clark university <---------- very liberal in mass.</p>

<p>Thanks again, lavitabassa I'm checking them out right now. Ahhh this process is so exhausting.</p>

<p>no prob. I'd say your best match is DePaul Univ... I've only heard good comments about it, and you can't beat it's location.</p>

<p>Yeah, Depaul seems pretty cool. I was surprised when I saw it was labeled a Roman Catholic university.. let's see, I also checked out some of the CUNY and SUNY schools in the past, but the ones I could get into seemed kind of commuter-ish.</p>

<p>Yeah.. well DePaul is Catholic but you cant even tell, there's so much diversity in the school and so many students. I would say only like 45% of the school is actually catholic. the CUNY/SUNY schools are a little commuter, city college is great and right in the city.. it's a little tough to get into but not impossible, it has housing so students stay. SUNY Albany is a great school, not very liberal though... SUNY Potsdam is liberal, but really up north.</p>

<p>DePaul is a good one. The academics are strong and Chicago is a great city to go to college in (it has all the benefits of East coast cities, such as NYC or Boston, but is also more affordable).</p>

<p>How about Ithaca College? Ithaca is an adorable little city, and very liberal.</p>

<p>I applied to Ithaca. I don't know if I'll get in though...</p>

<p>Goucher in MD?</p>