<p>Anyone have any info/advice on public LACs like Truman State, UMinn-Morris, UNC-Asheville, and the like?</p>
<p>Stockton college is great in NJ</p>
<p>Really? I've never heard of it; I definitely look into it.
Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>Look at St. Mary's of Maryland, New College of Florida, and The College of New Jersey.</p>
<p>I have looked at New Colleg quite closely. It seems to be an absolute utopia by my standards. But it's also pricey, esp. for out-of-staters like myself, and I'm only eligble for one pretty small merit scholarship there. </p>
<p>But i'm not totally ruling it out.</p>
<p>Hi, im gonna be a freshman at st. marys next year. If you want any info or anything go ahead and email me at <a href="mailto:scbirnbaum@smcm.edu">scbirnbaum@smcm.edu</a></p>
<p>If your interested in the northwest, check out The Evergreen State College. Very interesting and very different school. All students I have talked to about it love it.</p>
<p>edit: If you're...</p>
<p>UNC-Asheville is a wonderful public LAC. It's situated in a great part of the mountains of NC, and it has great programs in the arts (especially music), anthropology, and the natural sciences (especially biology).</p>
<p>thanks for all the advice from everyone. I"ll look at all of those.</p>
<p>U of M-Morris is quite good. I am applying there as one of my safeties. It's in a sort of desolate place, but it seems to be a great little public LAC. Also, they don't charge out of state tuition, and their comprehensive fee is somewhere around $14,000-$15,000 per year.</p>
<p>just go to Williams, its a safety school but ranked 1 on USNEWS.</p>
<p>NCF's sticker price is right around $20k a year for out-of-state students, which is pretty low for a good public LAC. It also meets over 90% of determined aid.</p>
<p>Of course, you have to keep in mind that public schools almost invariably give less financial aid, especially grants/scholarships, than private schools do, so private LACs often end up being much cheaper than public ones. You can't just look at sticker price and assume that's what you're going to pay, because it's almost certainly not.</p>
<p>NCF is perfect for me in so many ways. It just needs to stop being in Florida. :p</p>
<p>Oh, and if you want New England, Eastern Connecticut State is the top ranked public LAC here. I'm local, and I love it. MCLA, Bridgewater State, and Fitchburg State are also worth looking at.</p>
<p>Is new college good for economics or the hard sciences?</p>
<p>uhhh Harvard2400 since when was Williams a safety school?</p>
<p>well, i suppose if you discovered the cure to AIDs...although even I [shocked gasp] have yet to do that ;P.</p>
<p>Fitchburg and Bridgewater are far from liberal arts colleges, the only one we have is MCLA, the next closest is Westfield State, the sole other state college in MA designed to be a residential focused community, the rest are your general pre-professional schools with core cirriculum in libera arts & sciences.</p>
<p>MY advice, don't look at Massachusetts for public schools, look at SUNY Geneseo.</p>
<p>and since when is Williams a public school? No one's mentionned William and Mary......</p>
<p>What is the OOS %age at UNC-Asheville? Are OOS admits capped like Chapel Hill, or do OOS students have significantly higher admit standards?</p>
<p>UNC-A has about 20% out-of-staters. I'm not sure if the number is capped, though. However, I'd think that, like most out-of-state public schools, you'd need to meet higher standards.</p>
<p>Also, I forgot to mention the honors program at UNC-A. It's fairly highly regarded in NC; I'm not sure about elsewhere. My IB history teacher went through the honors program there and said it was wonderful. :)</p>