Recommend a college for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for a college that meets a few criteria. These aren't in order of importance, but are all at least somewhat important to me. </p>

<p>Urban location
Diverse student body (people from around the country)
Gender distribution with either slightly female majority or 50/50
Well respected but not so much that merit aid will be impossible
Majority of students living on campus (even just over 50% is fine)</p>

<p>One school that seems to meet these requirements at least roughly is Northeastern. Boston just so happens to be my favorite city as well. If anybody could recommend some schools they feel are similar I would greatly appreciate it. </p>

<p>For judging my merit aid- 4.0 UW GPA, 700/670/710 SAT 2080
White male.
EDIT- Subject test requirements for admission eliminates schools as an option. I never took the subject tests and don't plan to, as I know I will do poorly on those offered.</p>

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<p>U of Dayton.</p>

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<p>Generally, if you want merit aid, you need to be in the top 25% of the students a school is admitting - grades, test scores, class rank. Check the common data set for the school to see you you compare to the admitted student population.</p>

<p>College of Charleston perhaps? <a href=“Page not found - College of Charleston”>Page not found - College of Charleston;
Not sure about merit aid, but could be a fit.</p>

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<p>well…Macalester?</p>

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<p>Macalester looks like a great suggestion! Thanks!
I’ll look further into it…</p>

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<p>Macalester doesn’t have a great deal of merit aid. NMFs get $2-2.5K/year as I recall.</p>

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<p>Sounds like you are looking out east but what about Denver University. The light rail is walking distance from the campus and gives you full access to downtown Denver. I also would say it is the top school in Colorado.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross, Trinity.</p>

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Graduates of Colorado College and the Air Force Academy would disagree.</p>

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<p>Looking at it from a different angle, how about McGill in Montreal? Merit aid may not be available, but the cost is probably sufficiently lower to make that a moot point. And it is certainly highly respected, diverse, and urban.</p>

<p>U Pitt has scholarship $$ available to OOS students, for which you may qualify. Their Honors College has a good rep. I’d look into it.</p>

<p>Also consider the University of Rochester. They offer merit money, and it is an excellent school with broad strengths.</p>

<p>I have no idea whether any of these require SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>Thank you all so much for your great recommendations!
This is really helping put some more options out there.
McGill is a very interesting idea; especially since I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.</p>