i have a pretty good list already, but i want to make sure i didn’t miss anything. supersearch is helpful, but it certainly gets things wrong and bumps good fits off the list sometimes. so, the things i care a lot about:
- preferably in a large city
- small liberal arts college (i can deal with a big university if it has my other preferences)
- good film production program or theater major with tracks/concentrations
- less frats/partying? i know it's impossible to avoid entirely but i prefer it to be not so in-your-face
- very good; a few stats of mine are 33 ACT, 1470 (99th percentile) PSAT, and 4.8 weighted GPA
- no religious affiliation, or if there is one it's just there because it was founded that way and nobody pays attention to it anymore
- generally liberal vibe
for reference, a few colleges on my list right now are barnard, smith, vassar, brandeis, and oberlin
thanks!
It’d be easier if you listed the colleges already on your list, so that we don’t spend time listing those you already have. Also, are you a boy or a girl (as this could affect mention of women’s colleges).
Wesleyan is not in a huge city but certainly in a bigger one than Oberlin. They are very well known for film, though I don’t know how much their department does specifically with production (this will be harder to find at most LACs.
Macalester matches your description almost exactly, but I don’t know anything about film there.
What are your stats, & budget?
@MYOS1634 barnard, brandeis, brown, uc berkeley, columbia, northwestern, oberlin, smith, vassar, yale
@lalalemma i toured wesleyan last summer, i would consider applying but the location is a big turn off for me 
i’m looking into macalester now, thank you!
@newjerseygirl98 33 ACT, 2180 SAT, 1470 PSAT (99th), 4.8 GPA, taking two APs this year and two next year
I was going to say Macalester!
Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Agnes Scott, Occidental, Chapman,
UChicago may be LAC-like enough for you.
Emerson? Fordham-Lincoln?
UCBerkeley is pretty much the opposite of a LAC - very large classes, no personal advising and no contact with professors, research-based not undergraduate-based…
Right now, you have a list of dream schools and reaches, so your next job is going to find matches (30%+ acceptance rates) and safeties (40%+ acceptance rate colleges where you have consistently demonstrated interest).
And of course, you must run the NPCs on all of these or at least Barnard, Brown, UCB, and your state flagship) to discuss costs with your parents based on the printed results.
I agree about Emerson. It’s in boston, has a very good film and theatre department( it’s competitive to get in though), a medium sized school
@citymama9 @pallavijaniani thank you! i toured emerson a few months back with my friend, and i’m most likely applying there if i don’t get into barnard ED
for a theater major-- great all around school
muhlenberg college
Carnegie Mellon has a fantastic theater program, and is in Pittsburgh so hits all the other requirements.
Famous alumn’s include Steven Botchko, James Cromwell, Ted Danson, Matt Bomer, Holly Hunter, Ming-Na Wen, Zachary Quinto, George Romero, Laura San Giacomo, etc.
Good luck!
Wesleyan, Boston College, Colgate
What didn’t you like about the location of Wesleyan?
-Lewis & Clark College
-Reed College
Case Western if you’d consider a larger school.
Seconding Carnegie Mellon, Emerson, & many schools on your list!
If you like cities, Wesleyan isn’t the best location, it’s true. But I’d give it a second look for two reasons. Do some research and see how many Wes alums work in tv or the movies, in front of or behind the camera. It’s an astonishing number for a LAC, rather than a film school. I think the Wesleyan presence on the stage is less prominent, but hey, Manuel-Lin Miranda.
Second, depending on the reasons for your city preference, Wesleyan might be better than you expect. The university knows that Middletown isn’t anyone’s idea of an exciting place and works very hard to make sure there are lots of different and interesting things to do on campus. Talk to current students to see if not being in a city might be ok for you.