Recommend some LACs for me

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm not to familiar with LACs. Could someone advise me based on these scores and ECs?</p>

<p>4.04 wgpa 3.62 gpa 29 act 1950 sat
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I'm also a hispanic male</p>

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<p>One LAC that I looked into and really liked was Wesleyan U but I don’t think I have the scores to get in</p>

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<p>What did you find appealing about Wesleyan? What can you afford?</p>

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<p>Well I’m a fairly liberal so that appealed to me. It sounds like a college that has fun while being studious. The size is good since it’s a larger LAC. It’s diverse, which might hurt me in applications but I’d prefer to be exposed to many cultures. It really sounds like people really enjoy going there which is definitely a plus. It just seems to click with me</p>

<p>Money isn’t really an issue</p>

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<p>Schools to look at:
University of Puget Sound
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg
Oberlin</p>

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<p>Maybe Macalester if you don’t mind a Northern school. Liberal, international focus, competitive but not overly, urban but nice campus.</p>

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<p>I’ve looked at oberlin some and I had some mixed feelings about it but I liked it for the most part. It might be a little too unorthodox for me though</p>

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<p>I am a little scared of the weather in the mid west since I’ve lived in texas my whole life but I might be able to manage if I really enjoy the college</p>

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<p>If you want a ethnically and geographically diverse LAC of sorts you might want to consider Oxford of Emory which is a tiny (900 undergrads) LAC combined with the much larger Emory University. Pm me if you want details. </p>

<p>Other suggestions:
Occidental College (small but in LA)
Trinity University (Tx)
Brandeis (small university)
Lewis & Clark (takes a lot of third culture kids. Smaller but right outside of Portland)
Denison
Clark University
Hampshire (part of 5 College consortium)</p>

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<p>Do the people at Oxford and the people at Emory interact much or is it just it’s own thing?</p>

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<p>I’d suggest you look at the USNWR list of LACs (not so much for the rankings, but it is a good list) [National</a> Liberal Arts College Rankings | Top Liberal Arts Colleges | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges) Then, I’d suggest you get your hands on a couple of college guide books (I like Fiske and Princeton Review, but there are others as well) and start reading.</p>

<p>Being a URM and from TX will help your application so Wesleyan may not be completely out of reach for you. Some ideas offhand might be: Wesleyan, Oberlin, Skidmore, Lafayette, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Kenyon, & URichmond. There are a ton of great LACs out there.</p>

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<p>If you like Wesleyan, you might also like Colorado College, which is another “work hard, play hard” kind of place. It is somewhat less selective than Wesleyan, with a sunnier, drier climate. </p>

<p>I second Macalester and some of the others mentioned above. More possibilities:
Grinnell
Whitman
Lewis & Clark
Hendrix</p>

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<p>Denison might be too preppy for me</p>

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<p>It’s up to the student to figure out the level of interaction they’ll have with their Emory peers. Because I was involved in a few cross campus clubs and volunteer trips I made quite a few friends at the main campus. However most students were not involved to the same degree that I was, although cross campus connections were still the norm.</p>

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<p>I’ll second Gettysburg, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, and U Richmond among schools I know about (and/or visited).</p>

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<p>These are all great suggestions but I’m kind of looking for the more liberal, hippie LACs</p>

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<p>Hendrix College</p>

<p>or Grinnell?</p>

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<p>You can look into: Oberlin, Bard, Skidmore, Kenyon,Vassar, Middlebury, Pitzer, Bennington, Hampshire</p>

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<p>I’ll second Hampshire, third Hendrix and also add Beloit.</p>

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<p>Definitely Vassar, although it may be a reach with your scores. Get your SAT scores up 100-200 points. The place is as liberal as it can possibly get.</p>