Safety LAC's with strong foreign language departments

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello. I think I've found the best match for me in Lewis & Clark, in terms of admission and personality. However, they do have a low transfer acceptance rate and I'd sleep better having some kind of back up school. </p>

<p>I'm looking for a school like Lewis & Clark but easier to get in to with the following qualities:
1. Strong foreign language departments
2. Easily accessible to a city
3. Low to no greek life/party atmosphere</p>

<p>I think this is a pretty tall order but if anyone has some suggestions I'd greatly appreciate them.</p>

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<p>Bump and up.</p>

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<p>How big of a city counts for you? A major metropolis or a very big town that has restaurants and shopping.</p>

<p>I don’t about the cities these colleges are in but Kalamazoo and Beloit might be worth looking into. I know a student at Pacific Lutheran who is doing several semesters abroad.</p>

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<p>Ideally, I’d like a lac that either has L&C’s metropolitan campus or even a suburban campus that is near and accessible to a big city. I’d even be quite content with a school that has a campus near or as beautiful as L&C’s.</p>

<p>I’m not sure about PLU and foreign languages but PLU has a nice looking campus. If you know more about PLU coud you describe PLU’s foreign language departments and religious PLU is?</p>

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<p>I’m afraid I don’t know much. Two students from here that I know slightly attend PLU. One is religious but very tolerant and I think the other was raised secularly. One of the kids has done semesters in two spanish speaking counties and if I remember correctly will do another in northern Europe. The students here that look at it often also apply to St Olaf.</p>

<p>Did you ever look at Pitzer? They have a lot of emphasis on international cultural understanding.</p>

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<p>What is it about your current school that you don’t like?</p>

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<p>My academic interests changed so now I’m looking for a school with a good foreign language department.</p>

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<p>Pitzer is not a safety to Lewis & Clark. In fact, many Pitzer kids use L&C as their safety.</p>

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<p>What languages?</p>

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<p>I have a particular interest in east asian languages but I’m fascinated by all kinds. That’s why I’ll forego east asian languages if a school is strong in other languages such as Slavic, classical, Germanic or romance.</p>

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<p>Knox College is in a pretty town. The college offers some innovative program such as pre Peace Corps so they take there language instruction seriously.</p>

<p>[Modern</a> Languages | Knox College](<a href=“http://www.knox.edu/Academics/Courses-of-Study/Modern-Languages.html]Modern”>http://www.knox.edu/Academics/Courses-of-Study/Modern-Languages.html)</p>

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<p>Wittenberg University in Ohio has a good program, including publishing the East Asian Studies journal.</p>

<p>[Wittenberg</a> University - East Asian Studies](<a href=“http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/east/]Wittenberg”>http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/east/)</p>

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<p>Might look at Bowdoin and Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>You might look at Lawrence: Appleton is nice, and it’s not too hard to get to Milwaukee or Chicago. When I visited, it struck me as the next college to get really hot. And to par72, Bowdoin: a safety? Who are you kidding?</p>

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<p>Middlebury is known for its foreign languages. The town may be rural, the school hard to get into, but the foreign language dept is outstanding. Look into this one.</p>

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<p>Bowdoin, Holy Cross, and Middlebury are definitely NOT safety colleges to a student wanting to transfer out of Lewis and Clark.</p>