<p>I'm looking for some schools that fit this general criteria-</p>
<p>ACT- 28
GPA- 3.157</p>
<p>Over 400 hours of community service.
Decent EC's</p>
<ul>
<li>Small (Anywhere from 1 to about 2,500)</li>
<li>Intellectual atmosphere</li>
<li>A very accepting student body</li>
</ul>
<p>Please give us more information: location, environment (urban?), Financial Aid considerations, etc.</p>
<p>Hundreds of schools would meet the few requirements you state!</p>
<ul>
<li>Northeast to Mid-Atlantic</li>
<li>Urban/Suburban location</li>
<li>My EFC is going to be around 0; I'll need some help.</li>
</ul>
<p>Brandon, I think based on our previous conversations that you may like what you see at Goucher.</p>
<p>Maybe Guilford?</p>
<p>Clark? Bard?</p>
<p>I would second Goucher.</p>
<p>Good advice so far--maybe move to the midwest for other great schools like Beloit and Lawrence.</p>
<p>I second Goucher, right near Baltimore, accepting student body. Bard could not be considered urban/suburban by any stretch.</p>
<p>Ooops, missed the urban/suburban request.</p>
<p>Agree, bethievt, that the Midwest has much to offer, though I recall that Lawrence is pretty darn rural!</p>
<p>How about Macalester?</p>
<p>I still recommend taking a look at Clark University in MA. Small, urban and huge on community service. In fact, they offer a terrific "Making a Difference" Scholarship:</p>
<p>Making a Difference Scholarship
The Making a Difference Scholarship is awarded to domestic applicants who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to social change. Past winners have been involved with community service organizations, political action groups, human rights campaigns and for-profit and non-profit social entrepreneurship. Clark recognizes that change agents come from all backgrounds and offer a wide variety of valuable and compelling perspectives.The thread that links scholarship recipients together is their dedication to using their talents and energy to make a difference.</p>
<p>The Making a Difference Scholarship is a $48,000 four-year scholarship ($12,000 per year).The scholarship includes a $2,500 taxable stipend and housing allowance to support an optional summer project that students may undertake in Worcester during the summer following their sophomore or junior year.</p>
<p>Finalists will be invited to interview. The most important criterion in the selection process will be the student’s record of exceptional contributions and commitment to “making a difference”. Candidates must be clearly admissible within the context of the applicant group.The average GPA and SAT scores respectively for Making a Difference Scholarship recipients are 3.4 and 1200 (Critical Reading and Math only).</p>
<p>A completed Clark University application (including official high school transcript and test scores) must be submitted by January 15th.</p>
<p>Some other suggestions:</p>
<p>If you are willing to look into the midwest, check out Lake Forest. I have read that they meet 100% of financial need, which I think that you should be looking for if your efc is close to zero. They are suburban with a 30 minute train ride into Chicago (I have read this, so posters correct me if I am wrong). Your gpa is on the low end, but you are on the upper end of their middle range to just above it with an ACT of 28. Their ave. gpa is 3.5. They have 1400+ students, so this school meets that criteria as well.</p>
<p>Second recommendation is looking into your chances at U of Richmond. This school might be a reach with your gpa (their ave. gpa is 3.5). I don't know how your ACT measures against the SAT, but I think that you are competitive. They meet 100% of need. Student body size is a bit larger at 2850+ students. I think that the location might fit your criteria.</p>
<p>Skidmore? depends if you think of Saratoga Springs, NY as rural or suburban.
It has a big influx of tourists because of the theater festival and horse racing, so maybe there's enough "upscale" cafes and stuff that it would feel suburban to you. It's not just Joe's Diner and Muffler Shop, in other words.</p>
<p>Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass (near Harvard, and in the heart of the great college community of Boston!!). </p>
<p>Acc to Princeton Review, they have average GPA of 3.0 and a lot of community oriented field work, internships and so on.</p>
<p>They are mostly known for their graduate schools (7,000 or so on 5 campuses) and yet there are 1,100 undergrads at Lesley U.</p>
<p>I first heard of them because my mentor as a teacher took special training there in Literacy Education. As it turned out, she was involved in the newest research on early literacy (Fountas and Pinnell taught right there; in the field of Literacy, that's like meeting Gandhi). The pioneering work she was doing l0 years ago is now respected across the country, in rural, suburban and urban school systems. So even though my mentor attended Lesley's graduate school program, I got a good feeling about Lesley as a progressive institution with concern for positive change.</p>
<p>I can't imagine a more wonderful city than Boston/Cambridge for a college student, really.</p>
<p>I don't know where they stand on financial aid.</p>