<p>I'm looking for other schools similar to Middlebury and Dartmouth. I want a school with excellent language and political science and sports programs.</p>
<p>I also want small class sizes, and good looking girls are a plus, too ;). Are there schools in California that fit this criteria?</p>
<p>Brown</p>
<p>for Cali:</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna and Pomona</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Amherst, and Williams are probably the three LACs closest in characteristics to Midd and Dartmouth (along with Pomona and CMC, as previously mentioned)... and for a little less selective, Colby and Bates are quite similar to the schools you mentioned, in that they are (relatively) strong academically and tend to attract outdoorsy, creative people.</p>
<p>Bowdoin? CMC would probably be swell too, poli sci is great there.</p>
<p>Colgate, Holy Cross, Bucknell.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>And I also don't want a school filled with crunchy hippies. I'm liberal, but I don't want EVERYONE to be, because that would be boring. And I find extreme liberals incredibly annoying. I've heard Brown is like this. Is it true or just a rumor? (I haven't visited.)</p>
<p>harvey mudd maybe?</p>
<p>In California, consider UC Berkeley (of course, although it is very large compared to Middlebury and Dartmouth, but its language, political science, and sports programs can't be beat. Also, consider Occidental (where Barack Obama originally attended).</p>
<p>I'd like to second the suggestion of Colgate in New York.</p>
<p>HMC specializes in math and science and I want to study political science.</p>
<p>CMC seems perfect! How different is it from Pomona?</p>
<p>Calcruzer, I think UCB is way too big for me. I'm using my state U as a safety and it is only ranked slightly below Berkeley.</p>
<p>Do you know how liberal Oxy is?<br>
I wonder why Obama left.</p>
<p>Well, I know Barack transferred from Occidental to Columbia University (from where he received his bachelors' degree in political science).</p>
<p>Since Columbia is generally considered to have one of the two top political science programs in the country (and probably the one that is #1), that probably has something to do with it.</p>
<p>P.S. A little known but impressive fact is that when Barack applied to Harvard Law School, he did not even indicate his race on his Harvard application. He went on to become the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review.</p>
<p>bump ,</p>
<p>Don't got to Wesleyan or Hampshire if you don't want a school filled with crunchy hippies and radicals.</p>
<p>Agree with 1980collegegrad. I've never seen any school like Hampshire before....that place is way granola. Crazy.</p>
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<p>And I also don't want a school filled with crunchy hippies. I'm liberal, but I don't want EVERYONE to be, because that would be boring. And I find extreme liberals incredibly annoying. I've heard Brown is like this. Is it true or just a rumor? (I haven't visited.)
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Rumor.</p>
<p>Search in the Brown forum, we've talk about liberalism at Brown and conservatism at Brown at length this last year.</p>
<p>thanks. i’ll check it out.</p>
<p>How would you rate the schools I’ve listed on the political spectrum?</p>
<p>It may be just rumors that I’ve heard, but I think Occidental is about as liberal as Hampshire and Wesleyan. Look at the Princeton Review Rankings, it’s top five in many liberal rankings. Crazy place.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has traditionally been the most conservative of the ivies, but I’ve heard it is a lot more moderate now.</p>
<p>Bump .</p>
<p>I would say Williams, Colgate, Bowdoin, Bucknell, Hamilton, Colby, Union, Lafayette would be the most similar to Dartmouth/Middlebury.</p>