<p>KLC-- what kind of get together for an admitted Willamette student is going to happen in Newport Beach?
Thanks...</p>
<p>You could do a whole thread on which colleges mentioned here are doomed to permanent obscurity just because their names are odd/difficult to pronounce/too much like another college's/likely to conjure up NON-academic images. For example Harvey Mudd, Kalamazoo, Georgetown COLLEGE, and Colgate. Speaking of names, isn't a certain college in Willamsburg, VA lucky that the British monarchs 300 years ago weren't named Clarence and Gladys?</p>
<p>While all of these have been mentioned above, I must say how good each of these schools are.</p>
<p>Hendrix
Southwestern(About 3 hours away from me, and nobody has heard of it)
Trinity(TX)
Rice-WONDERFUL school. Its a shame its not held in higher regard outside of TX.
U Tulsa</p>
<p>And lonestarDad-I must agree with you on Centenary. Solid programs, great academics. I plan on attending there in the fall, and although its only 3 hours away from me in Dallas, nobody has ever heard of it.</p>
<p>Rice is the most underrated school</p>
<p>this is a northeastern kid who got into Rice btw, i have the utmost respect for it</p>
<p>HSC,Davidson,Bucknell,VMI,St.Johns of Annapolis,Christendom,Dallas,and Chicago fly under the radar.If anyone has firsthand knowledge of Susquehanna I'd appreciate learning more about it.Thanks.</p>
<p>Beloit, Centre, Hendrix, Occidental, Lewis & Clark, Wheaton (MA), Knox, Lawrence, Guilford, Furman, Santa Clara, UPuget Sound, Linfield, Hobart & William Smith, Goucher, DePauw, College of Wooster, Denison, St. John's (NM & MD), New College of Southern Florida, Colorado College.</p>
<p>Just a few that I like. Hope this helps.
IB</p>
<p>most certianly HSC!</p>
<p>So true. Just because a college doesn't have a "brand name" doesn't mean its not a good school! There are so many schools out there that are amazing that people have never heard of! I was looking on TheU's website and they have lots of reviews of small schools.</p>
<p>The ones listed and more are detailed in the book Colleges that Change Lives"</p>
<p>I think Babson needs more attention.
It is very good school for business. WHY?</p>
<p>Number of Recruiting Companies: 537
Number of Recruiting Opportunities: 897</p>
<p>in 2006</p>
<p>My suggestions (of course there are other outstanding places that I am not familiar with);</p>
<p>Hood College MD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA
Mount Saint Mary's College of Maryland
Wofford College (SC)
Westminster College (PA)
U of Tulsa (OK)
Willamette University (OR)
Lewis and Clark College (OR)
Michigan State University
Washington State University
U of Alabama at Birmingham
SUNY Plattsburgh
Kansas University
Colorado State University
George Fox University (OR)</p>
<p>University of Maryland</p>
<p>I definitely agrre with carolyn list:
"LAC's:
Whitman College (Washington state)
Davidson College (SC)
Southwestern University (Texas)
Trinity U (Texas)
St. Olaf College (Minnesota)
Earlham College (Indiana)
Reed College (Oregon)
Furman University (SC)
Holy Cross (par, this one's for you)
Lawrence U (Wisc.)
Beloit (Wisc.)
Grinnell (Iowa)
Carleton (Minn.)
Willamette (Oregon)
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Macalester (Minn.)
Wabash College (Indiana)
Sewanee/The University of the South (Tenn)
Rhodes College (Tenn)
Centre College (KY)</p>
<p>Universities:
U of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UC Davis
Case Western Reserve
University of Washington
University of Oregon
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Geneseo
Wake Forest
U of Pittsburgh
Indiana U
University of South Dakota
University of Tulsa
Miami U (Ohio)
Ohio U (especially their OUTSTANDING honors college)
University of South Carolina (honors college)"
i would also add U of arizona, UC boulder, U of kansas, U of minneapolis,U of richmond, university of cincinnati and texas A&M</p>
<p>Smaller colleges:</p>
<p>Earlham
Knox
Beloit
Hiram
Muhlenberg
Centre
Hendrix
St. John's (NM & MD)
New College
Berea
Agnes Scott
UPuget Sound
Linfield
Rollins
Austin
Goshen
Hanover
Wittenberg U
College of Wooster
Rose-Hulman
Bradley U
Stonehill
Hartwick
Hobart & William Smith
Canisius
Lycoming
Illinois College
St. Mary's of Maryland
Washington & Jefferson
Juniata
Guilford
Elon U
Furman
Hampshire
Eckerd
Antioch
Otterbein
Muskingum
St. Mary's (IN)
Holy Cross (IN)
Morehouse
Spelman
Mills
Deep Springs
Washington (MD)
Drury
St. Lawrence U
Bennington
Marlboro
Whitworth</p>
<p>Larger schools:</p>
<p>St. Norbert's
Truman State
South West Missouri State
South East Missouri State
SUNY-Geneseo
UVermont
UNew Hampshire
Southern Methodist
Villanova
St. Joseph's U
John Carroll U
ULouisville
UKentucky
UGeorgia
Clemson
James Madison
Mary Washington
Virginia Tech
Valparaiso
Worchester Poly Inst.
Clarkson U
Clark U
Ithaca
Alfred
Gonzaga
The Evergreen State College
Xavier
UScranton</p>
<p>Sorry about some of the duplication.</p>
<p>^
I second Lycoming. Their archaeology program is a hidden gem. </p>
<p>I'll add Gettysburg, U Redlands (sciences), Birmingham-Southern, Ripon, and Samford (English).</p>
<p>Rice/Grinnell/Carleton/CLaremont Colleges/W&M/Wake Forest/Davidson/Tufts are all great schools that get overlooked eith b/c of Ivy Blindness or lack of Big-time sports teams. Also b/c of Northeast Provincialism.</p>
<p>northwestern and tufts are in no way underrated.</p>
<p>St Olaf in Minnesota. Great LAC but also very strong in math and chem.</p>
<p>Ugh, the privates are hardly overlooked except...</p>
<p>Rice :)</p>
<p>Others that receive little attention on this board
University of Washington
UC Irvine- excellent academics, very underrated
University of Oregon
University of Arizona
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Texas A & M
University of Kansas
Florida State
UC Riverside
University of Iowa
University of Maryland</p>
<p>Kings Point</p>
<p>The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five US Service Academies, but it is almost an afterthought when people think of West Point, Annapolis, Air Force, or Coast Guard.</p>
<p>But Kings Point provides more options for its graduates than any other academy and the long-term career opportunites are amazing.</p>
<p>In terms of options, in return for a fully funded college education, Kings Point Midshipmen are required to either, serve five years of active duty in ANY service (including the NOAA Corps -- NOAA has a fleet of 14 ships that map the ocean and sail into bad weather) or serve 8 years in the Reserves or Guard and work anywhere in the US Maritime Industry for 8 years.</p>
<p>While at Kings Point you will spend an entire year at sea and visit on average 18 countries and 30 or so ports of call. </p>
<p>After your obligation is fullfilled, Kings Pointers are the most sought after people in the marine transportation field.</p>