<p>I'm interested in Colby College because of it's location (my parents only want me to look at schools from maine to maryland, as I live in NY, and they don't want to have to deal with airfare), it's good program in the sciences, (and apparently high placement in med school) freshmen research opportunities, academics (rigorous, but not too much, as my SAT is 1300) and it's seemingly happy students. I don't really know where else to look. One thing that concerns me about schools a little is size. I don't want to be suffocated by a community where everyone knows everyone's business, yet I don't want to get lost in the shuffle either. I'm sorry to say I'm a little clueless about the process. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I don't know the answers, but I do know a MD who said she was able to do some really advanced research at Colby that she'd have not had access to elsewhere. She went to WashU med school after that...is in mid-30's now, but she really liked Colby. She often visied friends at school in Boston on the weekends.</p>
<p>Middlebury, Colgate, Tufts, Bucknell</p>
<p>Holy Cross is slightly bigger at 2700 students with excellent pre-med program. Also HC has strong relationship with UMass Med School also in Worcester -1 hour from Boston. If interested in very good academic schools with good social/school spirit Holy Cross and Colgate would be tops. Tufts has very low school spitit probably due to very low profile sports rogram and over-shadowed by Harvard and MIT.</p>
<p>For match schools: Seton Hall University, some of the Suny's, Villanova, Rutgers, and U of Maryland Baltimore might be worth checking out. Previous poster's suggestions of Middlebury, Colgate, Tufts and Bucknell are great schools, and would be good reach schools.</p>
<p>i applied to Colby, but i decided to go to Vanderbilt which has a similar student body.</p>
<p>If you're an ivy caliber student, Dartmouth might be Colby-like, but bigger.</p>