small-mid-size schools with good CogSci/Linguistics departments

College Search & Selection
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<p>I want to double major in cognitive science (or a form of cogsci) and linguistics in college, and although these majors are not set in stone, I am very interested in these fields and I'm trying to find small to mid sized (preferably mid-sized) schools that offer these majors. Schools that I am interested in that offer these are Rice (my top choice) and Pomona, but alas, they are reaches. I know that many great public schools offer these different majors like UCSD and Berkeley, but they are too big for my taste. I'm from southern California and would love a change of pace as well (I'd love to go to school on the East Coast). I am looking for match schools and maybe a couple of reaches to apply to. UW GPA I have about a 3.7-3.75 and 4.05-4.1 weighted. Hoping to get a 2200+ but realistically I think I could manage to get a 2100+</p>

<p>Also I would like schools that weight essays and recommendations almost or just as heavily as course rigor and GPA, because I think it is through these that I may be able to shine in the admissions process!</p>

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<p>University of Rochester</p>

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<p>U Delaware?</p>

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<p>Ditto the University of Rochester.</p>

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<p>I’ll definitely look into Rochester. I’ve also had Reed on my list for a while, although they do not offer a Cognitive Science major. Does anyone have any interaction with Reed’s linguistics department?</p>

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<p>I don’t know anything about Reed’s linguistics department, sorry, but I was looking for the same majors in my college search this year. You could also look at Brown, Lehigh, and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>They have their own School of Cognitive Science. Hampshire professors also wrote one of the earliest undergrad textbooks in the field.</p>

<p>You can also take pretty much as many classes as you want at UMass and Amherst.</p>