small-mid sized college suggestion! :D

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<p>Hello! I am an upcoming senior and i would like to search for some colleges that would suit me the best! </p>

<p>major: biology area (science)</p>

<p>school size: small- medium size : where there are quite a lot of interaction between students and professors. between students as well :)</p>

<p>ACT score: around 31-33</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2</p>

<p>extracurricular: varsity tennis for 3 years, 1st chair flute for 4years, All-state Band 3 years, class treasurer, STUCO VP etc... </p>

<p>financial: not too expensive schools. schools that offer good amount of scholarships/financial aid (for private schools especially) </p>

<p>Could you please suggest some schools for me?
I REALLY appreciate your help!!! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Furman in the south.</p>

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<p>do you have a geographic area in mind, or open to anything? your post is just kinda vague to me. Also, by medium size, what is your idea of that? Up to 5000 students, or like 15000? people have different ideas from what I’ve seen for medium sized.</p>

<p>However, schools that have good science programs that I know of that are not super large:

  • Carleton College (MN, 1800 students so very small, top science programs, your ACT scores fits well here)
  • Macalester College(also MN, 3000 I think, good science, ACT fits)
  • St. Olaf College (again MN, sorry I’m from MN and we have a couple good science programs, 3000 students, top science programs, your ACT would be slightly above average)
  • where I’m going- Illinois Wesleyan University (great science also in biology, 2100 students, your ACT would be slightly above average at 31, quite a bit above at 33)
  • WUSTL (Missouri, believe it’s good science stuff also, ACT fits well here, not sure about # of students)
  • Iowa State (good science I think- have a friend going there for Biology this fall, I think it’s larger though like 20,000 students, not sure)
  • Northwestern (like what 15000 maybe, not sure)</p>

<p>that’s just a few science schools I could think of that weren’t large…will let you know if I think of more but can’t remember of lot of them right now.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest, Dartmouth, Rice, and Brandeis are a few others that come to mind. Oberlin, Bucknell, Wesleyan, and Trinity (TX) are reasonably large LACs.</p>

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<p>Juniata ¶</p>

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<p>Sounds like you might be a fit for Grinnell, the only top LACs that offers outstanding sciences, palatial facilities, merit aid and no distribution requirements: See
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/grinnell-college/438138-why-grinnell.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/grinnell-college/438138-why-grinnell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Try Franklin & Marshall in PA or Harvey Mudd in CA. Also, I think that Northwestern is more like 8,000 undergraduate. Jackuk</p>

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<p>Colgate has a good biology department, a lot of interaction with faculty, sporty, good music department, offers good FA for right students. The campus is beautiful, but it is in the middle of nowhere.</p>

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<p>If you need truly serious financial aid, take a look at this thread, and see if anything would work for you: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are scads of smaller LACs, and even a few small universities, all over the country where you can get a perfectly fine education. You should run a couple of the college-matching search engines and include your major, the size, and any geographical restrictions. Here are three search engines that Happykid has used:
[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics)
[College</a> Search - College Confidential](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_search/)
[College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p>For a Biology major with a strong interest in Music, I’d suggest [Luther</a> Home: Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA](<a href=“http://www.luther.edu/]Luther”>http://www.luther.edu/)</p>