<p>Ok, for once, not talking rankings. This might seem really random, but does anyone know any colleges in the mountains? (any region of US) See, I am looking for safety schools, and if the school is not going to be as academically strong as I would like (aka, Ivies), it might as well be pretty. :) So... any decent schools out there in a beautiful location?</p>
<p>off the top of my head uc boulder and middlebury</p>
<p>middlebury's on my list as a reach, sort of, with only 24% admittance</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Williams, along with Middlebury, are the classic New England "mountain schools". But if Midd is a reach, then these others are harder. Might consider Colgate and Colby, which are a bit easier to get into, but which seem to appeal to many of the same applicants.</p>
<p>yes, colby sounds like a reasonable safety...</p>
<p>University of Utah. The campus is at an elevation of about 4500 feet and sits right at the foot of a wall of even taller mountains - part of the Rockies. Very nice view, especially when they are snow-capped.</p>
<p>No discussion of "mountain schools" would be complete without acknowledging Adams State College, a small public LAC in Alamosa, Colorado. Elevation ~ 7,000 feet, with 14,000 ft peaks surrounding. Awesome cross-country team.</p>
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Check out [url=<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/miamabanta/28205741/in/pool-71814497@N00/%5DColgate%5B/url">http://flickr.com/photos/miamabanta/28205741/in/pool-71814497@N00/]Colgate[/url</a>] too</p>
<p>Sewanee the University of the South</p>
<p>The Air Force Academy</p>
<p>University of Montana at the foothills of the Rockies.</p>
<p>UVA, VT, James Madison, Washington & Lee are all great schools and are in beautiful mountain settings</p>
<p>University of Denver</p>
<p>I second Colgate. Amherst isn't that high up, but has an AMAZING view of a valley (but it's not a safety).</p>
<p>UVA is not in the mountains.</p>
<p>What would you call those big bumps in the ground all around Charlottesville? Maybe they are not mountains like you have out west, but it is a beautiful, hilly area. Afton Mountain, one of the worst interstate mountain passes around is about 10 miles from C'ville.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great suggestions! Now I just need to make myself narrow down my list of thirty schools. :)</p>
<p>Montana State if you also like skiing</p>
<p>not really looking for state schools - I'm more a fan of the smaller, more privaate type.</p>
<p>Definitely would want W&L in Va, then. The others I mentioned are large schools.</p>
<p>Depending on your stats, there are a few other small private schools in the mountains of Va, some of which may be familiar to you, and are easier to get into than W&L: Emory and Henry, Roanoke College, Lynchburg College and Bridgewater College. I don't know too much about them, other than they are small and in the mountains.</p>