Starting to research

<p>Hi am I junior in high school and I have started researching about colleges .
I have come up with a list of schools with my parents that I am considering to apply to.
They are the following:</p>

<p>Sweet Briar College
Oberlion College
Macalester College
Earlham College
University of Evansville
Banard College
Wartburg College
The College of Wooster
Bates College
Bryn Mawr College
Carleton College
Eckerd College
Grinnel College
Hollins University
Hiram College
Scripps College
Eureka College
New College of Florida.</p>

<p>(sorry really long) Anyway my main point is I am looking into colleges that are small-medium, with great history/Anthropology/Archecology/departments. I have narrowed it down some but are there any schools out there i should also consider?
Also besides visiting colleges which I cannot do right now is there other ways I can narrow it down</p>

<p>Future Thanks</p>

<p>If Scripps interests you, you might try looking into other Claremont schools, as well. Any more "what you're looking for" specifics...i.e. social scene, location, residential life stuff?</p>

<p>One of the absolute most helpful things to me when I looked for undergrad (and again while I look for grad) was a book that Princeton Review puts out. I think it comes out every year and is titled "Best (Some-Random-Number-of) Colleges" or something of that nature. Each school in it (and bear in mind that not all schools are included) has a two-page spread that gives the usual info...stats, financial aid, special facilities, student:faculty, and so forth. They also give little lists of "Students also look at and often/sometimes/rarely prefer..." and some random student-survey results like "Great library facilities," "Greek life is popular," "Everybody plays sports" and that kind of thing. Best of all, they fill the two pages with commentary about academics, student life, and so on, all taken directly from student surveys. You have to take the info with a grain of salt, knowing that it is totally subjective, but I've always found this series of books REALLY helpful...it gives a much deeper picture than a lot of books which simply list stats and departments, and a much more personal view than school websites.</p>

<p>Princeton Review's 351 colleges?
I have that book and that is where I started with making decisions about college.
I have come up with several critera regarding colleges
-Small, less tha 3000 students
-no large party scene or a really big greek life
-Location anywhere is fine I am very lax on this issue-I just can't deal very well with extreme heat.
-i am just looking for a very comfortable environment, that is academically tough to a very high extent but also there being some room for casual fun.
_politically-i am a definite mix I lean to the left quite a bit but I know on some issues I am rather moderate which at some these colleges can be a bad thing and this is probably one thing I am most worried about
_also relgiously i have grown up in a mixed household which can be a curse or a blessing so I don't really want to consider any really conservatively christan colleges either.
-At the moment I am looking at women's colleges becuase that may be the thing for me so i have to think about it some more.
i took a look at the other claremont schools but none of them really peaked my instrest. I am a good student and have a chance at some schools but Pomona is out of my league, Harvey Mudd is too based in the sciences, and Pitzer just did not grab my attention.</p>