Suggest me schools to visit?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a junior right now, living in NJ, and I've become very eager to start visiting colleges lately. I've already visited UPenn, Swarthmore, and Columbia. So far, UPenn has been my absolute favorite. Both it and Columbia appealed to me in many ways: Urban/city setting, still fairly green campuses (although Columbia was kinda lacking in this dept.), amazing resources as a student (prestigious professors, etc.), good number of undergrads (not too many or too few), courses in general seem to fit my passions very well (I'm interested in English, Psychology, Language.. basically very liberal arts-oriented), active club/social life, surrounded by people that are passionate, driven, and intellectual, and an overall great vibe.</p>

<p>In contrast, Swarthmore didn't really speak to me. Although it's only ~20 minutes from Philly, it seemed a bit too secluded for me. The campus was eerily quiet and almost too picturesque. Also, it is TINY. Not campus-size, but class size. 1500 undergrads? Ehh, no thank you.</p>

<p>BUT I'm trying to keep my options as open as possible at this point. I really just want to formulate a list of schools I might even be remotely interested in visiting throughout the spring and summer. I'm not too constricted by distance, but of course, schools all the way on the west coast would be pretty difficult to visit.</p>

<p>Other schools I plan on visiting are Brown and Georgetown.</p>

<p>Based on the things I loved about UPenn & Columbia, I was wondering what suggestions you guys could give on colleges that I might be interested in. It doesn't have to be just schools to visit either; I'm looking for any school that could remotely appeal to me.</p>

<p>(Sorry for the ginormous post) That being said, please throw a few suggestions my way! And maybe include what you feel are those schools' greatest assets. Anything would be super helpful.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Ooh, and also, if you guys feel like I need to include more info about myself, in terms of stats and such, I have no problem offering as much as I can. But I'm not looking too hard at specific schools right now. It's just a loose criteria that I've formed so far.</p>

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<p>Unless you have absolutely top scores and grades you should probably think about visiting some matches. It’s comforting to have a place you like that’s a little easier to get into. Although it’s remote, Colgate is a more mid-sized liberal arts school (4000 undergrads, I think)----I know someone who wanted Penn and ended up there happily. People who like Columbia tend to like UChicago and you could see Northwestern while you’re there too. Also, now that U. Virginia has early action, that could be an interesting option to have something locked in early. Good luck!</p>

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