Superb Colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>As much as I'd hate to admit it, a large majority of the student population has only heard of a small number of colleges. Many superb colleges are considered second tier because most people have not heard of them. Even though people shouldn't, many place the prestige and reputation of a school over its quality.</p>

<p>So I thought that someone could make a thread where everyone could mention a superb college that most people do not know of and hopefully increase its familiarity with students on this site. I guess most of the ones that will be brought up are small liberal arts colleges because people don't really know about those.</p>

<p>I'll start.</p>

<p>Claremont McKenna College
Carleton College</p>

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<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford</p>

<p>(Kidding - sorry, I couldn't resist)</p>

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<p>Occidental, Reed, St John's, Knox, Wooster, Allegeny, Rhodes, Sewanee, Austin, Deep Springs, Webb, Olin, Cooper Union, plus 100 more...</p>

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<p>Hampshire, Wells, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence, St. Lawrence....</p>

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<p>Reed is a superb college that I wish I had looked into as a senior.
A friend of mine at Grinnell is also in love with his school.</p>

<p>Certainly a different college experience from that of a conventional university.</p>

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<p>Pitzer, Scripps, Smith, Barnard, Mt. Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Kenyon, Oberlin, Guilford, Davidson, College of Charleston, Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Hamilton, Bennington, Marlboro, Hope, Lewis & Clark, Colorado College, Connecticut College, St. John's (NM <em>and</em> MD), Occidental, Harvey Mudd!!, Prescott</p>

<p>ho man. brain's gonna pop.</p>

<p>there are SO many more.</p>

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<p>Oh man; mod, please rename this "List top LAC thread", thank you</p>

<p>I mean come on; look at a LAC ranking; add in some hidden gems like Reed and Sewanee.</p>

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<p>Marist, Manhattan College, and Fordham University. Three wonderful gems in New York.</p>

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<p>University of Richmond (Va.) James Madison University and Randolph Macon Women's College (now called Randolph College).</p>

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<p>Connecticut College is another real gem that is often overlooked.</p>

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<p>College of the Canyons</p>

<p>Clown School</p>

<p>just kidding.</p>

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<p>St. Louis University, Grinnell, Spring Hill, College of St. Benedict/St. John's Univ. (MN), Benedictine, Rhodes, Drake,.........</p>

<p>There are many, many out there!</p>

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<p>Vassar, Pomona, Skidmore, Oberlin, Reed.</p>

<p>=D</p>

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<p>devry university.....lol</p>

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<p>Earlham!</p>

<p>:D</p>

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<p>Just some related reading ;)</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/370873-brag-about-your-lesser-known-school.html?highlight=unheard%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/370873-brag-about-your-lesser-known-school.html?highlight=unheard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/408836-what-best-50-schools-you-have-likely-never-heard.html?highlight=underrated%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/408836-what-best-50-schools-you-have-likely-never-heard.html?highlight=underrated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/228121-most-underrated-overrated-universities.html?highlight=underrated%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/228121-most-underrated-overrated-universities.html?highlight=underrated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/406737-colleges-need-more-recognition.html?highlight=underrated%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/406737-colleges-need-more-recognition.html?highlight=underrated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/405031-168-noteworthy-colleges.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/405031-168-noteworthy-colleges.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Pepperdine, Santa Clara, Furman, Rollins, UDelaware</p>

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<p>bovine university</p>

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<p>I think the Claremont Colleges should combine to form a single university, thereby improving its reputation and increasing the number of applicants. Like Harvard, which has a undergrad school, law school, etc, Claremont Colleges should also do this. Claremont University would be very cool.</p>

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<p>Tufts, Brandeis</p>