<p>I am looking for colleges to attend. Can anyone give me colleges that fit these characteristics? It has intellectual students and atmosphere, and is a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of those. I can name Goucher, Reed, Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, and Hampshire. These are just a few of very, very many.</p>
<p>GPA? SATs? School rank? Geographic preferences? Other wants? etc.?</p>
<p>I think the number of LACs is now in the 150-200 range.</p>
<p>Check out the “Colleges That Change Lives” website (or book).
Also look through the Huffington Post list, all but 2 of which are very selective LACs: [The</a> 10 Most INTELLECTUAL Colleges (PHOTOS)](<a href=“The 10 Most INTELLECTUAL Colleges (PHOTOS) | HuffPost College”>The 10 Most INTELLECTUAL Colleges (PHOTOS) | HuffPost College)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.75 UW 4.00 W. SAT: 1840. ACT: 28. EC: Spanish Club(1 year), Ecology Club and its leader(1 year), Track and field(1 year), Robotics Team(1 year), Beta Club and its president (4 years), and academic bowl(1 year). I am looking for unique colleges. Colleges that will change my life. Colleges with intellectual students. Colleges with students that accept others for who they are. Colleges with no greek life. Colleges with tough academics. Colleges with students who want to learn just to learn and not just to become rich. Colleges that are not religious. Colleges that I can have fun. Colleges where sports are not a big deal. Colleges where I can be myself. And colleges with crazy things like bears with AK-47s attached to their paws, jabberwalkies, and bulls with afros.</p>
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<p>I think you may have just described the College of Wooster.</p>
<p>What grade are you in now?</p>
<p>I am in the 12th grade with college applications due next month. But, I am not panicking. Although, speedy reponses will help.</p>
<p>[Colleges</a> That Change Lives | Changing Lives, One Student at a Time](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/]Colleges”>http://www.ctcl.org/)</p>
<p>College applications to many schools are due in 3 days.</p>
<p>^You are not helping. Now, I am worried if any colleges will accept me. I might be flipping burgers in McDonalds for the rest of my life. :(</p>
<p>^You are not helping. Now, I am worried if any colleges will accept me. I might just be flipping burgers the rest of my life. :(</p>
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<p>Best of luck to you, you have great stats!</p>
<p>Why have you waited so long to do your applications?</p>
<p>Jussmall - On another thread you’ve listed your colleges of interest as Bard, Goucher, Oberlin, Kalamazoo, and Harvey Mudd. Your SAT is below the median for students at all those colleges except for Goucher (in particular, you’re about 350 points below median for Harvey Mudd). Even if you’re admitted to any, you need to have college options that you know without a doubt will be affordable. I’d say to take a shot at Goucher + a couple of the above (I wouldn’t bother with Harvey Mudd) and a couple of your in-state publics at which you’re sure you’ll be admitted. Note that applications require transcripts and recommendations from your HS; if you don’t already have them in hand, you won’t be able to get those by Jan. 1. Go ahead and apply to schools with Jan. 1 deadlines anyway, but call their admissions offices on Jan. 3 to let them know that while your application is in, the supporting documentation from your HS will be a little late.</p>
<p>It’s good to have a list of likes and dislikes, but no perfect college exists and you won’t get all your desired characteristics met. You’ll have to compromise and go with the most realistic option. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you all for your suggestions. But, I am still thinking about applying to Bennington College and Sarah Lawrence College before Jan. 1, Antioch College before Jan. 15, Marlboro College before Feb. 1, and I have already applied to Hampshire College. On the comment about public education, I REALLY do not want to apply to a public college, even for grad school, because I have read and heard from many sources, including the president himself on a TV show, that the private education in America beats the public education in just about every area, except MAYBE cost, but I will address that. I suspect the millionaires donating to the colleges might be the cause of the aforementioned problem. Regarding the low cost of public colleges, it is just a sticker price as I have learned from many websites and books. The financial aid that private colleges give is much more generous than publics. In fact, on the FAFSAcaster, it said I had an EFC of 2000 and would have a demonstrated need almost equaling the full cost of tuition. Thus, I will only apply to colleges that meet 100% percent of my demonstrated need, which are mostly private, and not have to worry about finding money for tuition. In hindsight, I think my huge demonstrated need caused me to get deferred from Reed College, but what they did was their decision.</p>
<p>Moving on, most of you said that I must compromise and cannot find a college with all of the traits I desire. However, my six colleges meet all of the traits I want in a college. Also, I came up with the traits just to lower the amount of colleges on my list to 10 or below. </p>
<p>Finally, I do not know why most of you find fault with me wanting to go to a college without a NCAA division. I do not want the competitiveness to negatively affect me or any of the other students. Without the competitive sports, students can focus on academics and express their knowledge better than if they were in a competitive sport and cannot muster the energy to use their mind in class, like I have seen in high school. Also, students not in competitive sports must be more willing to interact with others and share their knowledge if they are not tried or frustrated if they lose in their competitive sport.</p>
<p>Overall, I hope this post answers all the questions you have about me and will help you inform me if you have any complaints about what I said or are worried that I am making a horrible mistake and should change my mind. Thank you for your responses.</p>
<p>P.S. This is the longest post I have written yet. :)</p>
<p>Will you be applying as an international student?</p>
<p>I wonder why so many people are asking me if I am international. No, I live in the U.S and am African American.</p>
<p>It’s because your writing can be a little stilted:
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<p>As to applying to colleges that meet full need, that makes great sense except because they meet full need they tend to be very competitive to get in. Do you have a financial and admission safety? Antioch MIGHT be one but with this being the first class after reopening the college there’s no way to tell.</p>
<p>I think you’d have a good shot at kzoo. Your ACT is good, and is at/above Kalamazoo’s median I think. I’d just sent that. Some relatives/friend’s kids went/are there and they love it.</p>