<p>I'm applying to these schools as of now:</p>
<p>NYU, Wesleyan, UT-Austin, Brown, and WashU.</p>
<p>Looking for a liberal campus with great academics. Which two of these schools do you think would be most fitting for my interest in schools? I know A LOT about the ones I'm applying to and a decent amount about each of these below, but am kinda stuck.</p>
<p>University of Chicago
Claremont McKenna
Grinnell
Macalester
Bates</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Macalaster, Grinnell.</p>
<p>grinell wesleyan</p>
<p>thks but i'm already applying to wesleyan for sure :)</p>
<p>I'm just trying to pick two from that list of five below...</p>
<p>Macalester & Bates</p>
<p>I recommend CMC.</p>
<p>I have a friend who goes to Claremont Mckenna...and he loves it!</p>
<p>They're all excellent colleges. But, let's face it: Grinnell. I mean, unless you really buy into the whole small town in Iowa thing. After that, it gets pretty hard to choose. They each offer something; the question is whether it is enough to justify another two years of your existence. I'd scratch Macalester only because of the "blah" factor.</p>
<p>UChicago and CMC</p>
<p>I would like Bates and UChicago the best of that list.</p>
<p>except if you like nyu, brown, and washu, bates and grinnell might be too remote for you.</p>
<p>i'd pick mac</p>
<p>Chicago: Big City. Big ghetto.
Claremont McKenna: who?
Bates: Perpetually in Bowdoin's shadow; too many "master" jokes; Lewiston hasn't been fun since Sonny Liston's last visit.</p>
<p>So I'd go with:
Macalaster: Twin Cities are fun; bring a light jacket--gets a little cool in the winter.
Grinnell: Iowa is the intellectual epicenter of the Great Plains states...not the wasteland coastal types would like to believe.</p>
<p>They all have great academics. Using your other criterion (being liberal), here is my decidedly unscientific rating on the liberal scale:</p>
<ol>
<li> Bates</li>
<li> Mac</li>
<li> Grinnell</li>
<li> Chicago</li>
<li> Claremont McKenna</li>
</ol>
<p>if you're a serious econ major how could you not apply to chicago, the best in the country for econ.</p>
<p>then; grinnell vs. cmc (the other two are just not quite on the same par academically)</p>
<p>grinnell- a little stronger overall but be sure what you're getting yourself into, iowa is not for everyone.
cmc- sunny socal?</p>
<p>I've read that CMC is a conservative-leaning campus, and that Pomona is the most liberal of the Claremont Colleges. I have no personal experience with this, however. Just what I've read.</p>
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I'd scratch Macalester only because of the "blah" factor
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<p>Go on...............</p>
<p>and uh...if anyone has other recommendations besides these schools that would seem like a good match for me, let me know. </p>
<p>The way I'm lookin at them now is:</p>
<p>UChicago - will I have a social life? Tough grading and I plan on law school.</p>
<p>Grinnell - Iowa? I hear the trees stink :D No application fee! Will it be worth the money?</p>
<p>CMC - too conservative? LA? California??? I dunno this one's probably going off the list just because I'm not big on Cali.</p>
<p>Bates - This one was almost on my apply list...really liberal from what I hear, great at grad placement, beautiful Maine, ski slopes.</p>
<p>Macalester - cool area, worth the money?</p>
<p>Thks for the replies so far.</p>
<p>How about Oberlin?</p>
<p>if you like bates, you might wanna look at vassar or connecticut college- less remote than bates, and very liberal campuses.</p>
<p>Hindoo - tks for the suggestion, but I was under the impression that Oberlin is primarily music focused. And I'm just not really interested in it.</p>
<p>Huskem - I have checked into Vassar and CC. Vassar is definitely one I'm considering...CC not so much so just b/c I don't think it's worth the money compared to my safety (UT).</p>
<p>interesting, because its basically the same school as bates!</p>
<p>i think mac might be great for you. have you looked into reed?</p>