Urban, Private, Medium+ size, Northeast

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi =)</p>

<p>Right now I am a freshman at a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania and for a variety of reasons I'm looking to transfer to a new school for Fall '08. I'm a political science major with about a 3.7 GPA.</p>

<p>The main criteria:
-Urban location(must be in or within 30 min of Boston, NYC, Philly, or Baltimore)
-Medium+ Size(4,000+ students)
-Private(public works too, just seems harder if I'm out of state)
-A lot of attractive girls(haha I know this sounds stupid but there just
don't seem to be too many here)</p>

<p>The schools I'm thinking about are:
-Boston University
-Northeastern
-Fordham
-Villanova
-Loyola</p>

<p>The reason I'm not applying to schools like NYU and BC is because my high school grades were poor due to me just being really lazy(about a 2.8 GPA) and I know colleges look at high school grades especially when you're only a freshman. All the schools I listed above could even be a reach depending on how much emphasis they put on high school grades =(.</p>

<p>I realize this thread seems like im tossing academics aside but I'm really interested in a school that will make me happy/fit what I've always wanted out of college so thats why my criteria look the way they do.</p>

<p>Are there anymore schools of that calibre that meet my criteria? Also, what are some good safety schools?</p>

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<p>BOSTON: Suffolk; NYC: Adelphi, Yeshiva; PHILA: Arcadia, LaSalle, St. Joseph's; OTHER: Fairfield, Providence, Sacred Heart</p>

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<p>Tufts?</p>

<p>10 chars.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is 50 miles west of Boston. 40 miles north of Providence. School offers free bus service to Boston, Providence and the newly-opened Blackstone Mall in Worcester on Fridays and Saturdays.</p>

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<p>As a poli sci major, why not DC? Georgetown, GW, American, Catholic, University of Maryland. . . . I was a poli sci major at a small LAC in central PA and spent one semester in DC - it was awesome!</p>

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<p>Tufts, Georgetown and probably GW are out of the OP's league. The others suggested here are more realistic.</p>