What are some good LACs in or close to major cities?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Off the top of my head I could name a few:</p>

<p>Macalester - Twin Cities
Swarthmore and Haverford - Philadelphia
Claremont Colleges - Los Angeles
Rhodes College - Memphis</p>

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<p>Occidental-Los Angeles</p>

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<p>Vassar/Bard/Sarah Lawrence - NYC? What do you consider “close”?</p>

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<p>Holy Cross-Boston</p>

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<p>Sarah Lawrence is within a super-quick train ride of NYC; Vassar and Bard are also close, but well over an hour.</p>

<p>Macalester is a great choice. One of the coolest, most intellectual student bodies, and it’s in a wonderful neighborhood in St. Paul.</p>

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<p>Swarthmore, Haverford Bryn Mawr-Philly</p>

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It really doesn’t matter, this is just an informal poll to collect some ideas.</p>

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<p>Trinity is near Hartford</p>

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<p>Barnard is in NYC. Emerson and Simmons are in Boston.</p>

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<p>Harvard College, Yale College, Columbia College. These are decent schools.</p>

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<p>on the lighter side of major…U Richmond</p>

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<p>Interesting that there are so few.</p>

<p>I just remembered Brandeis, in suburbs of Boston.</p>

<p>Any others?</p>

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<p>Since when are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brandeis and Richmond liberal arts colleges?</p>

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<p>Anyway… Denison, Ohio Wesleyan (Columbus), Oberlin (Cleveland).</p>

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<p>Wellesley–Boston. (Brandeis is not a LAC, but a small U. Holy Cross is in Worcester, isn’t it? I don’t think that qualifies as “near” Boston. I think you have to define what you mean by “near.”)</p>

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<p>You’ll also need to define what you mean by “good” and “major”. But I get it, you’re just surveying for options now. Here are three LACs that seem to meet your criteria, but nevertheless span a fairly wide range of styles, settings, and selectivity:</p>

<p>Loyola College in Maryland is in a residential area of Baltimore. Catholic. Larger and less selective than the Philadelphia-area Quaker schools (Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore).</p>

<p>Wesleyan University is in Middletown, CT, a small city. It is a very selective school in the New England NESCAC athletic conference (which has many other great LACs but they are not urban). Politically liberal, but with a mix of preppy jocks and arty hipsters. Famed in recent years for its film program.</p>

<p>Colorado College is in Colorado Springs, a small city at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Pikes Peak, about 1-2 hours south of Denver. It is a selective college (more so than Loyola, but less so than Wesleyan or Haverford). It operates on the unusual “block plan” (meaning you study just one subject at a time, intensively, for about 3.5 weeks, then break for a few days and move on to the next subject). Similar in culture/style to Wesleyan (intellectual hippie jocks) but slightly less arty and much more outdoorsy. It offers a Division I sport (ice hockey!), which I believe is a little unusual among LACs.</p>

<p>If you want a good LAC that is IN a major interesting city, definitely check out Macalester.</p>

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<p>i second occidental in LA :D</p>

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<p>Reed College in Portland, OR</p>

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<p>Carleton is 25 miles from M-SP, MN, the same distance as Claremont from LA.</p>