What colleges are right for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi, I need help creating a college list and would like some input. Any suggestions would be great.</p>

<p>About me:
-liberal
-gay
-athletic (but not necessarily looking to play varsity)
-I want a small/medium size school
-East coast/ midwest/ west coast (I'm not a fan of hot weather)</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.8 (un-weighted), 4.3 (weighted)
SAT: CR-730 M-710 W-640 (have taken SAT II's in Math level 2 and chem, but no scores yet, also will be taking ACT)
AP's: Have taken Chem and US history (no scores yet), will be taking Physics C, BC calculus, Comparative gov, and Italian next year</p>

<p>EC's:
-Varsity field hockey 2 years
-Varsity Ice hockey 2 years (+1 JV)
-Varsity lacrosse 2 years (+1 JV)
-founded heifer project club club
-Committee head for Microcredit club
-Won a book award
-ranked 3rd in state on italian national exam in both 9th +10th (no scores yet for 11th)
-Summer job (30 hrs/wk) last two years
-1 month trip to Peru for trekking/community service</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>What kind of things are you looking for in a school? Please elaborate and be more specific.</p>

<p>Do you like liberal arts colleges? How would you define small/medium? Public or private universities? Urban/suburban/rural setting? Does school spirit/sports scene matter to you? How about Greek life? Do you know what you want to study yet?</p>

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<p>I'm definitely leaning liberal arts, and preferably in more suburban area, but I'm not too picky about that. I'm a hiking fan, so access to the outdoors/ mountains would be great. Ideally I want to do a 3-2 where'd I'd major in environmental studies or sciences (but possibly chem, I'm not really all that sure), and then do two years at columbia or wash u or another school and get an bachelors in engineering. I don't want a big greek scene, and I would probably like to play club sports, but maybe DIII.</p>

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<p>Vassar College (second in acceptance of gays only to NYU), Wesleyan College (uber-liberal PC), Middlebury College (outdoorsy, athletic, tons of mountains), Hamilton (has 3:2 with Columbia, Open Curriculum).</p>

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<p>McPucks, some to possibly look at are Reed (OR), Oberlin(OH), Macalester and Carleton(MN) and Lawrence(WI). Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Actually, kwu would be referring to Wesleyan University; Wesleyan College is a women's school in Georgia.</p>

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<p>Pomona College. Near the San Gabriel Mountains. It's about 30 min from LA though -- don't know how close you want the urban area to be.</p>

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<p>Vassar College has a 3-2 engineering program with Dartmouth, and Haverford has a 3-2 engineering with CalTech or cross-register with Swarthmore.</p>

<p>Both Vassar and Haverford fit what you're looking for (I think you'll find more athletes/athletic people at Haverford), and I seem to remember that Haverford has a polo team.</p>

<p>Wesleyan might also be worth looking into.</p>

<p>And if you love the outdoors, Colorado College.</p>

<p>I think you'll find that almost any non-religious college is gay-friendly, but the Advocate's has a college guide that might be worth checking out at the bookstore:
Issue</a> Number 969 | College made easy | Advocate.com</p>

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<p>Macalester and Carleton.</p>

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<p>I think UWashington's location, liberal-ish political bend, and really cool Q Center make it a good safety. </p>

<p>That's pretty much why I applied there.</p>

<p>Though, I have to admit, it's pretty big, which may be a turn-off for you (The CollegeBoard says ~ 28k undergrads.)</p>

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<p>Believe it or not, but I think you might like places like Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Amherst. Pretty sizable gay women scene, athletic, lots of outdoor activity, and casual-fun non judgmental environments.</p>

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<p>I think Dartmouth is def. a good gay school to attend</p>

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<p>^lol^ ...</p>

<p>Maybe not Amherst, it has a reputation for being athletic.
Williams is athletic as well, but it has a strong performing arts program.</p>

<p>And, I did mean Wesleyan University.</p>

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<p>Smith College</p>

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<p>DEF Wesleyan, if you would consider all girls maybe smith/mt holyoke/wellesley.
And definitely check out Macalester! It's alot like Wesleyan, although it's more cityish than youre prob looking for its in a cool neighborhood and you have access to everything the twin cities has to offer, lots of other colleges around too.</p>

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<p>thank you, I'm going to look into all of these.</p>