<p>3.6 gpa (descently prestigious)
plenty of partying
great school spirit (lots of people go to football games, bball games, etc)
not an urban campus
good greek scene
between 10-20,000 students</p>
<p>Are you a junior or senior?</p>
<p>What is your SAT or ACT?</p>
<p>How much will your parents spend on your education each year? (If you’re not sure, ASK!!! 
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<p>Do you like warm weather or cold/snowy weather?</p>
<p>Are you firm on the up to 20,000 students requirement? Is that for undergrad? or the entire school - including law/med/business schools?</p>
<p>Do you want Div I big team sports? (like Ohio State, U Mich, Penn St, etc)</p>
<p>When you answer the above, we can give you some suggestions. :)</p>
<p>junior
sat 1940 ACT 31
price not an issue
weather doesn’t matter as long as it’s constistant ex. california, wisconsin (so i know what to expect)
I really don’t want more than 20,000 undergrad
It could be D3 as long as the student body attends the games</p>
<p>hmm…they’re both a bit small but Tulane and Union in NY seem to fit your bill. Union is super greek(mother of all frats!) and lots of partying(number 13 on PR I think…?)</p>
<p>For a bigger school, you could do UAlabama(it’s like 26k kids) but, you would get in the honors college and get a 2/3 tuition scholarship with your ACT score</p>
<p>Clemson comes to mind.</p>
<p>The undergrad total for Bama is about 24k. The total enrollment (grad, law, etc) is over 28k.</p>
<p>Rocket6louise is right about the Bama scholarship. I think she spent time on the campus last summer. Right? I think she currently has been awarded a full tuition scholarship for Bama.</p>
<p>What state are you from, pociuspower12?</p>
<p>It will make a difference in terms of admissions to some potential matches…</p>
<p>Edit – Just now saw that you’re from NJ…</p>
<p>Do you play sports? What’s your class rank?</p>
<p>Look into University of Virginia and University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill as reasonable reach schools, especially if you play a sport and/or are ranked in the top 10% of your class.</p>
<p>u of Mississippi and Arkansas are relatively small. I think I’ve seen Tulane football games on tv and the Superdome wasn’t even half full. Syracuse? Oklahoma?</p>
<p>Indiana U for sure fits, except size.</p>
<p>Otherwise, Ohio U, Indiana U-PA, and lower-tier Michigan, KY, and NC schools (specifically Central Mich., U Louisville, and Appalacian State) seem to fit really well.</p>
<p>Well, to be fair regarding Tulane football you can’t go by the Superdome being half full. It is a huge place (80,000+ seats?) and Tulane has about 6,000 undergrads. And it’s not like you have tons of alums living in New Orleans or even within reasonable driving distance to go to a game. Tulane alumni network is very spread out. Having said that, your point is still correct. Tulane supports the football and basketball teams, but it could be better. Baseball is big there.</p>
<p>CLEMSON</p>
<p>plenty of partying: Yes, there’s always a party going on every night, you just have to be smart and balance school and partying.
great school spirit (lots of people go to football games, bball games, etc): Yes, people camp out for basketball and football games (sometimes for days), fridays are called “solid orange fridays” (where everyone wheres orange, I went to 40+ volleyball/soccer/football/basketball games this semester
not an urban campus: Yes, 2 hours from Atlanta/Charlotte on the shores of Lake Hartwell in the Blue Ridge Mountains
good greek scene: Yes, 20% of students here are in greek life and it’s a very big deal on campus
between 10-20,000 students: Yes, 14.000 undergraduates.</p>
<p>I’d say Purdue but it doesn’t fit the urban location and school size criteria. Purdue has amazing school spirit like almost every other Big Ten school. There are always huge tailgates before every football game. A LOT of students go to the football games and basketball games. Purdue basketball is becoming HUGE so it’s becoming more popular to go to. Is also quite famous for “Breakfast Club” where people who are 21+ go to the bars early in the morning on football Saturdays and get trashed while wearing a costume. Some of them make it to the stadium, but other don’t cause they can’t get there or are too wasted. Purdue has the 2nd BIGGEST Greek system in the United States. Fraternities are a HUGE presence on campus, so are sororities. ALOT of functions between both groups for different events such as Grand Prix(College Race where organizations and fraternities make their own go-carts and race it). During Grand Prix week you get wasted all day long, no joke. I carried a flask around campus and was totally trashed beforehand. Fraternities and Sororities have a “Grand Prix” partner so it makes the week sooo much better since you have sorority partner for the week while mingling with other people. A LOT of Greek philanthrophy events too and most of them are quite fun from Poker Tourneys, Bowling Tourneys, Dancing Tourneys, etc. You can hands down find a party any day of the week since theres a lot of off-campus partying also. From Martini Mondays, Tequila Tuesdays, Boxed Wine Wednesdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and the theme party weekends. It is also a very well respected school and some people even think Purdue is an Ivy League.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids-you were right. I spent time on Bama’s campus(it was LOVELY) and have a full tuition scholarship(fingers crossed for UFE)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for you for UFE Yes, Alabama’s campus is gorgeous.</p>
<p>jimgotkp quote: I’d say Purdue but it doesn’t fit the urban location and school size criteria.</p>
<p>Is West Lafayette urban? I never thought of it as being that much of a “big city.” The OP doesn’t want an urban location.</p>
<p>As for the size criteria…I can understand not wanting a school the size of say - Penn St - but I don’t think you’ll notice much of a difference between a school with 20k undergrads and 25k undergrads. It’s how a school is laid out that really can make a difference.</p>
<p>West Virginia University matches your criteria. Right at 20k undergrads, notable sports (football), school spirit, and lots of partying.</p>
<p>^WVU has very little prestige though, doesn’t it have the highest acceptance rate in the country?</p>
<p>maybe boston college? it doesnt have greek scene, and i think there are only like 8000 undergrads, but it fits the rest of the criteria sorta. it isnt actually in boston, so it is not really an urban campus. i really cant think of a school with 10-20k students. it seems like all the big sports schools are big (20,000+) or smaller (less than 10000). if you are fine with 20,000+, look into big 10 schools. they all party and have good academics. besides, once you get above 15,000 and 25,000 dont seem like they would be that much different</p>
<p>Also UConn. 16k undergrads and matches criteria. </p>
<p>Possibly Syracuse too, though I don’t know how urban it is.</p>
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<p>Depends on how you define prestigious. WVU isn’t a school nobody has heard of and it still has some decent programs. Some of the elite LACs have very low acceptance rates but outside of academia people often won’t recognize them. There are those who are just content with others having heard of their school before (based on good sports teams even) while others want their school to be recognized for being hard to get into.</p>
<p>Boston College is very selective.</p>