whitney3

what other schools are people interested in that are like clark, that have similar addmissions and small school numbers?

dank08

Ya, I'd like to know too. I like Clark, but in the likely chance I won't get accepted, I'd like to apply to some similar schools.

momonthehill

This is from the Clark University section of Princeton Review 2007 Guide:

"APPLICANTS ALSO LOOK AT...

AND OFTEN PREFER: Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Tufts University, Vassar College

AND SOMETIMES PREFER: Connecticut College, Ithaca College, Northeastern University, Skidmore College, Syracuse University, University of New Hampshire

AND RARELY PREFER: Goucher College, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Vermont, Wheaton College(MA)"

Of course, take these lists with the proverbial grain of salt. Of the schools listed here that my daughter checked out, I would say that Goucher seemed a least somewhat similar to Clark.

MarathonMan88

small, fairly selective urban liberal arts college with grad students . . . it's hard to find similar places. Somewhat close might be other smaller urban universities like American, Fordham, or (more selective) BC.

dank08

It seems one of a kind, probably the only small research school.

TourGuide446

Tufts, Rochester, Wesleyan, and Wake Forest, are all fairly small universities. But Clark really is unique...what a great combination of liberal arts college and research university.

whitney3

what is a reaserch school

MarathonMan88

research school usually means:


the school offers graduate degrees
faculty is engaged in research, usually with grad students
research is emphasized, in some cases (but by no means all) over teaching
frequently more undergraduate majors offered than a small LAC


The quality that makes Clark unique is that faculty research often involves both graduate and undergraduate students. Most top-tier LACs will have high expectations for faculty research, too, and in fields where it's appropriate, undergraduates will often be involved in that research or in their own research projects.

Whether the presence of grad students in the same lab/project would be an advantage or a disadvantage might depend on the individual professor, but Clark certainly has a reputation of involving undergraduates heavily in real research.