<p>I’ve always been a tomboy, and high school’s been kind of weird, and so I’m wondering what college would you guys say is the best for someone like me. Basically, I’d like to know which has the least preppy culture, without the complete isolation like you might find at some tech schools. I’d still want it to be fairly competitive, though.</p>
<p>…any ideas?</p>
<p>Mills College Oakland,CA…great location and students there are very happy.</p>
<p>Wesleyan! D was never into “girliness” and none of the other young women I’ve met from there are either. They don’t get into dressing up, or preppiness, etc. Very outspoken, very into being who they are, very averse to gender stereotypes. And guys there who appreciate that.</p>
<p>It’s a wonderful place for a young woman to be herself, with excellent academics.</p>
<p>Haha. Smith.</p>
<p>Tomboys fit in pretty well everywhere, don’t they? Maybe less at southern college, but maybe I am stereotyping.</p>
<p>If you like soccer, why not a Div I soccer school?? Or in a city with an MLS team?</p>
<p>Hahha… yes Mills is perfect</p>
<p>what about Whitman or Williams, very outdoorsy physical schools?</p>
<p>Springfield College, <a href=“http://www.spfldcol.edu/home.nsf/welcome/points[/url]”>http://www.spfldcol.edu/home.nsf/welcome/points</a></p>
<p>Northwestern…? (maybe?)</p>
<p>I think really any nonaffiliated city school will have all types of people (ie: Boston U, NYU). You are looking for competitive so those schools would work too.</p>
<p>Maybe Reed, Oberlin?</p>
<p>This is just a personal observation…folks who have entered pejorative comments…ie HA HA w/ regard to women only schools are of no help to a person coming to CC and asking an honest question. You alllude to either the OP or the type of students at a particular school…I think this is better left to the OP to determine.</p>
<p>I guess many people hear “tomboy” and leap to sexual preference.</p>
<p>I think of girls who like to <em>do</em> things, get along with guys, and aren’t obsessed with their appearance and shopping. In other words, interesting women of substance. My 100% hetero D was a tomboy.</p>
<p>ADad’s refernce to Springfield made me think of schools with physical education majors. Your name “soccerfanatic” leads me to believe you are a sports fan, maybe an athlete. It might help if you told us which state you live in and what your major will be. By the way, once you get to college, high school seems pretty weird to everybody, in retrospect. </p>
<p>colleges with phys ed majors:
U of Arizona
Arizona State
Pepperdine
Baylor
UC Davis
Colorado State
U Conn
George Washington
DePaul
U of Illinois U-C
Southern Illinois Carbondale
Indiana U Bloomington
Purdue
Valparaiso
U of Kansas
U Maryland College Park
Boston U
Michigan State
U Michigan
U Minn Twin Cities
TCNJ
CUNY
Hofstra
Syracuse
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Cortland
Ithaca Coll
UNC Greensboro, Pembroke, Wilmington
Ohio State
Ohio U
Bowling Green
Temple
U Pittsburg
U Vermont
George Mason
Old Dominion
U Richmond
U Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
U Wisconsin Madison</p>
<p>Last I checked, Boston U had some really nice atheletic facilities. They also offer crew, which is really nice.</p>
<p>I’m more concerned with the academics than with sports because odds are, I’ll always be able to join at least an intramural team (or even a pick up game once in a while). I’ve been looking at Smith, and I just looked at Wesleyan, thanks to Garland’s suggestion, and I like the looks of that too. I live on the west coast, so staying here would be preferable, but I don’t want to limit it completely.</p>
<p>I’d like to major in classics or ancient history, maybe I’ll continue on to get a PhD in it or use it as a pre-law degree.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at Pomona; does anybody know anything about culture there? I’ll post something on the Pomona board too, I guess.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your suggestions so far, they’ve been a lot of help!</p>
<p>P.S. Hazmat, thanks for the PM. Mills looks pretty promising, and I love the location too.</p>
<p>For classics, west or midwest: Stanford, U Texas Austin, UCLA, U of Chicago, U of Michigan, Northwestern, Trinity (TX), UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>Ancient studies: Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, UT Austin, Barnard, Colby, Dickinson</p>
<p>Claremont Pomona, McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer offer majors in the classics, as do most of the UCs and USC</p>
<p>Reed has a Classics major. And U Washington, U Oregon, and Whitman.</p>
<p>Classics, Ancient History…staying away from girlie girls…BROWN. This is certainly a school that can meet every need you have mentioned so far. Well…not the Left Coast thing but certainly all academic/social/sports. Have you looked into the departments and remarks about students??? You may have found yet another place to land…in Rhode Island near all the artsy types at RISD which is across the street.</p>
<p>Although on the east coast, Johns Hopkins has an ancient law (ancient history for pre-law) program worth looking into. Although Bryn Mawr is an all-girls school, it’s fairly diverse (a friend of mine goes there), and it’s not very “girly.” Their classics program is excellent. </p>
<p>That said, consider Washington and the UCs (UCLA and Berkeley in particular). Large publics welcome all sorts of people and their classics/ancient history programs are really good.</p>