Best midsize school that has the following:

hawkette
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:14:13 +0000

I post often on the colleges that provide the best combinations of:

1) Great academics
2) Great social life
3) Great athletic life

I think that it is clear that only a handful of schools can offer this attractive combination. Top 40 schools that would qualify include:

Privates: Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, Rice, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgetown, USC, Wake Forest, Boston College

Publics: UC Berkeley, U Virginia, UCLA, U Michigan, U North Carolina, U Wisconsin, U Illinois

Size-wise, the publics are probably not what you are looking for. Selectivity-wise, most of the publics would probably fall into your reach category. I would second the suggestion of Wake and also include the following in your search: U Miami, Tulane, SMU, and U Richmond.