best unknown schools

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<p>what do you guys think are the best “unknown” or unnoticed schools around? by unknown, i mean schools that few people even on CC know</p>

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<p>University of Dayton</p>

<p>Ohio Northern U</p>

<p>New College of Florida</p>

<p>George Mason U</p>

<p>Butler U</p>

<p>Michigan Tech</p>

<p>Marietta College</p>

<p>Muhlenberg U</p>

<p>Lafayette U</p>

<p>Paul Smith College</p>

<p>Carleton U (suprisingly)</p>

<p>Creighton U</p>

<p>U Iowa</p>

<p>UM-Twin Cities</p>

<p>Centre College</p>

<p>Earlham College</p>

<p>Kalamazoo College</p>

<p>Wittenberg U</p>

<p>Bellamire U</p>

<p>U Puget Sound</p>

<p>Southwestern College</p>

<p>Rhoades College</p>

<p>Belmont University</p>

<p>U of Scranton</p>

<p>Stevens Institute of Technology</p>

<p>College of the Atlantic</p>

<p>Deep Springs College</p>

<p>Colgate U</p>

<p>Hamilton U</p>

<p>Washington and Lee</p>

<p>Elon</p>

<p>UNC-Asheville</p>

<p>Florida Tech</p>

<p>Rose-Hulman</p>

<p>Kettering U</p>

<p>U Detroit Mercy</p>

<p>U Toronto</p>

<p>McGill U</p>

<p>Bennington U</p>

<p>College of Wooster</p>

<p>Gonzaga U (although this school may be known because of its B-Ball)</p>

<p>Colorado College</p>

<p>New Mexico Tech</p>

<p>Saint Louis University</p>

<p>Marquette</p>

<p>…and many, many more :)</p>

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<p>From what I can comprehend, few people on here are aware of these competitive private schools:</p>

<p>.Brandeis
.Wellesley</p>

<p>I know this list isn’t as great as the previous poster’s but I felt compelled to add a couple more to consider.</p>

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Given that Carleton U is in Canada, I would be extremely surprised if posters had heard of it.</p>

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<p>Most of these excellent schools aren’t completely unheard of on CC, but they fly under the general public’s radar:</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> That Change Lives](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/]Colleges”>http://www.ctcl.org/)</p>

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<p>Sorry, Carleton College. My bad.</p>

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<p>I think Florida Atlantic University is looked down upon but people are not realizing it’s potential.</p>

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<p>Non-flagship state schools.</p>

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<p>Have to disagree about Colgate. I believe it gets the most applications of schools in the LAC-top tier - category. That means more than Williams, Amherst, etc. So it is NOT unknown.</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd College.</p>

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<p>Ursinus College, Hobart & William Smith, Hendrix College, Southwestern University, Clark University, Knox College, Coe College, and others are decent schools that aren’t well known, at least among people I know</p>

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<p>Clemson University is pretty unknown</p>

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<p>^^^Never heard of it. ;-)</p>

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<p>haha well the University of South Carolina is the flagship university :)</p>

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<p>I have heard of USC. When did it move to South Carolina?</p>

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<p>well USC decided that it wanted a branch campus for people not good enough to get into an elite school such as the one in LA so it opened up a branch in Columbia</p>

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It just occurred to me that the two USCs have singularly inappropriate mascots when considered in tandem. :eek:</p>

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<p>^^^^LOL. Never thought of that!</p>

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<p>SUNY Geneseo - At the top of every list for best Public LACs…The college recently got some attention on the weekend edition of the Today Show. </p>

<p>[Today</a> Show Video Player](<a href=“http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33043592#33043592]Today”>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33043592#33043592)</p>

<p>Review of SUNY Geneseo</p>

<p>[State</a> University of New York at Geneseo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Geneseo]State”>State University of New York at Geneseo - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Unknown by MOST, especially aspiring business people, which it has an awesome rep for fostering and amazing resources for.</p>