<p>I am sure there is a quick way to do this on CC or Naviance -but I haven’t figured it out yet.
My DD visited a school she liked (Marist)</p>
<p>I would like some ideas of other colleges around the same size and price in the Northeast that also give merit aid</p>
<p>Aside from asking here -is there a function on an search engine somewhere where I can find a if you like A you will like B? (like Amazon he he )
Thanks</p>
<p>[Regional</a> University North Rankings | Top Regional Universities North | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-north]Regional”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-north)</p>
<p>Just some ideas–US News listing of the top ten regional universities, north, on which Marist is #10.</p>
<p>Some look to be significantly larger than Marist, but others look to be a similar size.</p>
<p>The Fiske Guide (a book) has this feature–they tell you what other schools people who apply to a given school also apply to. </p>
<p>I believe Fiske also has a website but I can’t say for sure. I’m sorry I can’t put my hands on our copy or I’d tell you which schools Marist “overlaps with” (that’s what Fiske calls it).</p>
<p>One website, whose name includes the word “college” and the word “explorer,” listed these as similar to Marist. I don’t know enough to judge but you could take a look.
Manhattanville College
Sacred Heart University - Fairfield
Fairfield University
Iona College
Quinnipiac University - Hamden</p>
<p>I think the Fiske guide suggestions are pretty good, but CC is more comprehensive. Fiske will give you other medium size Catholic colleges both a little more and a little less selective, but they might not give you the merit aid part of the equation.</p>
<p>Just opened my copy of Fiske and am very surprised to report that Fiske does not include an entry for Marist.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.
I think Marist is in one of the other books -maybe Princeton Review?
I will look there. I am so focused on the internet - I didn’t even think of just picking up a book.
Thanks for the list ellemenope- I am going to study it right now</p>
<p>Desk potato -I will look up all these and forward them on to her
Thanks again</p>
<p>One of the tabs in our school’s Naviance gives the names of “overlap” schools. I think it is where the student lists the schools they plan to apply to. Naviance then lists about 5 other schools that students from the HS who applied to the given school also applied in previous years.</p>
<p>I am not sure if Naviance works the same everywhere though. Did you put in Marist as one of the schools where she plans to apply?</p>
<p>Princeton Review:
Applicants also look at and often prefer
Fordham & Villanova
And sometimes prfer
Fairfield and Loyola Marymount
And rarely prefer
Iona College</p>
<p>Happened to have Princeton Review right by my computer. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!!
I appreciate your time</p>
<p>1012 -we do have that feature on our Naviance
The problem is we are in GA -and no one at her school has applied to Marist</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Posting this because of post #8</p>
<p>[New</a> York’s Iona College suspends its provost - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/AP304fc332552a4305b599a62d742bf252.html]New”>http://online.wsj.com/article/AP304fc332552a4305b599a62d742bf252.html)</p>
<p>Oh
That doesn’t sound too good
thanks</p>
<p>The College Board website also has a “find similar” button. But I have to say, the list it spits out didn’t impress me as helpful. BU was the top of the “similar to Marist” list (based on overlap in people viewing them?) but it’s HUGE and in an urban setting.</p>
<p>Looks like Fairfield U is quite similar in terms of board scores and class size but accepts more of its applicants than Marist. Manhattanville looks potentially like the most generous.</p>
<p>Thanks Desk Potato!
We will add these to the list</p>
<p>Something I’ve found helpful is searching the “College Search and Selection” forum for the name of school you already know about in the titles of posts. That turns up posts from students who are comparing SchoolYouKnowAbout with other schools they’re interested in. Here’s the search thread I got for Marist:</p>
<p>[College</a> Confidential - Search Results](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?searchid=32536276]College”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?searchid=32536276)</p>
<p>Many of the schools that turn up aren’t going to fulfill your other search criteria. For example, one student was deciding between Marist and UT Austin, which aren’t much the same on location and size. 
But it’s another technique to add to your quiver.</p>
<p>Thanks
I like having a quiver</p>
<p>I suppose yours contains
" vorpal blades"</p>
<p>I think you would also have good luck starting a thread with that question as your subject. One that comes to mind for me is Drew University. [Drew</a> University](<a href=“http://www.drew.edu/]Drew”>http://www.drew.edu/) You could also search this forum and see where else students who ended up at Marist looked at. My son liked Marist but they were very stingy with merit aid compared to other colleges.</p>
<p>Actually, I think Iona is turning over a new leaf with a new president. But time will tell!</p>
<p>Thanks!
I had never heard of Iona - but that is not surprising seeing as we are in the south</p>
<p>Kathiep -where did your son go?</p>
<p>Thanks for the link to Drew -I hadn’t heard of that one either</p>
<p>My son is at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. His priorities in College selection was the strength of his intended program and cost. I did a pretty good job of estimating merit aid, but Marist’s aid came up lower then expected and it went off the short list as soon as we got the numbers. We probably visited at least 15 colleges, some more then once.</p>
<p>LOL, veruca. I’m resting by the tumtum tree right now. :D</p>