can anyone suggest some colleges?

Weskid
Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:58:16 +0000

If NYU would be a match for you, I bet that Duke and Brown aren’t quite as beyond your reach as you may believe.

Anyway, there are TONS of schools that might fit your criteria (some more specifics about size/area of the country might be helpful for narrowing it down). It’s also kind of hard to tell exactly what you’re looking for socially, since not many people have both Wes and Duke on their list. But I have some suggestions:

If you like Wes and Brown, Vassar comes to mind as another obvious choice (the town isn’t as nice, but the campus is beautiful). Oberlin is another that often is named in the same breath as Wes and Brown. Reed too, if you’re willing to go to the west coast.

Some others that might work as reach or higher match types: Northwestern, WashU, Tufts, Amherst, Colgate (too much Greek?), Carleton (might not be as racially diverse as you want, but it’s definitely not all preppy kids, since there is a strong Midwest presence), Grinnell (not sure about diversity? But again, more Midwest than preppy), Pomona, Claremont McKenna, U of Rochester. Maybe JHU? It’s in a nice area of the city, though I’m not sure if you want colleges actually IN the city.

Some schools that might work as lower matches or safeties: U of Richmond, Occidental, Skidmore (a lot of people I know who liked Brown and Wes liked Skidmore as a safety), Lewis+Clark, Dickinson, American.