Chance Me: 3.7 UW, 1480 SAT, 32 ACT, Philosophy major (pre-law track) [PA resident]

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Since folks here are offering suggestions, I’ll offer one too:

Connecticut College, a small (2000 students) liberal arts college on the Connecticut shore in New London, CT. They are a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference, often referred to as the “Little Ivies”.

I suggest it for a few reasons:

  1. I love what they do with their curriculum & I think that it would be a good fit for you and provide good preparation for law school. Go to their website and read about their Connections Program with Integrative Pathways. It is their way of doing thematic inquiry. It enables you to develop an individualized path of study. When you declare a major, rather than having to choose between two, or even three, competing interests, their approach facilitates a process whereby you can include all of your interests rather than excluding some. They have excellent advising to help you with planning.
  2. Nearby are two high security prisons, one a men’s prison 6 miles away and the other Connecticut’s only high security women’s prison 12 miles away. Having such access could provide a great opportunity for a senior capstone project, which is something that the vast majority of Conn College’s seniors do. Conn College also emphasizes community involvement and has strong connections to the New London schools in the event you wanted to study prevention programs to help young people avoid prison.
  3. The campus itself is a registered arboretum, situated on a bluff with beautiful views overlooking the Thames River. It is located in touristy eastern Connecticut near the historic town of Mystic, near Mohegan Sun Casino which offers lots of live entertainment, and at New London’s transportation hub, which offers access by ferry, train, and bus to major destinations in southern New England & its off shore islands and to Long Island.
  4. It is a perfect admissions target for you. The average high school gpa of this year’s freshman class is 3.81, and you are right in that neighborhood.
  5. It is an LGBTQ+ friendly campus.

Best of luck with your process. :+1:

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