<p>My midwest based son and I took a spring break trip to Amherst MA and while we didn’t find a perfect fit (UMass too big; Amherst a stretch; Hampshire too artsy) we came away impressed with the Five College Consortium as a means of expanding course breadth in a small school environment.</p>
<p>Are there other similar consortiums with multiple good schools that offer shared course registrations? I’m aware of Claremont but believe his academic profile would be a stretch.</p>
<p>I’ve seen references to Worcester (Clark, WPI, Holy Cross, others) but it’s not clear to me if it is active.</p>
<p>Anything in the midwest?</p>
<p>Welcome input on schools and experiences.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Our youngest attended a midsize university and found that using a cohort for freshmen classes helped with getting to know other students and as students get into upper division courses, classes can be quite small.
Her university is also broken up into several colleges and her last two years, all her classes were taken within her smaller college while still having the resources of the university.</p>
<p>Did you check out the ACTC (Associated Colleges of the Twin CIties)? </p>
<p>Hudson/Mowhawk
Albany College of Pharmacy
Albany Medical College
Empire State College*
Maria College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Siena College
Skidmore College
Southern Vermont College
The College of Saint Rose
The Sage Colleges (Undergraduate Students Only)
Union College </p>
<p>Lehigh Valley
Cedar Crest College
DeSales University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Moravian College
Muhlenberg College</p>
<p>Worcester
Anna Maria College
Assumption College
Becker College
Clark University
College of the Holy Cross
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Nichols College
Quinsigamond Community College
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester State University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute</p>
<p>Rochester
Alfred State College
Alfred University
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Corning Community College
Empire State College
Finger Lakes Community College
Genesee Community College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Houghton College
Keuka College
Monroe Community College
Nazareth College
Roberts Wesleyan College (incl. Northeastern Seminary)
Rochester Institute of Technology
St. John Fisher College
St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry
St. Bonaventure University
State University of New York College at Brockport
State University of New York College at Geneseo
University of Rochester
Wells College</p>
<p>Quaker Consortium
Bryn-Mawr
Haverford
Swarthmore</p>
<p><a href=“Five Colleges of Ohio - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Colleges_of_Ohio</a> but I really don’t know how active they are at allowing courses to be taken at different schools.</p>
<p>There is a consortium in DC and one in Atlanta. But you need to check administrative, academic calendar, and commuting issues within each one for cross-registration purposes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the ideas. I do like Worcester based on academic diversity / fit and for the proxmimity and bus service between campuses. The Twin Cities would be interesting but my son is looking for a secular school (he’s attended religious affiliated elementary / HS and has had his fill). Goucher could be an interesting fit, though the other Baltimaore area schools seem pretty spread out (it’s near Towson but not the better schools like UMBC or Loyola)? I’m just starting to look into the PA and upstate NY options for proximity / transport services. </p>
<p>The sense I had when visiting the Amherst area is that the consortium was not only available but was actively utilized. Does anyone have experiences with any of the suggested consortia above (or others)?</p>