<p>I think that anyone who has seriously researched colleges recently has heard of Davidson. Kaplan had it listed as a “hot” school in 2002. I think it has since gotten “hotter”. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www2.davidson.edu/common/templates/news/news_tmp01.asp?newsid=930[/url]”>http://www2.davidson.edu/common/templates/news/news_tmp01.asp?newsid=930</a></p>
<p>A more recent article (2007) refers to Davidson as one of the 25 New Ivies. ;)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14325172...wsweek/page/4/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14325172...wsweek/page/4/</a></p>
<p>In case you can’t open the 2007 new ivy article.</p>
<p>“Davidson College
Davidson, N.C.
This private liberal-arts college of 1,600 has benefited from a recent surge in interest. Last year, 3,900 students applied for the class of 2010; only 30 percent were accepted. A decade earlier, admissions officers were sifting through about 2,800 applications. “We look, feel, sound like a New England liberal-arts college—but we’re in North Carolina,” says Christopher Gruber, dean of admission and financial aid. About a third of students are from the Southeast. The most popular majors are biology, economics, English, history and political science. Students can also concentrate in a particular area within a major—for example, biology with a concentration in medical humanities. Overlap schools: University of North Carolina, Duke, University of Virginia, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Rice, Boston College, Pomona, Stanford and the Ivies.”</p>