<p>What are the less selective “colleges that change lives”
I know Emory & Henry’s SAT average is something around 1450, and that’s with the writing portion. What other colleges are similar?</p>
<p>It’s not a CTCL, but should be - Roanoke College. <a href=“http://roanoke.edu/Admissions/Will_I_Get_In.htm”>http://roanoke.edu/Admissions/Will_I_Get_In.htm</a>
They do not consider writing section.</p>
<p>Evergreen State is a member of “Colleges That Change Lives,” and they have open admissions (or close to it). </p>
<p>^I second Roanoke. In the same area, Randolph-Macon and Randolph.
Lynchburg, Millsaps, Hiram, Cornell College (1 course at a time), McDaniel, Malboro, Guilford, Goucher, and Hiram are only moderately selective. More so than Lynchburg but still less selective than Whitman, St Olaf, Centre, Hampshire, or Rhodes.</p>
<p>Clark U</p>
<p>Not on the list of the CTSL, but similar to Emory and Henry is Lenoir-Rhyne University. Cost and SAT profile are similar. Location is southeastern as well. LRU is a supportive environment, and less rural than E&H.
Lees-McRae college is also in the same region, similar academic profile and cost to E&H.</p>
<p>I have read the book and am looking for some of those values too, but not just in the list that Pope made.</p>
<p>Reed College was in one of the Loren Pope books, but it is highly selective. In the same region, University of Portland has ranked at the top of the polls for “happiest students” and the students I knew went there–and the parents who have kids there–have nothing but good things to say. The university has even made it so their engineering majors can study abroad and graduate on time. Also consider Willamette University. I love this little campus and my cousin who went there was completely happy. </p>
<p>I keep reading good things about Susquehanna (in Pennsylvania) that sound like a similar philosophy…does anyone have firsthand information?</p>
<p>Susquehanna is a great university, very friendly. I’ve rarely encountered as helpful, kind staff. It’s very personable. If you email, they respond quickly and, most importantly, they actually answer your questions! Another good point is that they have a good business school in addition to the liberal arts college, and it’s not too small as a school.
Another college that could be CTCL is Drew, in NJ. Not too selective.</p>
<p>The CTCLs are all less selective; that was one of Pope’s criteria. Reed is the most selective at 40% but the rest are less so - For example Hendrix at 83% and Kalamazoo at 70%.</p>
<p>Whitman’s acceptance rate is under 50%. Reed’s is closer to 35%. Some of the CTCL members are self-selecting: they have relatively high acceptance rates, but their admitted students have high statistics. Some of them offer very generous merit scholarships. Warren Wilson and Berea are small, idiosyncratic colleges that are not CTCL members. It’s easy enough to check the Common Data on the college websites, or check College Prowler for admission statistics at each of the schools. </p>
<p>Snarlatron: I took the question to mean “less selective than most other CTCL’s”, not “compared to Top 20 colleges”.</p>
<p>Also, selectivity does mean admission rates; it has two parts, except for colleges with a 30% selectivity (where there’s no need to check quality of the pool :p)
1° GPA/test scores: universities admit from very different pools. Some admit 3.3 weighted GPAs and other 3.3 unweighted, some universities have applicants with mostly regular classes while others have 4-8 APs. Whitman is very selective even if it admits 50% students, because a majority of applicants are very strong to start with. As you said, Grinnell is another example of self selective universities; it’s highly selective wrt to stats, but not very selective with regards of what percentage gets admitted. The preselection just takes place earlier.
2° what percentage of students are admitted within that pool => comes second because you need to know what pool we’re talking about.
Berea has an admission rate of 5% for internationals but it doesn’t mean it’s anywhere near Harvard or Stanford in terms of selectivity.</p>
<p>I don’t have time to look through all of the stats but I just checked 2 more CTCLs at random: Hope College 85%, Ursinus College 70%. I do agree with woogzmama about CTCLs being self-selecting though.</p>
<p>I know it seems redundant to say this, but prospective students should also look beyond admission criteria and statistics. Some (probably all, I’m not familiar with all of them) have a unique vibe. Warren Wilson, Reed, Grinnel, Emory and Henry, Guilford are very different from each other. </p>
<p>St. Mary’s of California is a CTCL. The middle 50% of SAT (Math & Reading combined) is 1020 -1200. They have an acceptance rate over 60%.
I see University of Portland was already mentioned. Seattle University is worth considering too. More selective than St. Mary’s. Less selective than University of Portland. </p>
<p>Don’t discount your state system either. There may be one or more CTCL type colleges there - look for clues like “liberal arts focus” and “student centered” in their pr.</p>