<p>You can find artistic, quirky, friendly students at most small LACs.
It might help narrow the possibilities if you’d provide information about your qualifications and your budget. If you’ve realistically assessed your chances at Wesleyan and Rice, but still decided to apply, then few if any schools should be completely out-of-reach. However, more info might help set some boundaries.</p>
<p>What is your Expected Family Contribution? ([FinAid</a> | Calculators | Quick EFC Calculator Results](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid))
How much is your family actually able and willing to pay per year?</p>
<p>What are your unweighted GPA, class rank, and SAT (M & CR) scores?
How rigorous are your classes? (How many IB/AP courses have you taken?)</p>
<p>In what state do you reside? Are you male or female? If female, would you consider a women’s college? Are you willing to go anywhere in the country? Do you have a strong geographic preferences (urban v. rural; North, South, East or West)?</p>
<p>Meanwhile,here are a couple others you might want to consider:</p>
<p>Middlebury (for some of the best foreign language programs in the country, and apparently a strong neuroscience program)</p>
<p>St. Mary’s College of MD (Maryland’s public honors college; less expensive even at OOS rates than schools mentioned above; seems to have strong psychology and art departments; beautiful waterfront campus and setting.)
[Art</a> & Art History Department: St. Mary’s College of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.smcm.edu/art/artisthouse/0304artists.html]Art”>http://www.smcm.edu/art/artisthouse/0304artists.html)
[Environmental</a> Studies Program: St. Mary’s College of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.smcm.edu/environmentalstudies/index.html]Environmental”>http://www.smcm.edu/environmentalstudies/index.html)
<a href=“http://www.smcm.edu/rivergazette/_assets/PDF/sept07/07-7-4-16.pdf[/url]”>http://www.smcm.edu/rivergazette/_assets/PDF/sept07/07-7-4-16.pdf</a></p>