<p>I’m looking for a smaller college (5,000-15,000), not tiny but not HUGE that has all the aspects of a bigger college without the massive population.
I mean frats, big social scene, sports, beautiful campus, and school spirit but not too conservative.</p>
<p>I live in Florida now, but I really wouldn’t mind going anywhere in the country as long as it is a great campus in an amazing spot. </p>
<p>I have about a 3.3 uw for Freshman-Junior year, and about a 3.6 uw for just Sophomore-Junior year and around 1350-1400 SAT.</p>
<p>I will second duke…and also say northwestern bc it has a huge frat/sorority scene w/ about 35% of students involved, big 10 athletics, and a gorgeous campus on lake michigan</p>
<p>wake sounds good, and boston college also seems to be what you’re looking for – even though there are no frats, the party scene is huge from what i can tell, and the campus is gorgeous</p>
<p>I feel USC fits this. It is a huge school in terms of number of students, but you rarely feel you’re on a huge campus and you never really see all those thousands of students.</p>
<p>You might look into the Claremont colleges–they’re LACs, and each is very small, but since they’re a very close-knit consortium, you get the smallness of a LAC with the “big college feel” since the campuses are roughly combined.</p>
<p>I saw this thread and came in to suggest Claremont, b/c they’re definitely small schools with a bigger overall feel, but they do lack some of what the OP seems to be looking for: D3 (and not hugely popular) sports, no real Greek scene at all, school pride but not a lot of school spirit, etc., and perhaps too small. Still, could be worth a look…all the small school benefits, good non-Greek social scene, beautiful campuses. CMC has a sportier vibe than the other schools.</p>
<p>There are some LAC’s that do have bigger sports + Greek scenes. Colgate comes to mind, but it’s smaller than you’d like (<3K)</p>
<p>I second USC. A few more undergrads than you’re looking for (16.5K), and a very large overall university (33.5K total), big D1 sports, big Greek scene, more school spirit than you’ll ever find anywhere else, lovely campus, urban, but still a great “community” vibe and a fair number of small school perks when it comes to student life, class sizes, etc. I ended up choosing a college of approx. 800 students, but USC didn’t feel overwhelming to me.</p>
<p>ETA: Missed your stats on first read. These schools will tend toward the reach-y end, but may still be accessible.</p>
<p>There are plenty of schools in that size range and with the things you’re looking for. I got 117 schools on the CB search by using 4 year, 200-15000, greek system and D1 mens football. Highlights include…</p>
<p>Appalaichan State
Baylor
Butler
Clemson
University of Hawaii
Indiana State
University of Louisville
Villanova…</p>
<p>I suggest you check into Tulane. See how they are doing after the Katrina debacle. Major sports, plenty of ECs, the size you’re looking for, less competitive to get inot than Duke or Vanderbilt.</p>