Suggestions for an UTTERLY confused junior?

jamiroquai
Fri, 08 May 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Really good suggestions so far… I totally agree with Pomona, Swat, UChicago, Georgetown (mostly for IR though… I think of preppy when I think of Georgetown too, and Wesleyan is the antithesis of preppy), Brown and DEFINITELY think you should look into Tufts (it was the first school that popped into my head when I read your description, and is much closer on the similarity scale to Wesleyan than Columbia).

You asked about CMC’s reputation vs. reality—it’s about 50/50 in terms of relative Republicans/Democrats, which fosters a lot of really healthy debate since I’d say the majority of CMC students are at least interested in, if not pursuing, studies in government and politics (or econ). Pomona is more thoroughly liberal, but isn’t quite AS focused on government and econ programs. Also, I’ve heard CMC is more pre-professional than Pomona, which funnels more students into grad schools.

Good luck in your search! Major respect for not succumbing to the hype of college admissions (needless to say, you’re in the minority here haha).