<p>My name is Kate. I am currently a freshman at a small, private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. I am studying psychology, have a 3.5 gpa, write for my colleges newspaper, and will be initiated into Chi Omega on Janurary 13. While I absolutely adore my sisters and leaving them is a difficult decision, I do not feel that my current college is right for me. It is a little bit too small (1,000 students) and sometimes feels more like a high school than a college. Here is what I want from a college: </p>
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<li>Small campus - under 5,000 students</li>
<li>MUST HAVE A CHI OMEGA CHAPTER.</li>
<li>Liberal Arts Education</li>
<li>Preferably in the south, as its a longstanding dream of mine. </li>
<li>Can have a religious affiliation, but I would prefer if attending church was not mandatory. </li>
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<p>I am using the search on CC, and I only wish it would let me search for colleges with Chi Omega chapters haha I love my sisterhood and do not want to leave it behind. Since I will still be an undergrad, I could possibly be an active on my new campus, which I really would like. </p>
<p>The main reason I am at my current college is because they offered me a huge scholarship. I pay about $38,000 a year, but they gave me a $10,500 a year merit scholarship. I have a few other scholarships I picked up and I only took out loans totaling $10,000 for the entire year. I will find a way to pay for college, but would like to keep the cost comparable or under what I am paying now.
Chi Omega has over 170 chapters, and i have looked there but I was hoping someone on here knew of a small college with a greek life presence I could look into. It’s hard to just look at the chapter listings because some of the colleges are huge, some are ivy league, some are not what I want at all.</p>
<p>Run the college-matching search engines for colleges/universities that are the size you are looking for, in the price range you are looking for, and offer your major. Then crossmatch the results with the Chi Omega list. Tedious I know, but this is the best way to find what you are looking for. If it is any comfort, b@r!um who posts in the international students forum has written about starting with a list of 300 colleges and universities (yes, you read that correctly) in order to find the ones that would work best for her. By comparison 170 is nothing.</p>
<p>Do you know for sure that Chi Omega chapters automatically allow transfer students to affiliate? In some groups, it’s up to the chapter to vote on whether to let a transfer join.</p>
<p>Glancing over the list, the following meet your criteria:
[ul][<em>]Duke
[</em>]Furman
[<em>]Samford
[</em>]Tulane
[<em>]Vanderbilt
[</em>]Wake Forest
[li]William & Mary[/ul][/li]Washington & Lee and Rhodes have about 1800/1900 students…not sure if that’s big enough for you.</p>
<p>Considering slightly larger schools (~12-15K undergrads) would open up options like American, App State, Baylor, Clemson, College of Charleston, Ole Miss, and UVA.</p>
<p>Considering schools outside the South would open up options like Bucknell, Carthage, Dayton, Evansville, Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg, Rochester, Tufts, Tulsa, and Villanova.</p>
<p>Financial aid is often pretty limited for transfer applicants. As happymom suggested, be sure to consider cost.</p>
I will do that :)</p>