Which colleges should I remove from my list?

College Search & Lists
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<p>I need help cutting down my college list.</p>

<p>What I’m looking for in a college:

  1. Strong in undergraduate sciences (specifically biochemistry)
  2. Has a good music conservatory for symphony orchestra
  3. Accepting of all view points i.e. not radical and not too liberal or conservative</p>

<p>Current List:
Allegheny
Bowdoin
Carleton
Earlham
Grinnell
Haverford
Kalamazoo
Lawrence
Macalester
Mount Holyoke
Oberlin
Reed
Rochester
Williams
Wooster</p>

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<p>If you’re interested in research, Reed (1) leads these schools in future bio and chem PhD production percentage, (2) has no music conservatory (but has a chamber orchestra), (3) is quite liberal, but “too” liberal is in the eye of the beholder. ;)</p>

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<p>drop wooster. If you have allegheny it seems redundant</p>

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<p>reed is pretty left-leaning, if you’re more into moderates.</p>

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<p>^ Thats probably an understatement, Mac and Oberlin are probably up there too</p>

<p>Lawrence sounds like a perfect fit for you</p>

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<p>I’d put Wooster in over Allegheny; it’s stronger academically.</p>

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<p>I’m dropping Allegheny and a couple others for other reasons (Lawrence too, because it’s too far away :(). Thanks to everyone for their input!</p>

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<p>According to a tour/info session I went on last year, Bowdoin does not have an orchestra. The tour guide was fairly clueless, though, so this may not be accurate.</p>

<p>Rochester would seem like exactly what you are looking for.</p>