MissPickwickian wrote:
Do you know of any liberal arts colleges with the following:
-a tight-knit, communal feel, like it's a little town full of young people
-an intellectual environment (more book clubs than frat parties)
-a reasonable price (<40,000$ at the absolute most)
-pretty noncompetitive admissions, or else "holistic" admissions (they care more about your essays and personality than your GPA)
Do not say St. John's, Hood, or Sewanee. I am already obsessed with them.
University of Illinois at Chicago?
Its like village inside Little Italy inside Chicago and Its a state school it doesnt focus mostly on LA, although LA degrees are probably the most common after science and medicine. Other then that it matches everything else.
Our library is one of our biggest buildings. It's about the size of a mall and 4 stories high.
We get alot of good professors who have turned down harvard, stanford, etc. because we have a better location.
instate it's 10,000 a year and 7,000 for housing(expensive but it's just outside downtown, two miles from Lake Michigan.)
It's pretty easy to get in to.
Don't know if you would be interested, but I definately like it.