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Hampshire students also receive written evaluations in lieu of grades, and the college is still seeking students for the upcoming academic year.)Īnother small liberal arts college, Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisc., also needs students for its 2027 class. (Hampshire College, a tiny school in Amherst, Mass., is capitalizing on the conservative overhaul and offering New College students in good standing admission to Hampshire, as well as a tuition match. The culture at the tiny school is shifting Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently appointed six conservative board members to the New College’s board of trustees, and his education commissioner has said he’d like to model the school after Hillsdale College, a notoriously conservative and politically active private college in Michigan.

At New College, students agree to semester-long contracts that require them to pass a certain number of classes to keep their credits, and they receive written evaluations instead of letter grades. If small colleges are more your speed, the New College of Florida-the sunshine state’s public liberal arts honors college-is also seeking students. Ultimately the program at UVM is a little stronger for the wildlife aspect of environmental studies.” Zoubok reports that his other offers included James Madison University, University of Delaware and Endicott College. “We had gone to visit both Boulder and UVM and both had very strong programs. “I went back and forth between CU Boulder and University of Vermont and went right down to the last few days before I made my decision,” says Zoubok, who says he applied to 10 schools.

And if you’re into astronomy, its Fiske Planetarium is one of the largest west of the Mississippi.ĭespite these and other attractions Alex Zoubok, a high school senior in Somers, N.Y., chose University of Vermont over CU Boulder. Backpackers, climbers and hikers will delight in the numerous dog-friendly nearby trails like Mount Sanitas, with its jaw-dropping vistas. Situated in an artsy city in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, about 30 minutes from Denver, the school has strong chemistry and physics programs (which boasts four Nobel Laureates) but also graduates hundreds of business, psychology and computer science majors each year. University of Colorado Boulder, ranked #103 on the Forbes top colleges list, didn’t attract enough suitable students to fill up its nearly 6,000-strong freshman class and is now accepting applicants. All of the schools on this list rank on Forbes’ list of America’s Top Colleges, as well as the Princeton Review’s list of the 388 Best Colleges in America. For students that are getting a late start to the college application game, or who are underwhelmed by their current offers of admission, Forbes put together a list of 43 great U.S.-based colleges that are still accepting applications for the 2023-24 academic year.