Best Snow / Winter Schools
If you actually like winter (or at least don't mind it).
Sorted by selectivity. 46 schools tagged with this attribute.
| # | School | Location |
Accept |
SAT mid-50% |
ACT mid-50% |
Undergrads |
Avg Class Size |
Type |
|
| #1 |
Harvard |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
3.6% |
1500-1580 |
34-36 |
7,200 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #2 |
Yale |
New Haven, Connecticut |
3.7% |
1500-1570 |
33-35 |
6,500 |
~11 est. |
private |
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| #3 |
MIT |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
4.5% |
1530-1580 |
35-36 |
4,600 |
~44 est. |
private |
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| #4 |
University of Chicago |
Chicago, Illinois |
4.6% |
1510-1580 |
34-35 |
7,500 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #5 |
Princeton |
Princeton, New Jersey |
4.7% |
1510-1570 |
34-35 |
5,500 |
~11 est. |
private |
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| #6 |
Brown |
Providence, Rhode Island |
5.4% |
1500-1570 |
34-35 |
7,300 |
~13 est. |
private |
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| #7 |
Dartmouth |
Hanover, New Hampshire |
5.4% |
1490-1560 |
33-35 |
4,500 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #8 |
Northwestern |
Evanston, Illinois |
7.0% |
1490-1560 |
33-35 |
8,500 |
~35 est. |
private |
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| #9 |
Bowdoin |
Brunswick, Maine |
7.5% |
1440-1530 |
32-34 |
1,900 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #10 |
Colby |
Waterville, Maine |
8.0% |
1410-1530 |
32-34 |
2,200 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #11 |
Williams |
Williamstown, Massachusetts |
8.5% |
1450-1560 |
33-35 |
2,100 |
~13 est. |
private |
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| #12 |
Amherst |
Amherst, Massachusetts |
9.0% |
1450-1560 |
33-35 |
1,900 |
~13 est. |
private |
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| #13 |
Northeastern |
Boston, Massachusetts |
5.5% |
1430-1540 |
33-35 |
16,000 |
~35 est. |
private |
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| #14 |
Cornell |
Ithaca, New York |
7.3% |
1470-1550 |
33-35 |
15,700 |
~31 est. |
private |
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| #15 |
Grinnell |
Grinnell, Iowa |
9.0% |
1430-1540 |
32-34 |
1,700 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #16 |
Carnegie Mellon |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
11.0% |
1490-1560 |
33-35 |
7,500 |
~11 est. |
private |
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| #17 |
Colgate |
Hamilton, New York |
11.0% |
1390-1500 |
31-33 |
3,200 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #18 |
Hamilton |
Clinton, New York |
11.5% |
1410-1530 |
32-34 |
2,000 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #19 |
Wellesley |
Wellesley, Massachusetts |
13.0% |
1410-1540 |
32-34 |
2,400 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #20 |
Middlebury |
Middlebury, Vermont |
13.0% |
1400-1520 |
32-34 |
2,700 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #21 |
Wesleyan |
Middletown, Connecticut |
14.0% |
1410-1530 |
32-34 |
3,100 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #22 |
Bates |
Lewiston, Maine |
14.0% |
1370-1490 |
31-33 |
1,900 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #23 |
Carleton |
Northfield, Minnesota |
17.0% |
1410-1540 |
32-34 |
2,000 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #24 |
Vassar |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
17.0% |
1410-1530 |
32-34 |
2,400 |
~15 est. |
private |
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| #25 |
University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
17.7% |
1370-1530 |
31-34 |
33,000 |
~24 est. |
public |
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| #26 |
Olin College |
Needham, Massachusetts |
18.0% |
1480-1560 |
33-35 |
400 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #27 |
Boston University |
Boston, Massachusetts |
11.0% |
1390-1500 |
31-34 |
17,600 |
~22 est. |
private |
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| #28 |
Smith |
Northampton, Massachusetts |
23.0% |
1380-1500 |
31-33 |
2,500 |
~18 est. |
private |
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| #29 |
Macalester |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
26.0% |
1370-1490 |
31-33 |
2,200 |
~22 est. |
private |
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| #30 |
Kenyon |
Gambier, Ohio |
27.0% |
1350-1480 |
30-33 |
1,700 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #31 |
Oberlin |
Oberlin, Ohio |
30.0% |
1340-1490 |
30-33 |
2,900 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #32 |
Mount Holyoke |
South Hadley, Massachusetts |
38.0% |
1300-1450 |
29-33 |
2,200 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #33 |
Trinity College |
Hartford, Connecticut |
38.0% |
1300-1430 |
29-32 |
2,200 |
~20 est. |
private |
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| #34 |
University of Washington |
Seattle, Washington |
43.0% |
1240-1430 |
27-33 |
36,000 |
~44 est. |
public |
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| #35 |
University of Wisconsin |
Madison, Wisconsin |
49.0% |
1310-1450 |
27-32 |
35,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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| #36 |
Purdue |
West Lafayette, Indiana |
50.0% |
1190-1430 |
25-33 |
37,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #37 |
Penn State |
University Park, Pennsylvania |
54.0% |
1240-1410 |
27-32 |
40,000 |
~35 est. |
public |
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| #38 |
University of Connecticut |
Storrs, Connecticut |
54.0% |
1230-1410 |
27-32 |
23,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #39 |
University of Vermont |
Burlington, Vermont |
64.0% |
1230-1390 |
27-32 |
11,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #40 |
University of Minnesota |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
70.0% |
1280-1450 |
26-32 |
36,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #41 |
Michigan State |
East Lansing, Michigan |
83.0% |
1110-1310 |
23-29 |
39,000 |
~37 est. |
public |
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| #42 |
University of Colorado Boulder |
Boulder, Colorado |
81.0% |
1180-1370 |
25-31 |
31,000 |
~42 est. |
public |
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| #43 |
University of Iowa |
Iowa City, Iowa |
87.0% |
1130-1340 |
22-29 |
24,000 |
~35 est. |
public |
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| #44 |
University of Utah |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
87.0% |
1100-1330 |
22-29 |
24,000 |
~51 est. |
public |
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| #45 |
Iowa State |
Ames, Iowa |
88.0% |
1100-1310 |
21-29 |
29,000 |
~40 est. |
public |
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| #46 |
University of Maine |
Orono, Maine |
94.0% |
1050-1240 |
21-27 |
9,000 |
~33 est. |
public |
View |