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The Experts' Choice: Colleges With Great Reputations That Are Not Incredibly Selective

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Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
Drew University (Madison, NJ)

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)

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Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)

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Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)

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Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
Purdue University — West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN)
Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

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Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

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Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
University of Denver (Denver, CO)

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University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
University of St Andrews (St Andrew, SCT)
University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Washington College (Chestertown, MD)

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Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Willamette University (Salem, OR)

Honorable Mention

American University (Washington, DC)
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)

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Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
Boston University (Boston, MA)

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Brigham Young University — Provo (Provo, UT)
California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

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Chapman University (Orange, CA)
Claremont Colleges Consortium (Claremont, CA)
Clark University (Worcester, MA)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

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Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA)
Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
High Point University (High Point, NC)

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)
ITT Technical Institute
Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)
McGill University (Montreal, CAN)
Mercer University (Macon, GA)

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Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

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Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)

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Reed College (Portland, OR)

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Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

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The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CAN)
University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO)

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University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

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University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
University of Portland (Portland, OR)

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University of South Carolina — Columbia (Columbia, SC)
University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)

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University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)

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University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN)
Washington & Jefferson College (Washington, PA)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

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Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)

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