<p>Might want to include Wesleyan too on this list. with ~3000 kids larger LAC, and very artsy... about an hour or 90 min drive from Amherst.</p>
<p>You have a chance anywhere. Williams and Amherst much more so than Harvard and Princeton. As a Williams alum and long time interviewer, I can assure that admissions there are not nearly as random as at the top ivies. let's face it, the majority of ivy applicants still haven't heard of it! Give it a go.</p>