A Liberal Arts Safety?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello, all!</p>

<p>So I have just finished my first college visiting trip, and I think I am in love. LACs have everything that I want in a school, and the schools I visited made me ridiculously happy each time. It was wonderful.</p>

<p>I have done well enough in school that I am able to look at Amherst, Williams, etc. as schools that are within the realm of possibility. I am also looking at selective-but-not-as-selective-as-Amherst schools, like Grinnell and Kenyon. I am wondering, though, what a LAC safety school would be. I visited Hampshire and decided that there is such a thing as a school that is too progressive for me. Are there any safeties that fit within the Amherst/Bowdoin/Carleton type of school?</p>

<p>P.S. Wow I typed in colleges that work for the alphabet. Cool.</p>

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<p>If Amherst is a possibility for you, then Knox and Illinois Wesleyan (both in Illinois) should be safeties. Also look at Willamette in Oregon, Eckerd in Florida, St. Olaf's in Minnesota, and Beloit in Wisconsin. This isn't to say that these aren't selective schools - they are, just not as selective as Amherst. :D</p>

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<p>skidmore, union college</p>

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<p>Colorado College. Apply there. They suck. They'll accept anyone.</p>

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<p>Denison University in Ohio. If you have good stats, they give incredible merit awards. I think Denison is ranked #50 on top 100 LACS. </p>

<p>Occidental in California is also nice (top 30 LAC?)</p>

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<p>The Claremont Colleges...well not Pomona, Harvey Mudd, or McKenna...actually, they're very hard but not helping now am I...</p>

<p>well...if you're a girl, Scripps College and Pitzer College are good safeties.</p>

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<p>if youre academically inclined and looking for money, The College of Wooster</p>

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<p>Don't be tricked by the word safety- some of these are quite good.</p>

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<p>Look at some of these:</p>

<p>Trinity C, DePauw U, University of the South, Whitman, Lafayette, Skidmore, Lawrence U, Beloit, Earlham, U of Richmond, Bucknell U, Reed, Hobart & William Smith, Lewis & Clark, Denison, St. John's, Furman, Connecticut C, Hendrix, Goucher, Pitzer, Wheaton (MA) and Knox.</p>

<p>They vary in selectivity, as well as location, but there is a wide range.</p>

<p>Just my opinion.
IB</p>

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<p>Hamilton is very selective so it shouldn't be a safety probably, but it's not as selective as say Amherst</p>

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<p>Significantly easier to get into than Amherst but still nifty: Trinity, Bates, Colby, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Bucknell, Connecticut College, Union (NY), Occidental, Furman.</p>

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<p>If Williams & Amherst are within "the realm of possibility", then Colgate & Middlebury could be good matches.</p>

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<p>Colgate, Holy Cross, and Bucknell.</p>