<p>Bard seems like a great school, but according to collegeboard.com 99% of their students were in the top half of their class. I’m guessing being from Weston, MA, one of the best publics in the nation, that the OP’s grades put him in the bottom half, so I think Bard would be a reach; he’d have to get into that 1% - very difficult. If this were October, maybe it would be worth a shot, but on December 20, I think he needs to go with the percentages.</p>
<p>The ones I listed seem like matches with the high SAT compensating for the low GPA, and a track record of admitting a significant number of students with his GPA.</p>