<p>Denis:</p>
<p>Here’s the thing about Amherst/Princeton – it is absolutely 100% impossible for anyone to make predictions about either of those schools – the acceptance rates are just too small (each around 10% or less, I believe – you can look this up though). Average SATs for those schools are over 2100. Each of those schools rejects far more highly qualified candidates than they accept, so all one can do is apply and hope.</p>
<p>Still – if you can get each SAT section over 700 (or pretty close) it’s worth an application.</p>
<p>I know less about Reed (other than it’s excellent school, obviously), but based on their published data, they appear to be somewhat easier than Princeton or Amherst. Reed gets about 3000-3100 applicants and accepts more than 1300 – so it’s something like 40%. 2000-2100 on the SAT would put you right in the middle of their freshman class statistically – students do a bit better on the SAT-CR and SAT-W than in the SAT-M.</p>
<p>(BTW – all this data is available here – [Reed</a> College 2010-11 Common Data Set SecC](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/ir/cds/cds1011/cdssecc201011.html]Reed”>Reed College 2010-11 Common Data Set SecC - Institutional Research - Reed College)). </p>
<p>Being #1 in your class, if you can meet your SAT projections, Reed certainly seems like target school for you. Not a guarantee and Reed is certainly not a safety – but EVERYONE needs safety schools.</p>