<p>Scripps, Wellesley, Pitzer, Barnard, and Bryn Mawr are just as much liberal arts colleges as Reed is.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how liberal and “quirky” Johns Hopkins is, but it is in a major city and has a great health sciences program. So does Emory University. Agnes Scott’s religious affiliation means next to nothing in the modern-day parlance. I think you should apply there, too, because they might offer you enormous aid. They often try to attract young women away from places like Wellesley, Barnard, Scripps, etc. They’re also very diverse - racially, socioeconomically, religiously and sexual identity-wise - and I would certainly describe the students as quirky, feminist, and liberal. It’s in Decatur, but it’s in the part of Decatur that’s directly adjacent to Atlanta - and they have a beautiful science center and really encourage women in the sciences.</p>
<p>(As an aside, I’m a black woman from the South. Don’t paint an entire region as a monolith - different parts of the South are very different. Atlanta is actually a majority African American city with lots of LGBT people, and living in Atlanta is very different from living in, say, rural Alabama. I’m not telling you this to “shame” you - I’m telling you this because there are some colleges in Atlanta and the South that you should probably consider because they’d be decent fits for you.)</p>
<p>Another quirky liberal feminist college in a large city is Mills College, a small women’s college in Oakland. That’s a safety for you, likely, and they may offer you some big aid.</p>
<p>I second the encouragement to apply to Smith College, since the only criterion it doesn’t meet is being in an urban area. It’s known for training women in the sciences and it’s definitely quirky, feminist, and liberal.</p>