<p>Hello!I need a bit of help!as I already wrote I am very very hoping to get into columbia and I am planning to apply for ED.The question is-if I don't get in on ED I'll have to apply to other schools as well.I can apply to 5 or 6 schools at the most(UWC policy) and already have Reed on my list as a kind of a safe choice.I am definitely a city type so places like Darthmouth and Cornell are not for me.I am definitely planning to take a psychology major.Coed school with financial aid for international students.Anyone who could give advice about which of the other Ivies and liberal art colleges I should be looking at.Thank you very very very much in advance!</p>
<p>I can't speak to fin aid for internationals, but University of Chicago is pretty similar to Columbia.</p>
<p>In terms of academics, they seem to be. But socially, they're pretty different.</p>
<p>"Columbia and Uchicago"
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<p>I don't think Reed can be considered a safety for an international needing aid. The competition is severe, and Reed is a quirky "fit" school.</p>
<p>Perhaps others know: Are there LACs that can be considered safeties for an international student needing aid?</p>
<p>I don't know anything about the location (except that it's Easton, PA), but you could check out Lafayette College.</p>
<p>Information according to collegeboard regarding finacial aid: </p>
<p>Number of enrolled international undergraduates received aid: 121
Total amount awarded : $4,143,867 </p>
<p>Acceptance rate: 37%</p>
<p>SAT's : </p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading: 580 - 670
SAT Math: 620 - 710<br>
SAT Writing: 580 - 670</p>
<p>UChicago definitely.
Other than that, there aren't many places like Columbia.
There are other elite urban schools: Penn, Harvard, MIT (Yale technically is as well, but New Haven isn't exactly a city you'd want to experience), but none have the same environment as Columbia.
I guess you could make an argument for Berkeley.</p>
<p>It depends what the OP valued most about Columbia. </p>
<p>If it was its hyperurban location: NYU, BU, New School
If it was the liberal politics of the student body: Reed, Brown, Berkeley
If it was the Core Curriculum: UChicago</p>
<p>I almost went to Swarthmore. It's very similar in a lot of respects. You should visit.</p>
<p>The one school I think I might have gone to over Columbia (emphasis on might) was Stanford. So there's that.</p>
<p>I'd say Georgetown is pretty similar in several ways.</p>
<p>if a great books curriculum is what you're looking for, you might want to check out st. john's college. santa fe is pretty far from urban, but i think they have a campus in annapolis as well which is close to baltimore and dc.</p>
<p>Denzera, you'd maybe go to Stanford 'cause you're IT-inclined, no?</p>
<p>What is it you like about Columbia,specifically?</p>
<p>For a target- check out Tufts. They have a high percentage of internationals.. and like Columbia it's near a city, comparitively diverse, and has great academics</p>
<p>Barnard. Duh.</p>
<p>"Coed school" was one of the requirements.</p>
<p>"Barnard. Duh."</p>
<p>Dude, you made my dad with this comment. Got a good laugh out of it, :D. Keep up the good work!</p>
<p>Swarthmore and UChicago.</p>
<p>wildrose -- if you are a UWC grad and an international looking for aid, make sure to apply to one (or more) of the five schools where the Davis Scholarship pays for all your need -- Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Middlebury, Princeton and Wellesley.</p>
<p>I am not sure which one is most like Columbia -- but I would definitely suggest you apply to one of the five.</p>