<p>What are you looking for in a college? Big/small, rural/urban, LAC/university, prestige, etc.?</p>
<p>Here’s a wide variety of schools that you may want to look at, along with chances:</p>
<p>Williams: high reach
Bowdoin: high reach
Swarthmore: high reach
Vassar: high reach
Colgate: reach
Haverford: reach
Middlebury: reach
Georgetown: low reach
Hamilton: low reach
Lehigh: low reach/high match
Colby: low reach/high match
Boston College: high match
Bates: high match
Bucknell: high match
Connecticut: high match
Gettysburg: high match
Trinity (CT): high match/match
Northeastern: high match/match
William and Mary: high match/match
College of the Holy Cross: high match
George Washington: high match
Sarah Lawrence: match (does not look at SAT scores at all)
Skidmore: match
Muhlenberg: match
Villanova: match
Syracuse: match
Union (NY): match
Fordham: match
Elon: match
Loyola College in Maryland: match
Dickinson: match
U Delaware: match
Lafayette: match
Ursinus: match
Denison: match
American: match
U Maryland College Park: match
The College of NJ: match
Boston U: match
Drexel: match/low match
Bentley: match/low match
Penn State UP: match/low match
Clark: low match
Ithaca: low match
Providence: low match
Stonehill: low match
Allegheny: low match
Iona: low match
James Madison: low match/safety
Hofstra: low match/safety
Fairfield: low match/safety
Marist: low match/safety
Quinnipiac: low match/safety
Saint Joseph’s ¶: low match/safety
Manhattan: low match/safety
Siena: low match/safety
Sacred Heart: safety
Temple: safety
Pace: safety
St. John’s–Queens: safety</p>
<p>If you’re a girl, think about women’s colleges. Some are ranked almost as high as Amherst, but they’re easier to get into because of the self-selecting applicant pool. And you can cross-register at other nearby prestigious schools. Also, Smith and Mt. Holyoke are SAT optional.</p>
<p>Wellesley: reach (can take classes at MIT)
Barnard: low reach/high match (can take classes at Columbia-right across the street)
Bryn Mawr: low reach/high match (can take classes at Haverford and Swarthmore)
Mt. Holyoke: high match (can take classes at Amherst and the rest of the 5 College Consortium)
Smith: match (can take classes at Amherst and the rest of the 5 College Consortium)
Agnes Scott: low match/safety (can take classes at many other Atlanta colleges)
Simmons: safety
etc.</p>
<p>SAT optional schools might be worth looking into, especially since you’re just on the edge of having a good enough score to get into some good schools. The list includes: Bard, Bates, Bennington, Bowdoin, College of the Atlantic, College of the Holy Cross, Connecticut, Denison, Dickinson, Drew, Franklin and Marshall, Furman, Gettysburg, Goucher, Guilford, Hamilton, Hampshire, Knox, Lake Forest, Lawrence, Lewis and Clark, Marlboro, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, Muhlenberg, Pitzer, Providence, Smith, Union (NY), Ursinus, Wake Forest, Wheaton (MA), and a smattering of less well known schools. View the whole list here: [Optional</a> List | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional]Optional”>ACT/SAT Optional List for Fall 2025 - Fairtest). Keep in mind that if you choose not to submit your scores, they will weigh HS grades, essays, EC’s, and recommendations much higher.</p>
<p>Hope that helps some! I would love to see your final list, and good luck!</p>