Doing a lot of reaching

College Search & Selection
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<p>Here are my stats:
SAT I: 2150 (V 750 M 650 W 750)
SAT II's: US Hist 640 Spanish 660 (retaking some)
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.76 (unweighted at highly competitive prep school)
Here the colleges I am interested in now:
Amherst College
Colgate University
Cornell University
Tufts University
Colorado College
Washington University in St. Louis
Emory University
Claremont Mckenna College
Oberlin College
Yale University
Brown University</p>

<p>I do not need comments on my current list, but I need some suggestions on some "safeties" or more "low matches" for my list, thanks.</p>

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<p>Interested in arts and sciences, but would also go to a university with a good arts and sciences college (like cornell)</p>

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<p>Hmmmm....Skidmore, Colby, Occidental, Lewis+Clark, Kalamazoo College, Ohio Wesleyan and Kenyon could work (some are low matches, some more safties). Look into them and see what you think!</p>

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<p>Your State U, URochester, Syracuse, UT-Austin, UArizona, Grinnell, Goucher</p>

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<p>alright thanks, anybody else got any ideas?</p>

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<p>There are a number of fine LAC's in Pennsylvania that come to mind - Muhlenburg, Gettysburg, Dickenson, Franklin and Marshall, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell...in Connecticut there is Connecticut College. Others might be Bard or Bates. Much depends on what sort of size, location, and type of student body you are looking for.</p>

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<p>how about Macalester? any info on Macalester would be great, academics, reputation, ect</p>

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<p>^Good liberal arts college in the midwest. Popular for east asian studies and other alternative sorts of majors. Less popular in the northeast. Quirky student body.</p>

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<p>I agree with Ohio Wesleyan, Syracuse, and U Rochester. How about Tulane, Boston College.</p>

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<p>How about your local Junior Colleges?</p>

<p>Your list has no focus. It appears you do not know what you want. Perhaps you need to reassess yourself, and then redraft your list to reflect your needs. </p>

<p>But then, this randomness may have some meaning after all. You will aid these schools in offering you rejections which add to their desirability in the rankings game. </p>

<p>Dart your way through Princeton's College reviews.</p>

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<p>Those are not totally random schools. As a person who is also flexible with size/location, some lists seem varied. I think the OP has a lot of really strong schools that tend to be in cities or very near them.</p>

<p>Would second Oxy as a low match (esp. if you like CMC a lot)... maybe Pitt, though I don't know enough about the school (people applying to Tufts sometimes have that on their lists)... Whitman as a match/low match... Dickinson as one as well (was mentioned above).</p>

<p>You look like a good self-confident student, so hopefully you won't need to apply to so many schools.</p>