<p>Hi :) I'm hoping possibly hear of some schools I haven't considered yet or get to know a little more about the schools that I'm thinking of. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.93 (4.8 weighted)
SAT: 2120 (690 Math, 700 Reading, 730 Writing)
ACT: planning on taking it in the fall</p>
<p>EC's: track, soccer, volleyball (captain for all), student mentorship, student life team
Awards: an essay award, some sports awards, and "Animus Magnus" award</p>
<p>I go to a liberal arts high school so a liberal arts college is what I'm leaning towards. #1 right now is Hillsdale College, but it is a very conservative school and I don't have political views that lean too far either way, and I would like to have some fun in college (:</p>
<p>Colleges I'm thinking about are Hillsdale, Kenyon, Claremont Mckenna, Dartmouth, Brown, Baylor, and Tulane.
Any suggestions would be awesome! </p>
<p>The colleges you’ve named are rather diverse. It might help if you said more about your criteria: size, location, cost, activities, academic strengths, etc.</p>
<p>What about Reed? You would definitely have a chance; my son had lower stats (3.3-3.4 UW/4.0+W; 2060 SAT/31 ACT) and was wait-listed. Pitzer, Whitman, Willamette, Puget Sound University, Davidson, Connecticut College, Middlebury, Bard, New College of Florida, Goucher, Bennington, Swarthmore, Oberlin, Dickinson, and Colorado College would all be suitable for you.</p>
<p>Size: small to mid-size (1,000-7,000)
location: doesn’t really matter but close to a city would be nice
Cost: would try to get scholarships as much as possible but cost isn’t too much of an issue</p>
<p>Reed is probably still a reach. My D had higher stats and was also wait listed, thought stats only count for ~25% of admission from what I’ve read on these boards.</p>
<p>Check out University of Richmond. It’s private, but they have the richmond scholars program which is full tuition or full ride, depending on what you get. In total, they give about 40 full tuition, 10 full rides, and 100 half tuition scholarships a year (not including smaller merit scholarships and athletics).</p>
<p>might look at Holy Cross-1 hour from Boston and HC meets 100% demonstrated financial aid. Good school spirit and fantastic alumni network for job placement.</p>
<p>Your scores aren’t too competitive for Brown and Darmouth with a 2120 but raise it to closer to 2200 and you have a shot. Brown has the feel of a liberal arts college because of the Open Curriculum which is a really rare and amazing feature. Also look into Amherst and Tufts. </p>
<p>If you are female, consider Mount Holyoke. It is part of a consortium, so you have access to 4 other colleges for social and academic opportunities. Scipps is another women’s college that is also part of a consortium, so you get the small college feel with the benefits of a larger campus (and the colleges are right together in the Claremont Consortium, which Scripps is part of). Both give merit money, so you might get some. Boost that math score over 700 if you can, it will give you more admissions choices and better scholarship chances.</p>
<p>I think your list is quite nice, especially since you ‘don’t have political views that lean too far either way’. How about Trinity College? It, too, is in the center. Colgate U could work too (on a side note, it got some press recently for getting ranked #1 in PR’s most beautiful schools list).</p>
<p>It’s just that most LACs, including Mount Holyoke and Reed, are overwhelming liberal, so if you’re ok with going to a liberal school, that would open up many more possibilities. You would certainly be a competitive applicant at most LACs.</p>
<p>At least take a look at Washington and Lee, and don’t let the “conservative” reputation dissuade you as there are plenty of centrists there, but I agree it’s not left-leaning. Anyway, I think you might like it. Almost half the incoming class last year were sports team captains. About 1/3 of the student body plays a varsity sport. Division 3, so I think of athletics there being “for the love of the game”. Academics are excellent and you can have a ton of fun there. </p>