<p>My list is WAY to long so far. I'm trying to narrow it down, and was thinking it might be helpful to know which places are safeties and matches and reaches. I'm afraid most of them probably are reaches... I'm terrible at this kind of thing, and would appreciate some help!</p>
<p>The schools are:
Bates
Alfred
Eckerd
Denison
Vassar
Whitman
Beloit
Kenyon
Lawrence
Knox
Lewis and Clark
U of Rochester
Macalester
Middlebury
Tufts
Brown
Dartmouth
Colby
Carleton
Grinnell
Trinity U
Wittenberg
U of Tulsa
Clark U</p>
<p>My stats:
-SAT: 2170 (800CR, 630M, 740W)
-haven't taken SATIIs yet
-in the IB diploma program, getting 6s and 7s mostly
-decent ECs- some fairly unique and with leadership positions</p>
<p>Clark U should be no problem for you, as for me, and my horrible predicted SAT scores, it is a safety school. I am also full IB. Some lady at my dad's work categorized some schools for me....this was one of them.</p>
<p>I agree with 3tuitions, except I would place Dartmouth into the reach category, and Beloit into the match category. Whitman is a match. Eckerd is a safety.</p>
<p>Reach: Bates, Vassar, Kenyon, Macalester, Middlebury, Tufts, Brown, Dartmouth, Colby, Carleton, Grinnell
Match: Denison, Whitman, Lawrence, U of Rochester
Safety: Alfred, Eckerd, Beloit, Knox, Lewis and Clark, Trinity U, Wittenberg,
U of Tulsa, Clark U</p>
<p>psychgirl: good starting list and my responses are based on my review of colleges with my 19-year old son (who was admitted to Beloit, Kenyon and Macalester last year) and with my 17 year old daughter who has Lewis & Clark, Lawrence and Macalester on her list for next year. Your SAT's were higher than my S but not quite as high as my D's. Next year will be tougher due to size of applicant pool and admissions is tougher for girls. That is a plain fact.</p>
<p>Your reaches are all great, great schools but you cannot apply to all of them. Are there a couple that really have programs or features you like? Your list of match schools is smaller than your list of reaches. Have you considered Kalamazoo in Michigan? Skidmore or Union in NY? Occidental in LA? You have a solid list of safety schools.</p>
<p>Lantern9: All of the schools on my list have something about them that I really like (that's what makes it so hard to get rid of them!). For the reaches, what attracts me to them are:
Bates- supposedly a very good psychology department
Vassar- lack of core/distribution requirements
Kenyon- great English department
Macalester- the amount of internationalism. It seems like in addition to having many international students, the entire school has a very international perspective. Macalester is currently one of my very top choices!
Middlebury- good language programs
Tufts- I like idea of the Experiemental College
Brown- open curriculum.<br>
Dartmouth- excellent college with lots of opportunities, and pretty focused on undergraduates.
Colby- also seems fairly international. Has no greek life. nice location.
Carleton- general atmosphere seems nice. Nice location. No Greek.
Grinnell- lack of core/distribution requirements. Quite a large amount of international students. Like with Carleton, the atmosphere just seems like what I'd feel comfortable with.</p>
<p>I was thinking of Kalamazoo for a while, but I don't really like the city of Kalamazoo much. Same with Occidental. Skidmore seems a bit "stuck-up" (I could be wrong, just my impression!) and I've heard they don't have very good financial aid (which is really importatn for me). Union I've never heard of, will take a look at it!</p>
<p>i'll be attending skidmore next year...i hope it's not too stuck up (it seemed fine on my visit...but we may have different views on what stuck up is). as for the money...great financial aid. it costs less than a state school for me. ~13000</p>
<p>this may be bad advice but i'm just gonna say it anyway cuz it's my opinion.
if u below 25% on the SAT/ACT, it's a reach.
if ur above 75%, don't worry (unless it's an ivy)</p>