<p>My S has a 4.0, similar SATs, and AP Euro, USHistory, Stat, Calculus, Gov't, Spanish, Lit and Comp and Lang and Lit.</p>
<p>Recently I posted this on the Parents' Forum and the consensus was that ALL of the schools in the NESCAC were reaches for him - reaches being any schools that accept less than 40%. You have a nice record, but you seem to be reaching a little high. Just be careful.</p>
<p>Possibly St. Michael's in Vermont?</p>
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Smith College. It may be a reach, but definitely worth considering. The Smith College Museum of Art is phenomenal! Smith College Museum of Art - Home
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Smith is definitely a reach. OP's SAT score is good, but Smith de-emphasizes SAT score next year. OP doesn't have anything else to offer.</p>
<p>I agree with the Skidmore and Bard suggestions. Here's another, silightly change-of-pace: take a look at Clark in Worcester, MA (if you don't mind slightly gritty urban setting.)</p>
<p>Someone mentioned Connecticut College. They have a very very good studio art program.</p>
<p>I think NESCAC schools like Colby might be reasonable to apply to--esp. since the OP's test scores are high. Colby accepts something like 30%, while Midd and Bowdoin accept 18%, and then Williams, at the top, accepts about 14% For a safety there is Mulenberg in Pa., which is supposed to be beautiful, and getting a better rep all the time. IF the OP is creatively inclined, Sarah Lawrence is a fine school for writing, music, and theatre, ditto for Bennington college in VT. But remember, nowadays there are no safeties. It depends on so many factors--and for small schools making a personal connection is key. Visit, write really compelling, unique essays, and try to show an area of dedicated interest. Perhaps even contact the profs. in that area, if it applies. Good luck.</p>
<p>colby is a GREAT school. they have excellent student-made viewbooks...call in to request one. you'll fall in love. it's competitive, though. it might be a low reach for you.</p>
<p>hampshire, too, is a great school. goucher, although that's more mid atlantic.</p>
<p>(both of the above would be safeties for you, too. sorry for the bajillion posts in a row!)</p>
<p>mishto, for good art studio departments take a look at Hamilton, Skidmore, Conn College, plus if you are female, Smith. Also, Kenyon in the midwest. Williams and Wesleyan also have very good studio art department, but they may be too reach-y. See how your weighted GPA, rank and scores pan out. </p>
<p>Plan to submit a art portfolio even if you don't intend to major in art. It counts for a lot at these schools, as do essays and recommendations.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the replies, I really appreciate your help!</p>
<p>To the person who said I have nothing to offer but SAT scores:
Thanks for your reply, but I think everyone is composed of something more than an arbitrary number.</p>
<p>You might try looking into Barnard if you're a girl.</p>
<p>mishtophoid, I agree; everyone is composed of much more than an arbitrary number! So apply to reaches you love and to safety schools as well.</p>
<p>Check into Bates. I have a student there who is left/right brained - AP Art and AP Calculus BC. He loves the place. Taking courses in both domains and plans to go for a masters in architecture after graduation.</p>
<p>LOL, I have a couple of friends from Vassar and all of them could be described as either cold or eccentric and/or gay. But I like eccentric gay people so that doesn't bother me. But since Vassar is known as an artsy type school I can't help but wonder where you learned the art department sucks. It is very left leaning and a little cliquish from what I heard, but no college can be just like your high school again and it's really not that bad.</p>
<p>Poughkeepsie, however, is a GREAT town. I used to live right between NYC and Poughkeepsie and I really like that area.</p>
<p>I millionth the suggestion of Skidmore. I would like to submit Swarthmore. Surprised it hadn't been suggested yet. Also, if you are female, think of Wellesley and Mount Holyoke -- awesome northeastern LACs.</p>
<p>Other suggestions: Emerson (MA), Muhlenberg (in PA), Sarah Lawrence, Union College (in Schenectady, NY), Wheaton (in MA). Quinnipiac may be a bit too large for your likings, it's got almost 6,000 students.</p>
<p>Franklin and Marshall....</p>
<p>juillet: I read on some student school review sit somewhere that the art department sucks. Mostly what I have read suggests you HAVE to take a drawing class the first year no matter what discipline of art you are interested in, and after that the discipline-specific art courses are scarce. I thought it would be a great school for art too! I guess I will find out more when I visit.</p>
<p>Consider College of the Holy Cross, 40 minutes west of Boston in the City of Worcester, highly ranked (#33 on US News & World Report). 2800 students, only undergrad and Division 1 NCAA athletics. Very manicured beautiful gated campus one mile from the city center. Oldest Catholic school in New England, 20 years older than fellow Jesuit school Boston College.</p>
<p>I dunno, maybe it's me, but, Middletown is not that isolated in the strict sense of being far from major population centers (Hartford and New Haven). And, if you examine any Connecticut newspaper for weekend cultural events -- half of them are listed in Middletown itself, thanks to Wesleyan's growing influence as a major mover and shaker in the region. Any closer to New York City and you'd be jogging across campus from behind a chain-link fence. So, like I said, there are definitely pluses as well as minuses.</p>
<p>Skidmore, Bard, Sarah Lawrence, and Bennington. I think Bowdoin is a major reach for you.</p>