Help with my College List!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm interested in LACs, and looking over my college list, I've been worrying about safeties. I'd appreciate advice on completing my list!</p>

<p>I'm interested in sociology and linguistics, as well as in schools with strong study abroad programs. I also need need-based financial aid, and I want to be in the northeast, but it's not an extremely strong preference.</p>

<p>Stats:
Female Asian American
SAT: 2240 superscore
GPA: 4.0 UW (2 APs soph yr, 5 junior yr, 5 next year- all 5's)
Decent (though not stellar) ECs</p>

<p>I've got these schools on my list for now:</p>

<p>Williams
Amherst
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Bryn Mawr
Vassar
Bowdoin
Macalester
Colby
Mount Holyoke</p>

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<p>There are lots of wonderful LACs in the northeast that are great schools but a bit easier to get into. I know Dickinson College in PA has a great study abroad/language program as they pride themselves on a “global education” so that may be a fit. You should research other schools in this range such as (but definitely not limited to) Lafayette, Bucknell, Trinity, Connecticut College, Union, Frankin & Marshall, Skidmore and apply to a couple where you find the majors/program that appeal to you. You should have one or two safety schools on your list I think. You may get merit aid from some of these schools as well.</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg College should be on your list
also (IMO) Haverford and Kalamazoo College</p>

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<p>Thank you for the suggestions! </p>

<p>@zobroward - would the three colleges you suggested all be safeties?</p>

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<p>Also, how should I determine my safeties? Would it be with SAT scores (in which case, around what range of SAT scores should I be looking for)??</p>

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Why need based? With your stats you could be looking at merit opportunities. Try Denison U, Earlham, Lewis and Clark.</p>

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<p>What state are you in?</p>

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<p>are merit opportunities scholarships for which I have to write more essays? I don’t really feel up to writing more essays than I absolutely must haha. </p>

<p>@barrk123, I’m in Washington state</p>

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<p>Holy Cross(not far from Boston), Trinity.</p>

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<p>University of Rochester has a Linguistics major</p>

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<p>The colleges I mentioned above don’t require additional essays for merit scholarships.</p>