Need help figuring out my list of schools...High test scores, mediocre community service

Apply for philosophy - will be interesting (not many would-be philosophy majors, regardless of what you end up majoring in. Indicates a turn of mind that may interest colleges).

St Olaf is very big on things “international” so your international background would definitely help. It’s serious, slightly nerdy, but not as intense/nerdy as Carleton.
Your profile screams Carleton actually. :slight_smile:
They’re both in the same town so if you visit on, you can visit the other.
Dickinson is another one where your international background would be deemed especially interesting.
Make sure to demonstrate interest a both (fill out the “request info” form, for instance, and click on the emails they send you).

Reach:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Brown
Penn => doesn’t seem to fit your profile
UChicago
Swarthmore
Amherst
Williams
Reed
(Why not Middlebury?)

Match => you need a couple more matches. Barnard? Kenyon? Bryn Mawr? Mount Holyoke
Wellesley
Grinnell
Macalester
Dickinson
St Olaf (lowmatch/need to show interest)

Safety:
Earlham? (if you show interest)

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