<p>Something along the lines of Occidental. Just not Occidental. Could be west, or east--I love Reed, but for me I'd consider it a match. I'd love it if you guys know of any schools that are similar to Reed (liberal arts, but could also be non-LAC with similar culture/academics/etc.) but have lower admission rate. Thank you tons!</p>
<p>I think you mean “higher admission rate.” 
Some possibilities (but not calling them safeties) might be Beloit, Grinnell, Hampshire, Lewis & Clark, Macalester, Pitzer, Whitman.</p>
<p>How about Sarah Lawrence? Intellectually rigorous and liberal. Lots of individual attention.</p>
<p>You didn’t list your stats and your financial situation so how can we know what a safety would be for you?</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>^ By considering Reed to be a match. ;)</p>
<p>Hmmm, well Reed is in a much better SE Portland Location over Lewis and Clark. I tend to think L & C is more liberal snobby than liberal artsy. Reedies are more the slacker knowledge nerdies with a eclectic liberal artsy bend to em.PU is a tad liberal artsy but in no way in comparison to Reed. The best undergrad state institution in the NW that is liberal artsy with good academics is Evergreen. It has all the benefits and feel of a east coast LAC but WAY cheaper, nicer weather and you can practically design your own degree. Good western NE LAC’s include Williams, Hampshire, and Amherst.</p>
<p>Whitman comes to mind. If female, Mills College is a true gem. University of the Redlands would be a safety on the West Coast. Most of the Midwestern LACs would be in the running, with College of Wooster as a safety to someone with Reed as a match, though a different vibe. What are you looking for?</p>
<p>By considering Reed to be a match.</p>
<p>That doesn’t tell me anything. I’ve seen kids call reach schools “matches” before.</p>
<p>Okay, since you asked:</p>
<p>GPA: About 3.9/4.0 or 4.4/5</p>
<p>SATS: 2180 (780 CR, 700 M, 700 W); I will be taking them again in Oct. 800 in US History and Hebrew, 790 in math2.</p>
<p>ECs:
Colleges will know that I moved the summer before my senior year (and the summer after my freshman year), so I had no chance of gaining leadership positions my senior year.</p>
<p>Journalism: (chosen EC on common app)
Staff writer freshman year on well-known newspaper
Sports editor (after being an associate sophomore year, a position that freshmen have to wait a year to apply for) on school paper
Staff on new paper senior year </p>
<p>Theater:
Member of the International Thespian Society
Had a few lead roles sophomore and junior year</p>
<p>Activism:
Intern at peace organization in NYC, wrote and edited a newsletter that goes out to around 5000 members
P.R. at GSA (designed posters that attracted dozens of students, introduced and acted in a school presentation about Matthew Shepard)
Peer Leader</p>
<p>Writing:
Second Place in national poetry competition
Nominated for National Council of Teachers of English writing award (results come out in October)
Published in TeenInk magazine</p>
<p>There may be some universities that have LAC-like honors colleges that would work for you.</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay?</p>
<p>Good question–I’d venture to say 50000. Lol. Though my mom HAS been giving me a very muddled indication that she’d rather pay a UC-price.</p>
<p>What is your intended major?</p>
<p>California LAC’s</p>
<p>SF Bay Area:</p>
<p>Menlo College: in Menlo Park and a mile down the street from Palo Alto and Stanford.
Pro: Very small but with good academics and overall location in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Con: IMO overpriced, kinda bland, and not really that liberal artsy </p>
<p>Greater LA:</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna is an excellent LAC with fairly close inland LA location in a nice area. It’s very expensive and extremely competitive to get into though so has tons of trustifarian liberal artsy types.</p>
<p>“That doesn’t tell me anything.”</p>
<p>It tells us to look at Reed’s CDS to find the 25% and 75% points. It’s a bit of work, but can be done, if we want to.</p>
<p>Lo and behold, Reed is a match. :)</p>
<p>You seem like a good fit for Pitzer. Should be slightly easier to get into than Reed? How about UCSC honors? There are so many good LAC’s, it really comes down to location. Rhodes in the south. Grinnell in the midwest. Lafayette in the mid-atlantic. Bates in the northeast.</p>
<p>Some of the schools mentioned above cannot be considered safeties for someone who considers Reed a match, or for the OP’s stats. Certainly not Williams or Amherst. Grinnell, Macalester, and Whitman are about in the same ballpark as Reed. I’d consider these (includng Reed) high match schools for the OP. Sarah Lawrence is less selective but still probably not a safety. Mills and College of Wooster are more like it (assuming money is not an issue.) Other possibilities include Hendrix, Earlham, and many other schools on the “Colleges That Change Lives” list.</p>
<p>By the way, nearly all selective schools offer a liberal arts curriculum. What do you really mean by “liberal artsy”, if not necessarily a small liberal arts college?</p>
<p>Wesleyen, though not a safety, is liberal and artsy.</p>
<p>*“That doesn’t tell me anything.”</p>
<p>It tells us to look at Reed’s CDS to find the 25% and 75% points. It’s a bit of work, but can be done, if we want to.*</p>
<p>Vossran…are you just being difficult.</p>
<p>I know how to look to see what the mid 50 range is. But, I had NO idea if the student had ever done that. There are students on CC that list certain schools as “matches” and “safeties” when they aren’t. </p>
<p>So, if a student doesn’t give stats, and lists a competitive school like Reed as a match, no one can be sure if that is so…hence the request for stats. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I generally agree with post #15. Williams and Amherst are definitely not safeties, and not even matches. They are simply too competitive, too small, and too erratic in admissions to classify that way, although you do have a solid chance at both and geography may be in your favor. (I know kids with stats and ECs as good as yours or better who have been rejected or waitlisted at Williams.) Bates is probably more of a lowish match, not a slam dunk safety.</p>
<p>In addition to the other suggestions, such as Sarah Lawrence, you might want to look at Bard, which I think could be considered a safety, or maybe high safety, with your stats.</p>
<p>Despite the OP’s good stats I would say Reed is nearly as erratic in admissions as Williams and Amherst. DD1 had better stats and got waitlisted. There have been other good safety schools listed earlier like Lewis and Clark and Whitman. I know many more in the midwest where, apparently, the OP is not interested.</p>
<p>Williams is great at helping out kids in financial need, though, if you could only be accepted… I would give it a shot. What do you have to lose?</p>