<p>So here is my list of schools so far, but it is a bit long and was wondering if anyone could help me cut it down and or tell me more about some of these schools. Thanks.</p>
<p>Georgetown
Amherst
Rice
Vanderbilt
U. Chicago
Wash U in St Louis
Duke
UC: Berkeley
Wesleyan
Vassar
Tufts
Bowdoin
Colgate
U Rochester</p>
<p>These are all very good schools. Let us not bother ranking them.</p>
<p>One cannot tell what schools to cut from your list without personal information from you. Stats, interests, etc.</p>
<p>I agree with phuriku…there isn’t a bum in the lot.</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a college? Have you visited any of the schools on your list, and if so what were your reactions?</p>
<p>i share everybody else’s sentiment with regards putting these schools into some sort of pecking order. at the same time, i don’t want to leave you hanging. you’re going to find this oddly similar to usnews…</p>
<p>uchicago
duke
berkeley
amherst
georgetown
rice
bowdoin/wesleyan
vanderbilt/wustl
tufts
vassar/colgate
urochester</p>
<p>i obviously prefer research to LACs.</p>
<p>It depends. (Assuming your stats are competitive,) first decide what you want. Are you looking for a large, research based university? Knock off Amherst or Tufts. Are you looking for a smaller, intimate setting? Knock off some UCs. If you have a specific major you’re interested in, see if any of these colleges specialize in it. </p>
<p>All are very strong schools, but they’re also quite different.</p>
<p>uchicago/duke/berkeley
amherst
rice/wustl
bowdoin/wesleyan
vanderbilt/georgetown
vassar
tufts/urochester
colgate</p>
<p>tier one
amherst/berkeley/bowdoin/colgate/duke/georgetown/rice/tufts/uchicago/wesleyan/wustl
tier two
vanderbilt/vassar
tier three
urochester</p>