<p>I’d really say Trinity is a match for you. Your 30 ACT does not put you in the top 25%. 32 would.</p>
<p>There are many in the Midwest that are very similar but easier to get into with good fin aid.
Lawrence
Beloit
Knox
Grinnell
and dozens more. Some have greeks and some don’t. Most are in towns or small cities. </p>
<p>As others said, buy some good guide books and read them. Even the Conservatives guide to colleges is very good on detailed info.</p>
<p>If you don’t think you’d get into W&L I don’t think you’d have a great shot at any of the Maine schools.</p>
<p>How about Centre or Rhodes?</p>
<p>I think I could get into Bates and Colby, not Bowdoin. My class standing just isn’t that great and I know a lot of people ranked higher than me at my HS are applying there, so they’ll probably get in instead. Rhodes would be a great option except that apparently people are suicidal over sorority rush there. And I think I’m okay with Trinity, I received a hand written letter from them so I’m pretty sure I’ll get in, but I’m applying to Baylor too just in case. THanks for the input.</p>
<p>TK21769, some of those colleges may be “less selective” based on % admitted but they are not less selective based on stats. For instance, Kenyon’s scores differ from Davidson’s by 10 pts on each end.</p>
<p>Also you need to focus on what you do want from your schools. Even small schools have enough students to support different interests. For example, many schools are said to be very Greek but when you look at numbers less than 50% are greek which means 50%+ are not. And even at biggest party schools, like SEC school D goes to, there are plenty of non-drinkers. I would focus on size, major and area of country first (and of course cost which should be an up front factor). If you have that many qualifiers, then be sure to have list of schools you can actually visit, since sometimes you get a vibe from a visit you just don’t get by reading on-line.</p>
<p>I would look at Wofford(SC) as good small school although it does read as Greek-heavy.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind the cold, and considering your interest in Maine schools it appears that you do not, then what about St. Olaf, a well-respected LAC in Northfield, Minnesota? It has no Greek life, a student body of about 3200, an ACT range of 26 to 31, and an admit rate of 60%. The town of Northfield is fairly small (about 20,000 population), but it is also home to Carleton College (about 2000 students), and the St. Olaf students apparently sometimes go over to Carleton for parties or other entertainment if they can’t find anything on their own campus. Another option for the students is a visit to the Twin Cities metro area, which is about 40 miles to the North.</p>
<p>You said you’d only consider Trinity in TX, but have you looked at Southwestern?</p>
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<p>Buried in the USNWR site is a “student selectivity rank”. It is listed on the “Rankings, Scores & Key Indicators” page for each college. It presumably takes into account both admit rate and scores (maybe rank/GPA as well). Here are the numbers for the schools I listed (and a few others for comparison.)</p>
<p>(1 Harvey Mudd)
(2 Pomona)
(8 Bowdoin)
(10 Davidson)
23 Whitman
23 Gettysburg
28 Kenyon
(49 Rhodes)
49 Centre College
52 Lawrence University
52 Muhlenberg
90 Juniata</p>
<p>By that USNWR yardstick, all the schools I listed are less selective to some degree than Bowdoin and Davidson. Whether USNWR appropriately weighs scores v. admit rate, I don’t know. Here are more 2011 USNWR numbers for Davidson v. Kenyon:</p>
<p>School … Admit Rate … Freshmen in top 10% … SAT Median
Davidson … 28% … 82% … 1270-1450
Kenyon … 33.5% … 59% … 1250-1430</p>
<p>So no, between 2 schools separated by 18 positions in this selectivity ranking, there are not huge differences in all of these numbers.<br>
(For that matter, between 2 schools separated by 18 - or more - positions in the overall LAC ranking, there may not be huge differences in quality.)</p>