<p>Bowdoin and Bates are test optional and both great schools. Excepting that they are both in Maine, they are quite similar LACs, a bit smaller than Middlebury but not that different, Bates a bit easier to get into, neither require SATs. My daughter looked at Bowdoin and Middlebury and loved them both. Agree that 1900 SAT is a stretch for Mid but you can put together other aggregations of scores for Middlebury.</p>