<p>Massmom, I am very interested in this topic. My daughter is very similar to your son, except she is an atheist and wants to apply to schools that are relatively well known for being pretty nonreligious. When we have been looking at various lists, Vassar, Reed and Bard rank highly on sites like Princeton Review for being least religious. My daughter is applying to many of,the same schools your son is, except not Bard, becasue apparently it is just toooo hippy-ish. If your son’s religion is very important to him, and he wants a reach school, I am surprised he isn’t thinking of Boston College, rather than Reed, Vassar or Oberlin.</p>