Good college choices? Any recommendations?

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<p>SAT: 800 math, 800 critical reading, 650 writing
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
All possible honors classes
AP classes by end of senior year: US history, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, and English Literature
Extracurriculars: Band, local youth symphony, community musicals (I play in the music pit), National Honors society, lots of community service, and work in the summer</p>

<p>I am looking at colleges such as Amherst, Williams, Carleton, Swarthmore, Haverford, Whitman, Pomona, and University of Puget Sound.
Any more suggestions? Could I get in?</p>

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<p>Wow. Nice numbers.</p>

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<p>Good chance everywhere you mentioned (obviously AWS as reaches, as they always are, and though I don’t know Puget Sound I assume that’s your safety).</p>

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<p>I would definitely add Grinnell to your list, especially if money matters. They give very generous merit aid (unlike most of the others on your list). They also excel in the sciences-amazing new facilities, small intro classes, and lots of money for research and student activities (all of which are free and open to the entire town). (They are also very strong on the liberal arts side too but we know more about the sciences.) They have a great orchestra (and marimba band). The acceptance rate last year was 27%, so you have a very good chance of getting in with merit aid.</p>

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<p>with a 35 act and a 1600 sat, u’r set to move ur college choice up to northwestern, duke, Caltech, MIT, the ivy league, etc.</p>

<p>or u could go for a guaranteed seat in medical school with a B.S./M.D. program at Neoucom, OSU-EAP, UCCOM-DAP, Drexel, U. Miami -HPME, Northwestern-HPME, Brown-PLME, Case-PPSP, etc.</p>

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You have a strong shot at most colleges. Could you give us a better idea of what you’re looking for? There are many great LACs out there.</p>

<p>Judging by your list, you might want to consider Reed, Vassar, and Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>Check out Bryn Mawr across the street from Haverford. And if you make it out to Pomona you might want to stop by Occidental. It’s has a different feel from other LACs which you might like.</p>

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<p>Thanks! My only concern with ivy league is how big they are! I want a small, comfortable, noncompetetive atmosphere. Also, I’m from Oregon so if I go to the East Coast it has to be because I completely love the school.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth is pretty small…</p>

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<p>With those numbers, you’ve got excellent chances at practically all colleges across the country. Take your pick.</p>

<p>Dittos on Grinnell. Love working with that school.</p>

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<p>dartmouth is a very LAC-type school with the benefits of a research university</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. I will definitely take a look at dartmouth and grinnell!</p>

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<p>Colgate, Holy Cross, Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>Are you seriously asking if you could get in? With a 2250 composed of two perfect 800s, a 4.0 uneweighted, and solid extra-curriculars and a rigourous courseload…of course you can get in.</p>

<p>Only thing I would suggest is that you add some schools at which you are in the top 10% of applicants (won’t be hard at all to do with your stats) that offer merit aid, so that you can win big scholarships. There are plenty of great LACs in the top 25-75 that will be good matches for you and that will throw money at you to get you to come. Hamilton, Oberlin, Colby, Bates, Macalaster, Colorado, Kenyon, Trinity, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Bard, Connecticut, Dickinson, Skidmore, St. Olaf, Pitzer, Reed, Beloit, Kalamazoo, Muhlenberg.</p>

<p>And if you like women’s colleges, Barnard, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Scripps, Agnes Scott (Agnes Scott will likely give you a full ride).</p>

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<p>So… any other recommendations?</p>