Liberal Arts Safeties

SDonCC
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:43:03 +0000

Are you male or female? That plays into your competitiveness, particularly at the schools that are known to be “artsy,” which is what most of your schools are. I’m glad you consider Vassar a reach, because I’d put it at a stretch.

While I agree that there are alot of midwestern schools that fit your criteria, IMO you don’t sound like a candidate for merit aid at Grinnell or Macalester. If you don’t want to travel to the midwest, then that’s moot.

I think you’ve actually got a good list of schools, both with what you started, and with the suggestions here.