<p>Swarthmore- people say its the liberal arts version of Uchicago or MIT
Wesleyan is comparable to Brown, extremely liberal
Tufts’s closest comparison is Harvard, Im guessing (yeah yeah reputation of Harvard rejects, but things have changed, and plus, Harvard rejects alotta very qualified people)
and Boston College, yeah it was my safety, but I liked it and its a great school with an equally good reputation, and publicity (Conde.Rice was last year’s graduation speaker)
I’ve visited all these schools and thier bigger ivy-league comparisons, and they are all top schools. It just depends on your own personal pref, do you want a liberal school, a very academically challenging school, a school with lots of undergrad ressearch opportunities outstanding in IR and premed, or a more athletic but still academically rigorous school</p>