<p>^ Using the CC “College Search” function is a great suggestion. However, those criteria (such as “< 2000 students”) may or may not generate the list you’re after. It excludes many great schools and includes schools that are either fairly far down the USNWR “National Liberal Arts Colleges” list (e.g. Oglethorpe @ #166) or off it completely (e.g. Mills). If the OP is competitive for Reed, Oberlin, and Grinnell (and attracted to those schools, and wants “in/near Big Cities”), I’d suggest something like these criteria:</p>
<ul>
<li>My Scores = 4.0 average AND 2100 SAT (“must have”)</li>
<li>School Size = Small OR Very Small (“must have”)</li>
<li>Campus Setting = Large Urban Area OR Suburb/Town close to a Large Urban Area (“must have”)</li>
<li>Type = private (“must have”, excludes service academies)</li>
<li>Getting in = very selective OR selective (“must have”)</li>
</ul>
<p>This will generate the following:</p>
<p>Swarthmore College
Scripps College
Rice University
Reed College
Claremont McKenna College
Haverford College
Cooper Union (arts and engineering school)
Wellesley College (women only)
Colorado College
Barnard College (women only)
Olin (engineering specialty school)
Jewish Theological Seminary (specialty school)
Macalester College
Davidson College
Occidental College
Babson College
Bryn Mawr College (women only)
Wheaton College (IL)
Rhodes College
Pitzer College</p>
<p>The OP may want to eliminate the specialty, engineering, or women’s colleges. I’d add a few others such as Pomona College, maybe Harvey Mudd College (primarily a math, science & engineering school), and maybe William & Mary. I’d probably remove Babson and Wheaton in favor of match/safety schools that don’t quite meet all the criteria.</p>