Suggest some Safety/Match/Reach LAC's Please =)

raelah
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:02:22 +0000

You have really good stats, and I think you have a good shot at many, many LACs.

Northeast: Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Vassar, Bard, Wesleyan
MidWest: Macalester, Beloit (more of a safety for you), Carleton, Oberlin
West: Reed, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer

Try to figure out what region of the country you like. I’m also looking at LACs and I found one of the most helpful things is visiting. Even just try to visit LACs that are close to where you live, preferably ones in different types of locations like one in a big city, one out in the middle of nowhere. It can give you a good sense of what you like in terms of location. Location really does become really important for picking LACs because many of them are basically…not in cities. So you have to decide how OK you are with that, and go from there.

And think about size. Most LACs are under 2000, but there are a few that are bigger than that, so if you really want that, that will narrow your list significantly.