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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wesleyan's admit rate is higher, although all of these schools are reaches by definition since they admit less than 20% of applicants. I think Wes also has more of an artsy scene.

Make sure you read this thread for ideas of safeties and matches: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1027917.page

And consider looking at some LACs outside the Northeast where your kid might have some geographic advantage (or at least not a geographic disadvantage!)[/quote]

Not true any more. Wesleyan is extremely hard to get into now, as are most of the others on the list.

What about Bates? Colby? Hamilton? Colgate? They are all fine schools and they are in cold areas. [/quote]

[b]Colby, Colgate, and Hamilton are comparably competitive to Wesleyan. In fact, I think the Colby admit rate is nearly half that of Wesleyan for the last two years.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, Colby's admit rate is half of Wesleyan - but Colby also has no application fee and no supplemental essays which drives up applications.  Colby actually gets nearly 2x as many applications as Bowdoin (the power of a free application and no supplements).

The rest of these schools have similar admit rates
Bates:  14.1% (2020), 17.3% (2021)
Colgate: 27.5% (2020), 17% (2021) - got to be story behind the significant decrease in Colgate's acceptance rate - increase apps due to test-optional? kids applying more places? 
Hamilton: 18.4% (2020), 14% (2021)
Wesleyan:  20.9% (2020), 19.3% (2021)[/quote]

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