Highly Competitive
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Colleges in this group look for students with grade averages of B+ to B and accept most of their students from the top 20% to 35% of the high school class. Median freshman test scores of these colleges range form 575 to 625 on the SAT I and 27 or 28 on the ACT.These schools generally accept between one third and one half of their applicants.
To provide for finer distinctions within the admissions category, a + has been places before some entries. These are colleges with median freshman scores of 615 or more on the SAT or 28 or more on the ACT (depending on which test the college prefers), and colleges that accept fewer than one quarter of their applicants.
Bard College, NY
Boston University, Mass.
Brandeis University, Mass.
Brigham Young University, Utah
Bucknell University, PA
Carleton College, Minn.
+ Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Colby College, Maine
Colgate University, NY
College of the Holy Cross, Mass.
Colorado College
+ Colorado School of Mines
Drew University, NJ
Emory University, GA
Franklin and Marshall College, PA
George Washington University, DC
+ Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College, PA
GMI Engineering & Management Institute, MI
+ Grinnell College, Iowa
Grove City College, PA
Hamilton College, NY
James Madison University, VA
Kalamazoo College, MI
+ Kenyon College, Ohio
Lafayette College, PA
+ Lawrence University, Minn.
Lehigh University, PA
Macalester College, Minn.
Mary Washington College, VA