The University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Olaf (also in Northfield--you can see it from Carleton), and Macalester.

I applied Early Decision, so Carleton was the only school I considered seriously. If I didn't get in, I would have considered Kalamazoo, Colby, and Claremont McKenna.

Washington University in St. Louis, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Purdue University.

Other small liberal arts colleges: Grinnell, Macalester, Middlebury and Whitman.

Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt, Colgate.

Northwestern, Macalester, Kenyon, Beloit.

LSE, Kings College London, UPENN, Barnard, University College London, Colby

Reed, Bard, Middlebury, Colorado College, Beloit.

Dickinson College (PA), Earlham College (IN), Franklin College of Switzerland (Switzerland), Hamilton College (NY), Haverford College (PA), and Williams College (MA).