LACs with the WORST locations

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University of Chicago

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of people on here love Juaniata but I thought the location was awful. And my dd wanted an LAC in the middle of nowhere. She did not like the location either (and the school was not the right fit for her).

It's funny, my DD was fine with the Juniata location (going there in the Fall) but hated Allegheny College's location. Felt more remote, likely worse winter weather.

Same (NP here). Allegheny is much further away and more sketchy.

Actually, speaking of sketchy, we did not like New London (the main street literally has biker bars and tatoo parlors).

Duke was like that. Biker bars.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago

Not an LAC

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They are only at college 15-30 weeks a year.

They can study abroad. How often do kids take advantage of their hometown city surroundings anyway?

My kid said a school seemed too rural. Okay. But they are going to be busy with class, research, sports, and friends.

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Anonymous wrote:They are only at college 15-30 weeks a year.

They can study abroad. How often do kids take advantage of their hometown city surroundings anyway?

My kid said a school seemed too rural. Okay. But they are going to be busy with class, research, sports, and friends.

Much more downtime than you may think.

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Anonymous wrote:They are only at college 15-30 weeks a year.

They can study abroad. How often do kids take advantage of their hometown city surroundings anyway?

My kid said a school seemed too rural. Okay. But they are going to be busy with class, research, sports, and friends.

At big universities, lots of kids spend the summer on campus researching.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having beautiful campuses, Kenyon College, Bates College, Grinnell College, Holy Cross, Trinity College, Rhodes College (dangerous city), Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, Knox College, are some LACs with undesirable locations.

Worcester isn’t too bad.

It's not the worst, true. But the downtown is just really dead and bad. The proximity to boston seems to be the only thing going for it.

If holy cross were smart they would promote better urban planning around the campus--foster mixed use development in the close-by neighborhoods and push for boulevardization of the highways which surround the campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having beautiful campuses, Kenyon College, Bates College, Grinnell College, Holy Cross, Trinity College, Rhodes College (dangerous city), Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, Knox College, are some LACs with undesirable locations.

Worcester isn’t too bad.

It's not the worst, true. But the downtown is just really dead and bad. The proximity to boston seems to be the only thing going for it.

If holy cross were smart they would promote better urban planning around the campus--foster mixed use development in the close-by neighborhoods and push for boulevardization of the highways which surround the campus.

+1 (even though I have never seen the word "boulevardization" before and don't really know what it means, but it sounds fancy and better.)

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Based on our trip this weekend:
Connecticut College - shabby campus, New London is terrible
Wesleyan - nice campus, Middletown is at best meh
Trinity - campus is nice but my God the surrounding area is dreadful
Holy Cross - wonderful campus but Worcester is pretty shabby
Clark - ugh forget it, ugly campus in bad area

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+10000 to the posters who rightly note for far worcester has come in the past decade. The Woo Sox (Red Sox AAA team) at polar park, the gorgeously renovated Hanover theater and conservatory, the amazing restaurant scene, a boon in housing and development.... the city is booming. Please don't cross Worcester schools off your list because of a bias you have that is based on a reputation this city has long since outgrown. Holy Cross, WPI, Clark, Assumption, all great Woo schools worthy of a closer look.

Signed, born and bred Worcesterite now living in Bethesda.

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I honestly didn’t leave campus all that much as an undergrad. That said, it was good that it was in the suburbs of a city, giving us options for eating out and shopping. There was a mall 15 minutes from campus, a few movie theaters nearby and for those dorm room needs, a super K

I want my daughter to consider Emory & Henry, but it is very remote and it seems Abingdon and Bristol are the closest places for entertainment. Does anyone have any thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:Hamilton

This. We toured so many rural LACs. After driving around campus, my kid asked if we could just skip the tour. Only LAC where this happened.

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“Holy Cross, WPI, Clark, Assumption, all great Woo schools worthy of a closer look. “

Assumption is in a nice part of Worcester even if the campus is rather dated. WPI is in an ok area. Clark and Holy Cross in very run down areas, though HC has a fence that insulates it from the surrounding neighborhood but Clark does not.

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Anonymous wrote:Hamilton

This. We toured so many rural LACs. After driving around campus, my kid asked if we could just skip the tour. Only LAC where this happened.

Yeah, Hamilton has a not-great location for sure. DC is still mulling over whether to apply, but is no longer eager.

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Anonymous wrote:oberlin....

And kenyon

I have an Obie. The location is decent. It’s located in a cute little town and everything is walkable. It’s also right on the lake, so there is a beach nearby, kayaking cking, etc. Also only 30-45 minutes from Cleveland. Wooster and Kenyon have very nice campuses, but are much more isolated.

Now for all these schools, the Lake Effect is the real deal. The winters are harsh. I think it helps that most kids do winter term off campus and aren’t at the school in January.