Likely/safety liberal arts colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SMCM, Juniata (but that is rural like Wooster).

Visit - in my dd’s opinion, Wooster was a booming metropolis compared to Juniata- unless we missed something while we were at Juniata. We saw a lot of closed down stores driving in and boarded up business in town.

No. It is small, and rural, A Walmart, two to three good restaurants (others less memorable), two cool hotels and a chain hotel, drug store, coffee shop, etc. Not quaint but not boarded up and broken down as you suggest. Great surrounding area for nature lovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are places like Macalaster and Oberlin matches or reaches? Can they ever be considered safeties?

No, not really.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SMCM, Juniata (but that is rural like Wooster).

Visit - in my dd’s opinion, Wooster was a booming metropolis compared to Juniata- unless we missed something while we were at Juniata. We saw a lot of closed down stores driving in and boarded up business in town.

No. It is small, and rural, A Walmart, two to three good restaurants (others less memorable), two cool hotels and a chain hotel, drug store, coffee shop, etc. Not quaint but not boarded up and broken down as you suggest. Great surrounding area for nature lovers.

Also there is a Hoss’s nearby. I love Hoss’s,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

Not the person you’re objecting to but the acceptance rate for girls is a few percentage points lower than for boys, so there is a very slight advantage for a boy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

Not the person you’re objecting to but the acceptance rate for girls is a few percentage points lower than for boys, so there is a very slight advantage for a boy.

The acceptance rate for boys entering in 2020 was 18.2 percent and for girls it was 20.2 percent. The entering class had 183 men and 177 women. Google Grinnell's 2020 Common Data Set and see for yourself. You're just plain wrong.

[Anonymous]

Skidmore?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

Not the person you’re objecting to but the acceptance rate for girls is a few percentage points lower than for boys, so there is a very slight advantage for a boy.

The acceptance rate for boys entering in 2020 was 18.2 percent and for girls it was 20.2 percent. The entering class had 183 men and 177 women. Google Grinnell's 2020 Common Data Set and see for yourself. You're just plain wrong.

You seem angry. Take a deep breath. It’ll be okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skidmore?

Is this ever a safety?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Skidmore?

Is this ever a safety?

For some students, yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Yes, full pay.

Vassals and Grinnell are on the list but I assume they are matches/reaches.

Grinnell waitlisted my high stats kid this year. I had heard they have a reputation for yield protection, but it's also possible that they just weren't interested. (I know they've risen in rankings in recent years and admissions have become more competitive.)

Potential safeties on my student's long list:

Beloit
Earlham
Hendrix
Kalamazoo
Knox
Lawrence
Skidmore
Wooster

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

Not the person you’re objecting to but the acceptance rate for girls is a few percentage points lower than for boys, so there is a very slight advantage for a boy.

The acceptance rate for boys entering in 2020 was 18.2 percent and for girls it was 20.2 percent. The entering class had 183 men and 177 women. Google Grinnell's 2020 Common Data Set and see for yourself. You're just plain wrong.

You seem angry. Take a deep breath. It’ll be okay.

LOL not angry. Just a little frustrated when posters throw out easily verifiable misinformation. It's not helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Likelies/safeties options that aren't Greek in culture could include Bard, Mary Washington U., Oberlin, Juniata, Beloit, Lawrence, Clark.

Anyone have insight about Clark?

My high-stats DS ended up at Clark, where he got enough merit aid to bring the cost close to our in-state publics. (We could not afford our EFC, so privates that offer only need-based aid were not an option for him.) My DS also isn't super sporty and had no interest in Greek life.

I think Clark was a good fit for DS, and he did really well there. He was deeply involved in an award-winning club, served as a TA to 3 different professors over his last 2.5 years, had a campus job he really liked, studied abroad one semester, worked closely with one particular professor who was his thesis advisor, and made some great friends. He liked the campus, and though Worcester is kind of a pit, DS actually liked it--there's lots of good ethnic food and he never felt unsafe there. It's also within pretty easy distance of both Boston and RI beaches, so he and his friends took many fun road trips. DS found a good job within a few months of graduating and now is considering graduate school. His experience there was such that his younger sibling also applied (but ended up going elsewhere).

FWIW, DS also was admitted with large merit scholarship to Lawrence, and really enjoyed his visit there and seriously considered attending. Ultimately he decided that it was too far/hard to get to from DC, and he opted to stay closer to home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Likelies/safeties options that aren't Greek in culture could include Bard, Mary Washington U., Oberlin, Juniata, Beloit, Lawrence, Clark.

Anyone have insight about Clark?

My high-stats DS ended up at Clark, where he got enough merit aid to bring the cost close to our in-state publics. (We could not afford our EFC, so privates that offer only need-based aid were not an option for him.) My DS also isn't super sporty and had no interest in Greek life.

I think Clark was a good fit for DS, and he did really well there. He was deeply involved in an award-winning club, served as a TA to 3 different professors over his last 2.5 years, had a campus job he really liked, studied abroad one semester, worked closely with one particular professor who was his thesis advisor, and made some great friends. He liked the campus, and though Worcester is kind of a pit, DS actually liked it--there's lots of good ethnic food and he never felt unsafe there. It's also within pretty easy distance of both Boston and RI beaches, so he and his friends took many fun road trips. DS found a good job within a few months of graduating and now is considering graduate school. His experience there was such that his younger sibling also applied (but ended up going elsewhere).

FWIW, DS also was admitted with large merit scholarship to Lawrence, and really enjoyed his visit there and seriously considered attending. Ultimately he decided that it was too far/hard to get to from DC, and he opted to stay closer to home.

Great info! Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you full-pay? For a male humanities student, Vassar. St. Olaf, Grinnell, Beloit...

Typical know-nothing advice. Grinnell doesn't have a male problem -- it's about as close to 50/50 as any liberal arts college out there -- and doesn't need or engage in AA for male applicants.

Try again.

Not the person you’re objecting to but the acceptance rate for girls is a few percentage points lower than for boys, so there is a very slight advantage for a boy.

The acceptance rate for boys entering in 2020 was 18.2 percent and for girls it was 20.2 percent. The entering class had 183 men and 177 women. Google Grinnell's 2020 Common Data Set and see for yourself. You're just plain wrong.

You seem angry. Take a deep breath. It’ll be okay.

LOL not angry. Just a little frustrated when posters throw out easily verifiable misinformation. It's not helpful.

NP. Your “tone” isn’t helpful either. You really did seem angry.