Finding safeties

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at Oberlin. Who looked at St. Olaf and Wooster. IMO, it doesn’t get worse than Lake Effect weather. The ice is unreal at the Ohio schools. MN is nice. Easy to get. Direct 2-3 hours flight out of the DMV. Very convenient to the MSP airport. Your kid moves in, gets summer storage and it’s almost faster to fl home than drive.

I wouldn’t discount St. Olaf based on trance or weather. And it is a pretty great school. Ss the parent not sending a kid there.

Closer? Juanita. Susquehanna. Dickinson. Maybe Clark or Emerson. UMW. Depends on stats and what he wants.

Are you saying that the lake effect is worse in OH than the weather in MN?

DP...lake effect in OH is brutal. For me personally, I would rather have cold and sunny than grey all of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is Occidental College for nice weather and not in the back of beyond. I know some really smart and succesful people who went there.

+1. Also on the west coast Whitman or maybe Puget Sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS is building his application list and is having trouble finding safeties he likes. So far he has visited Wooster and Muhlenberg and didn’t really like either of them. This was after researching both and thinking he would like them. He does like what he he’s read about Lawrence and St. Olaf but they be too far and too cold.

Other ideas?

It's called a safety, not a dream school. What about something closer to home, like a VA or MD state school? The idea is an affordable school you can get into and live with.

This, look for something affordable. And it doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is Occidental College for nice weather and not in the back of beyond. I know some really smart and succesful people who went there.

it’s gave “dire” financial problems. Quote is from the current President.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is Occidental College for nice weather and not in the back of beyond. I know some really smart and succesful people who went there.

+1. Also on the west coast Whitman or maybe Puget Sound.

Of MN is too far, Op’s kid really doesn’t want West Coast.

[Anonymous]

Look at CTCL schools. Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To be clear, DS isn’t focused on warm weather schools and likes places like Kenyon and Oberlin. Sorry if my post was misleading. But he is concerned that Appleton (Lawrence) and St. Olaf (MN) are far away and colder. Maybe they aren’t colder. I don’t really know. I don’t have much experience in those places. But they are further from the DC area than the schools in OH. The point is he is not focused on the south and is not looking at schools there. He would just like to add some additional options. He hasn’t even ruled out Lawrence and St. Olaf.

For a safety, look at St. Joseph’s University in Philly. Undergrad classes are mostly under 20 students and classes are taught by professors not T.A.s (though many are professors of practice). It’s Jesuit, and has a lovely community. He’ll probably be accepted to the Honors College and get merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be clear, DS isn’t focused on warm weather schools and likes places like Kenyon and Oberlin. Sorry if my post was misleading. But he is concerned that Appleton (Lawrence) and St. Olaf (MN) are far away and colder. Maybe they aren’t colder. I don’t really know. I don’t have much experience in those places. But they are further from the DC area than the schools in OH. The point is he is not focused on the south and is not looking at schools there. He would just like to add some additional options. He hasn’t even ruled out Lawrence and St. Olaf.

For a safety, look at St. Joseph’s University in Philly. Undergrad classes are mostly under 20 students and classes are taught by professors not T.A.s (though many are professors of practice). It’s Jesuit, and has a lovely community. He’ll probably be accepted to the Honors College and get merit.

Huh? St Joe’s is a fine school but fits none of OP’s criteria. This is a totally out of left field suggestion.

[Anonymous]

I'm originally from Minnesota. Agree with PP that St. Olaf is easy to get to from Minneapolis/St. Paul (about 45 minute drive). The town of Northfield is very small but has some cute restaurants, coffee shops, etc.

Minnesota winters are brutal - there's no way around it.

Lawrence University would be farther/harder to get to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in MD and he is going to apply to UMD but isn’t sure that a large school is a good fit.

What about UMBC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS is building his application list and is having trouble finding safeties he likes. So far he has visited Wooster and Muhlenberg and didn’t really like either of them. This was after researching both and thinking he would like them. He does like what he he’s read about Lawrence and St. Olaf but they be too far and too cold.

Other ideas?

It's called a safety, not a dream school. What about something closer to home, like a VA or MD state school? The idea is an affordable school you can get into and live with.

This, look for something affordable. And it doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s for a year.

Why just a year?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Lancaster PA and went to Case Western and really didn't mind the Lake effect weather. If it was going to be cold (Similar temp to where I grew up), I liked that there was frequent, pretty snow and life didn't stop for snow like it did where I grew up or does here in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at Oberlin. Who looked at St. Olaf and Wooster. IMO, it doesn’t get worse than Lake Effect weather. The ice is unreal at the Ohio schools. MN is nice. Easy to get. Direct 2-3 hours flight out of the DMV. Very convenient to the MSP airport. Your kid moves in, gets summer storage and it’s almost faster to fl home than drive.

I wouldn’t discount St. Olaf based on trance or weather. And it is a pretty great school. Ss the parent not sending a kid there.

Closer? Juanita. Susquehanna. Dickinson. Maybe Clark or Emerson. UMW. Depends on stats and what he wants.

Are you saying that the lake effect is worse in OH than the weather in MN?

DP...lake effect in OH is brutal. For me personally, I would rather have cold and sunny than grey all of the time.

+2

I went to law school in Minneapolis. I'll take a Minnesota winter any day over Chicago or Cleveland winter. It's the difference between wet, icy, windy, WET temps below 35 degrees (lake effect) and freezing air with actual snowflakes and some sun. The latter (MN) you can block out with down coats and go about your day.

It's almost impossible to get warm in the windy icy wet snow you see coming off the Great Lakes. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like this kid needs to toughen up. Maybe the Marines?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS is building his application list and is having trouble finding safeties he likes. So far he has visited Wooster and Muhlenberg and didn’t really like either of them. This was after researching both and thinking he would like them. He does like what he he’s read about Lawrence and St. Olaf but they be too far and too cold.

Other ideas?

It's called a safety, not a dream school. What about something closer to home, like a VA or MD state school? The idea is an affordable school you can get into and live with.

This, look for something affordable. And it doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s for a year.

Why just a year?

I assume PP meant because you'd transfer out, which is terrible advice.