If your kids loved Williams and Bowdoin what where their safeties/matches

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Anonymous wrote:What does he love about each. Mine loved Williams, hated Bowdoin, and loves Colby now (didn't get into Williams).

Actually has only seen Williams in person, he is basing Bowdoin on what he has heard and read. He loved the mountains, tutorials, academic seriousness without the intensity of say Swarthmore, small chance of getting into the Oxford program junior year and liked the idea of a rural setting. He also liked the small campus. I loved the musuems (he hiked with his brother while I visitted them).

I would add Hamilton and Grinnell. Both have an intellectual vibe without being too competitive

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Anonymous wrote:For a safety, my DC liked St. Olaf the best.

But if your DC doesn’t get into one of the schools ED, he should plan to apply ED2 to another. Some of them have a significant bump for ED1 and ED2 so that gives him a second shot.

Love the MN schools!

Not all LACs offer ED2. Middlebury does along with Bates, Carleton, and Colby, but not the case for Amherst or Williams.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe cmc and tufts?

Does CMC = Claremont McKenna? If so, that is also a reach.

Do know a Bowdoin legacy gambled for Tufts as wasn't confident they would be admitted to Bowdoin - great grades, GPA - but the odds are not good.

What about Pitzer, also one of the Claremont consortium. If Oregon is on list of areas, look at Willamette.

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DC got accepted into Williams but cost of attendance was more than we could comfortably afford so picked another top 20 school where they offered a half tuition merit scholarship to make attendance affordable. No regrets.

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Anonymous wrote:For a safety, my DC liked St. Olaf the best.

But if your DC doesn’t get into one of the schools ED, he should plan to apply ED2 to another. Some of them have a significant bump for ED1 and ED2 so that gives him a second shot.

Love the MN schools!

Not all LACs offer ED2. Middlebury does along with Bates, Carleton, and Colby, but not the case for Amherst or Williams.

OP mentioned Grinnell and Grinnell also offers ED2.

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Anonymous wrote:Reed has the serious intellectuals and also great hiking nearby. Portland is a great city that's had some struggles recently, so he'll need to be aware of that.

Other than manufactured protests in a 1 block area of downtown, what struggles? Portland is like, the hottest city in north America.

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St. Lawrence would be a good safety and he'd likely get a good amount of merit aid. Has a great econ program, lots of successful grads out there. Just north of the Adirondack Park, lots of outdoor activities, extensive study abroad options. Rural setting, small cohesive campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Reed has the serious intellectuals and also great hiking nearby. Portland is a great city that's had some struggles recently, so he'll need to be aware of that.

Other than manufactured protests in a 1 block area of downtown, what struggles? Portland is like, the hottest city in north America.

Love Portland! Super fun city.

As a safety, don’t discount Lewis and Clark if you like the Portland area. One of the most beautiful schools I’ve seen and very nice seeming student body. They offered my DD $$$, but sadly, she chose somewhere else.

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Skidmore - cute town, solid academics, cold weather

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Anonymous wrote:My kid attended Bowdoin but, because financial aid was important, she really didn’t have any lac safeties. The safety was UMd. I realize St Mary’s could have been a liberal arts safety but we thought UMd offered more as far as rigor.

Other schools on the list: Hamilton, Vassar, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates

Really loved Vassar and Wesleyan.

Did your DC EA to any LACs known for providing merit?

No - my kid ED’d to Amherst and wasn’t accepted. Ended up accepted at Bowdoin RD.

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Anonymous wrote:Reed has the serious intellectuals and also great hiking nearby. Portland is a great city that's had some struggles recently, so he'll need to be aware of that.

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What struggles? Are you referring to the BLM protests? Because that's not a "struggle."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid attended Bowdoin but, because financial aid was important, she really didn’t have any lac safeties. The safety was UMd. I realize St Mary’s could have been a liberal arts safety but we thought UMd offered more as far as rigor.

Other schools on the list: Hamilton, Vassar, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates

Really loved Vassar and Wesleyan.

Did your DC EA to any LACs known for providing merit?

No - my kid ED’d to Amherst and wasn’t accepted. Ended up accepted at Bowdoin RD.

I'm confused. I didn't think Bates or Colby were need blind.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid attended Bowdoin but, because financial aid was important, she really didn’t have any lac safeties. The safety was UMd. I realize St Mary’s could have been a liberal arts safety but we thought UMd offered more as far as rigor.

Other schools on the list: Hamilton, Vassar, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates

Really loved Vassar and Wesleyan.

Did your DC EA to any LACs known for providing merit?

No - my kid ED’d to Amherst and wasn’t accepted. Ended up accepted at Bowdoin RD.

I'm confused. I didn't think Bates or Colby were need blind.

What does this have to do with being need blind?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid attended Bowdoin but, because financial aid was important, she really didn’t have any lac safeties. The safety was UMd. I realize St Mary’s could have been a liberal arts safety but we thought UMd offered more as far as rigor.

Other schools on the list: Hamilton, Vassar, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates

Really loved Vassar and Wesleyan.

Did your DC EA to any LACs known for providing merit?

No - my kid ED’d to Amherst and wasn’t accepted. Ended up accepted at Bowdoin RD.

I'm confused. I didn't think Bates or Colby were need blind.

What does this have to do with being need blind?

The PP said that their DC didn't really have any LAC safeties b/c financial aid was important. I assumed that meant that the DC only applied to need-blind LACs, so confused to see those two schools on the list.

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Which nescacs are need blind?