Colleges with really interesting students

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FIT by a mile!!! My friends sister went there, we got invited to her loft in NYC and all her Fashion Institute of Technology friends were super eclectic and interesting

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Anonymous wrote:I sat through a Bates, Davidson, Occidental, Oberlin session w/ DD a couple of weeks ago. Bates was Very generic. Davidson was very, very into the fact that they have all D1 sports (very not my kid), and Occidental thinks it’s a good idea to call themselves Oxy (WTAF?!? Has no one clued them in?).

Oberlin said they were looking to recruit blue haired kids. Not kids who actually have blue hair, the Ad Rep clarified, but the sort of smart, artsy, different from the crowd, think outside the box kids who might have blue (purple, pink, hair). . A couple of older DS’s friends are there, love it, and that’s a fair assessment. Super smart, not preppy, not jocks. Outside the box kids. Very kind.

DS just graduated from Grinnell and, like its competitor colleges, it is definitely big on the red plaid, white skin, blue hair kid who thinks they are edgy and artsy.

Yes I'm all for people dying their hair any color they want. But I notice when I drive by our local art college that pretty much EVERYBODY had blue/pink/purple hair. It's hardly a marker of somebody breaking from the norm among creative types. I'm surprised that a school like Oberlin landed on that as their pitch.
And I"m LOLing and the red/white/blue Grinnell thing

former “blue hair”/alt kid...trust me, they’re every bit as conformist as Greek bros...just present a little bit different.

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Anonymous wrote:FIT by a mile!!! My friends sister went there, we got invited to her loft in NYC and all her Fashion Institute of Technology friends were super eclectic and interesting

For a second I thought you meant Florida Institute of Technology, aka Florida Tech. I was like, umm, no.

Glad I kept reading!

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Wesleyan, Bard, Oberlin

Thanks for the additional suggestions! My DD is a HS sophomore and completely the smart, quirky, blue hair, questionable hygiene - weird activity type who wants to be a poet.

The irony is I was a straight laced sorority girl, president of every activity, business major type (Still am...). These schools would have been my worst nightmare when I was 18. I remember begging my mom to leave the tours of Bard and Wesleyan after 15 minutes...

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Anonymous wrote:Forget Oberlin and any other get-over-yourselves-rich-kids college, try a school like Berea College in Kentucky. You're going to find some *truly* interesting students there.

A requirement to get into Berea is demonstrated financial need, so some DCUM families may not be eligible. But I agree that it is a fantastic liberal arts college with a clear mission, great educational opportunities, a a very interesting student body.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin was a no for my child after they hired Mahallati, let alone the bakery debacle. Glad your kids felt it was a positive experience learning about the school.

Yes. Liberal Dem here. They are off the cliff in knee-jerk radical reactions. The way they treated those local bakery owners is appalling - and last I checked, no apology from the administration.

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Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan, Bard, Oberlin

Thanks for the additional suggestions! My DD is a HS sophomore and completely the smart, quirky, blue hair, questionable hygiene - weird activity type who wants to be a poet.

The irony is I was a straight laced sorority girl, president of every activity, business major type (Still am...). These schools would have been my worst nightmare when I was 18. I remember begging my mom to leave the tours of Bard and Wesleyan after 15 minutes...

My nerdy, theater geek kid is very happy at Kenyon. Lots of nerds, lots of theater (even now). They are known for their creative writing as well (just if you're looking for another school to add to your list).

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Is Kenyon strong in English outside of creative writing?

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I would think that schools like Colorado College and Grinnel (that go deeper in fewer classes) likely attracts interesting kids. But no first hand knowledge.

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Anonymous wrote:Is Kenyon strong in English outside of creative writing?

Very.

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When we visited Oxy, my kid befriended a kid who also was visiting. Both said it seemed like a nice college with smart kids but that it flunked the blue hair test. They both preferred other LACs.

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McGill. Very international.

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This is a good topic, but it does make me think of this SNL character who sees things... a little differently and I'm sure must have Oberlin in his backstory!

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Anonymous wrote:This is a good topic, but it does make me think of this SNL character who sees things... a little differently and I'm sure must have Oberlin in his backstory!

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Anonymous wrote:This is a good topic, but it does make me think of this SNL character who sees things... a little differently and I'm sure must have Oberlin in his backstory!

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