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[quote=Anonymous]I'm very familiar with them and will pass along my kid's impressions from their visit.

Swarthmore - More along the line of a small, liberal arts version of UChicago.

Wesleyan - A bit larger, more conveniently located but in a pit of a town. Has a Masters in Chem which attracted us but the labs were in the dark basement. Has more artsy offerings, student body more liberal, very lgbtqi friendly.

Williams / Bowdoin - Similar but Bowdoin has a better town and better transport options. Williams has a 4-1-4 calendar. Bowdoin has distribution requirements but it is not onerous.

Of the four schools, Swarthmore is probably the most diverse and Bowdoin the least.

Fwiw, my kid considered all four, visited three (Swarthmore, Bowdoin and Wesleyan), applied to two (Bowdoin and Wesleyan), was accepted at both and chose Bowdoin, but at times wished they had attended Wes. I think most of my kid's regrets with Bowdoin is that kid is an underrepresented minority and that's hard in Maine but, at the time they made the decision, preferred Bowdoin's safer walkable town to that of Wes which seemed less safe. Note that the on campus security and safety report for Wes also indicates more violations. [/quote]

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