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[quote=Anonymous]Educationally really tops, small classes, completely undergraduate focused of course, in the top 3-4 of SLACs along with Amherst, Pomona and Swarthmore.  So other student will be super motivated and smart.

Very focused on sports, so a huge percentage of students are varsity athletes, field teams in just about every sport, so for a small school that is huge percentage of kids.  Depends on the individual student whether they find this good bad or indifferent.  Less arts and involvement with social justice and community service than some peer SLACs (Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Bowdoin perhaps).  Compared to other SLACs has the reputation for being somewhat preppier and more conservative politically (at least than other northeast schools) however there is clearly a wide political spectrum on campus and thus probably more diverse and balanced in that respect then some other SLACs that tilt pretty monolithically liberal.

Gorgeous environment/campus, but very very isolated, truly miles and miles from any urban area or even mid-sized city, difficult to get to and from.  Social life 100% campus as a result and alcohol seems to fuel everything, and there are few other choices since no town or city activities or at least very few.

The last was in the end a down side for my DD who in the end chose to go to Pomona because it was less isolated, had a larger campus community with the other 4 colleges, and seemed to have more of an arts and political scene, even though she was a serious athlete.  [/quote]

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