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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]News: Oberlin College #13 Nationally Among Liberal Arts Schools in New College Rankings

https://www.oberlin.edu/news/oberlin-college-13-nationally-among-liberal-arts-schools-new-college-rankings
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I am a fan of Oberlin, but can you trust a ranking that puts Hampshire above Williams and Pomona?

(fyi I love Hampshire too, for the right kid)[/quote]

This was published a few months ago and is a very novel take on college rankings. And it’s definitely one that favor Oberlin's strengths— namely that (love it or hate it) their faculty and alums are interesting people doing interesting things. Which may pay less than Wall Street, BTW.  Oberlin is know for its McArthur Genius grant winners, so no surprise they did well here.

Now, I happen to love this about Oberlin, because as my kids are becoming independent adults and choosing a path in life, I actively want them to be surrounded by kind, interesting people doing interesting things with some sense of ethics and responsibility towards others.  Especially at such a transformational time in their lives.  I trust that I raised them with enough common sense to separate the wheat from the chaff.   If my goal in life was to raise lobbyists or investment bankers, I would have raised my kids very differently, and would not have sent them to Oberlin.  But, I raised a a musician STEM nerd with an interesting new passion for the intersection of anthropology and East Asian religions, so it works. [/quote]

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