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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My kid is at Oberlin.[/b] That’s definitely the vibe there. [/quote]

The OP said "elite." :roll: [/quote]

Eye rolling PP, what does "elite" mean to you? If you're talking Greek system, corporate law firm / country club track, then you're correct -- Oberlin is full of people who are running in the opposite direction of all that.

If you're talking about intellectually elite, Oberlin qualifies by any measure and punches way above its weight. C.f.:

swarthmore.edu/institutional-research/doctorates-awarded
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/
https://www.greatvaluecolleges.net/genius-macarthur-grant-winners/
https://qz.com/498534/these-25-schools-are-responsible-for-the-greatest-advances-in-science/

I am going to hazard a guess that when OP says "down to earth" she is trying to politely say something along the lines of not snobby, money-driven, etc. In which case Oberlin (and Carleton and Grinnell) all seem like excellent answers to her question.[/quote]

I don’t know anyone who would consider Oberlin elite… sorry.[/quote]

Good. You don't get Oberlin, if you think that a "sorry" is in order; what's great about the place is that it's blessedly free of people who think the way you do. It was founded as an alternative to East Coast "elite" schools (it was at its inception in the 1830s the first integrated college and the first co-ed college) and continues in an anti-elitist tradition today. Obies wouldn't be caught dead somewhere that considered itself elite. That being said, a lot comes down to how you define that term.

You didn't really answer PP's (good) question. What does "elite" mean to you?[/quote]

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