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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter likes the small liberal arts colleges, mostly because of the smaller size and she wants to study economics. When she told the college counselor of a few (Williams, Bates, Haverford) the counselor said, "Oh no, you won't fit in at any of them".  My impression is that liberal art colleges tend to have quirky kids. My DD is outgoing, sporty and smart.  Will she be a total outcast? Unfortunately, she hasn't been on any of the campuses yet because of Covid. We will take a look, hopefully in the fall.[/quote]

I don't know why your college counsellor would say that, but there are plenty of SLACSs where quirky kids thrive.  You can even search "quirky" on this board to find a few.  Most LACs have a lot of sporty kids. Most LACs have smart kids.  Many also have critical mass of quirky kids.

Here are some that come to mind, with a range of sportiness and a range of quirkiness, and also a range of selectivity:

Swarthmore
Wesleyan
Carleton
Vassar
Grinnell
Macalaster
Oberlin
Davidson
Haverford
Bates
Beloit
Kalamazoo
Lawrence
Wooster
Whitman
Puget Sound
Reed (not very sporty if sporty means competing against other colleges)
Millsaps
Elon
Earlham
Amherst
Williams
Pitzer
Pomona
Scripps
Claremont McKenna (famously strong economics department but probably least quirky of the Claremont Colleges)

The list could go on.  [/quote]

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