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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks.  I don't actually think Dickinson is fairly categorized as comparable in terms of admissions, but the others are super-helpful.  [b]Sadly, this confirms my own research that most of the other SLAC schools that are quirky and possible to get into and not crazy expensive are not in the northeast[/b] -- not a deal-breaker for me, but more logistically complicated to visit in these covid times.  But they do seem like great schools.[/quote]

Why is that "sadly"?  Oberlin, for example, is not at all hard to visit.  It's a six-hour drive from DC (and not on 95, woohoo!), or a quick Southwest flight to Cleveland.

It's much harder to get to e.g. Colby or Middlebury than it is to get to Oberlin.[/quote]

DP. Also, Oberlin has its own hotel owned by the college, right next to campus, and very, very new (just built a couple of years ago). I'm guessing they're very keen on covid protocols if they want visitors. So I'd talk to the hotel about what they're doing to make college visits safe right now. We stayed at that hotel when DC visited Oberlin in 2018. And PP is right, it's about a six-hour drive. Visit Kenyon on the same trip if it's of interest but be aware that Kenyon is isolated.

It doesn't affect us now with DC already in college but I hate that families are not able to travel freely and comfortably and visit colleges readily due to covid. Visiting really made a huge difference for our DC and made DC's final choice much clearer and easier. Depending on covid, if you can safely (?) visit colleges of the most interest to your kid, do.[/quote]

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