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[quote=Anonymous]OP - our recent experience visiting aligns with yours. DC did a weekend with a team. We went there mostly thinking we wanted to rule it out,  bc it seemed on the surface to be too artsy for our kid who leans a little preppy and plans to go to law school. But DC really connected with this coach, so we went. To our surprise, we both loved the college and town. DC liked Oberlin overall much more than other LAC like Macalester, Vassar and Skidmore, which have expressed interest in him or have offered. DC has stats to get into a more competitive school (1540 SAT, 11 APs, Multivariable calc) but he is genuinely considering the offer to play and study there. He found the math class he sat in on fascinating and rich in discussion and all the kids were thoughtful and fun. The research I did shows that Oberlin places more kids (per capita) into competitive law schools than some of the bigger names in New England and they also produce a ton of Fulbrights. Town had great restaurants and and overall lovely vibe.

I'm not sure Oberlin is the perfect fit for DC - he is also considering not playing his sport and going to a bigger school on the East coast - but if he does wind up there I will not be disappointed, and if you had told me I would write that last statement 3 months ago I would never have believed you. So, it's worth the visit if it's at all on your child's radar.[/quote]

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