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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding rankings, Oberlin dropped because USNWR changed their metrics pre-Covid to include salary post-employment. This is obviously not beneficial for a school that draws around 20% of their students for their conservatory- no one goes into fine arts with the objective of getting rich. For many years, Oberlin was ranked in the 30s, which is probably a better reflection of the school in relation to other LACs.

As for STEM, I’d take a look at the top majors of each school per their CDS. Oberlin ranks Biology/Biomedical sciences in their top 2 majors, whereas Skidmore’s top majors are Business, Psychology and English. Their most popular STEM major is neuroscience, which has half the majors of their English dept. Full disclosure, my kid chose between Oberlin and another LAC for Bio this admissions cycle, and we were really impressed by the students we met and their faculty. My kid researched Skidmore and the number of Business majors was not appealing to her, plus the couple of kids we know who’ve graduated in the past few years didn’t have great experiences. YMMV
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