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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try a school like Kenyon that has super generous merit aid and where she might be a competitive applicant,too. When we did the math, it was cheaper for my child to go there than the University of Michigan. [/quote]

Thanks! I'll add that one to our wish list. I looked at Kenyon when I was applying to college. Paul Newman went there. A close friend of my husband went there too. [/quote]

Oberlin. Generous merit aid. [/quote]

Does it give nearly full rides? Because sticker price is 60K or something. Why anybody in their right mind would pay that much for Oberlin is beyond me.[/quote]

You can’t appreciate SLACs including Oberlin unless someone in your family experienced one. It’s like someone saying she can’t understand why anyone would pay $1000 for a smart phone when a $10 rotary dial phone does what a smart phone does - make phone calls. It’s hard to explain. Once you experience a smartphone, you can’t live without one. [/quote]

DP.  Excuse me while I vomit.  I agree with the PP.  There is absolutely no way I would pay 60-70+K for a place like Oberlin.  It sounds like a nightmare of SJWs.  Thanks but nope.[/quote]

Isn't Oberlin the college where everyone gets a big scholarship?[/quote]

I don’t know.  They could hand out full scholarships and I still would never send my child there.  Same with Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Middlebury.[/quote]

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