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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dickinson College in Pennsylvania might work for OP.

Pomona College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Davidson College, Grinnell College, Hamilton College, Skidmore College, Wesleyan University, Bates College, Colby College, Colorado College, Macalester College, Holy Cross, Pitzer, Connecticut College, Sewanee-The University of the South, Gettysburg College, St. Lawrence University, Kalamazoo College, Lewis & Clark, and many others, but I see no need to venture further down the rankings.[/quote]

Good list except I’d remove Connecticut College. [/quote] why remove Connecticut College?  It’s a nice, solid school that’s easier to get into than it ought to be IMHO. [/quote]

I don’t think it’s very mellow, which OP asked for. Good school, yes, but not mellow. [/quote]

Why do you say it isn’t mellow? I have heard it has a wonderfully supportive and collaborative environment from several people, including an alumna. I am genuinely curious about how you know this as we have considered this school for our senior.[/quote] Sounds like someone who had a bad experience there. Most people love Conn and it seems like just about the only low pressure but excellent colleges in the northeast. Our DC strongly considered it, and she was bummed that she got into a "higher ranked" school and felt she had to go to there instead. (No pressure from me - Conn have her a good merit scholarship and I would have been happy to save 30K a year.) [/quote]

Sad and weird that your daughter was bummed because she could not attend her first choice, because she “had no choice” but to chase the rankings.

Proud that my daughter had the maturity and confidence to trust her own judgment. [/quote] She made the right choice for her. She chose the most challenging environment. [/quote]

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