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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grinnell is great - a bit too woke and wacky but it’s massively underrated

Oberlin/kenyon/denison are really hampered by Ohio — Ohio is truly dire whereas the middle of Iowa can be pretty in a little house on prairie way (golden hour Iowa skies are gorgeous)

If the Ohio schools were in traverse city or Madison or Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho , they would be ranked higher.

Ohio is not just “in the Midwest”

It’s one of the most run down and depressing states even compared to non-coastal states [/quote]

Hmmm.  I can take Ohio or leave it. But, Cleveland and Columbus were both surprisingly revitalized and nice when we visited. [/quote]

I think the Grinnell Booster got their nose bent out of joint about Grinnell being super white. Although attacking the entire state of Ohio is ?? odd.  Ohio’s got the same type of red state politics as, well, Iowa. Maybe a bit better since Amendments 1&2 passed on abortion and pot. But, Ohio is de-rust belting nicely.   Oberlin is 20-30 minutes from Cleveland, which has Case Western, the Cleveland Clinic, decent art and natural history museums, a good orchestra, little Italy…  That plus Columbus, with THE Ohio State, are nice areas.  (So it Pittsburgh.  All three cities surprised me when we visited. In a good way). Not where I would choose to spend January— the lake effect means business. But, I didn’t visit these areas and immediately have the urge to start reciting The Wasteland, as the Grinnell Booster suggests.

Grinnell is definitely off by itself, geographically. So, I don’t tend to think of it as being in a trio with Kenyon and Oberlin.   Iowa is really far away. I tend to place Oberlin & Kenyon with the PA schools and/or Denison and Wooster.  Wouldn’t Grinnell be a better fit with the Wisconsin schools, like Lawrence and Beloit, and the Minnesota schools (Macalaster, St.Olaf and Carleton)?  I think all those schools except Carleton do merit.

As for visiting, Grinnell is a stand alone trip. [/quote]

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