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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another vote for Kalamazoo College - a school with fabulous faculty, very loyal
Alums, strong social justice programs - all in a great town![/quote]

Also, in case you are looking for hidden gems, I can report that Kalamazoo - which looked really impressive and has an incredibly interesting curriculum/career/personal development plan that dates back decades that looks a lot like most other similar schools are only now trying to do -- gives a *lot* of merit aid, even to students who don't have the strongest stats.  Best merit aid of all the similarly situated colleges we applied to (think over $40K).It was so incredibly reasonably priced with merit aid for my DC that it was hard to turn down.  Looked very diverse, inclusive, interesting, nice small city with good internships, strong study abroad, etc.  [/quote]

Shout out to the Hornets! Kalamazoo is also an interesting, cute small city - not many still have a downtown these days. There is a university in Kalamazoo - Western Michigan - as well as a large community college so there's a bit more "college town" infrastructure than there would be in a city with only a LAC.

DC got a large merit offer, though ended up turning down for their ED. DC was thrilled to have gotten in soon after submitting EA application and said would probably have gone if not for getting into another Midwestern LAC. [/quote]

+1  DC got into to their reach T20 school ED and almost wanted to rescind the offer because they liked Kalamazoo so much (and it would save about 30k a year after merit aid!).  They really got excited about all the international travel, apprenticeships, internships, community programs, close relationships with profs etc.  [/quote]

Almost? Why not?[/quote]

NP.  You can't just back out of an ED agreement because you like another school better.[/quote]

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