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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rice, Vanderbilt, Wash U, Carleton--all great schools in less-desirable locations.[/quote]
Vanderbilt? Seriously? Every single student I know who goes/went to Vandy cited Nashville as one of the best parts of the school. I can't imagine a better city for college kids, personally.

Northfield is small but really nice- with St. Olaf right there too it's a good college town. For the kind of kids who are attracted to a SLAC, it's ideal.

Rice- Houston isn't as cool as Nashville but it's a big, diverse, growing, thriving city. Rice is in a really nice neighborhood. Hardly less-desirable.

Wash U is in a GREAT part of St. Louis...St. Louis itself may not be a draw, but everyone I know who went to Wash U said it's in a great location.

Are you one of those "any city that's not in California or the Bos Wash corridor is automatically sh*t" types?

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Totally agree on all the above! Desirability is clearly in the eye of the beholder, but all of these schools are in fantastic locations except, arguably, Carleton.  It's in a cute town, but no denying it's somewhat isolated, which I loved when I went there.  Anyone who would diss any of the other three has not visited the campuses or just has biases against large parts of the country.[/quote]

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