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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard terrible reviews of the W&M/St. A program. Please do your research before applying.

Ideally, she will get top grades this year and have a chance to visit schools in person. There is a big difference in location between the VT/ME schools and Boston schools. Does she want to be close to or in a city, or would she be fine in a more isolated setting?

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She’s concerned about being too isolated.  I love Kenyon.  We visited with her sibling and It’s too isolated for her.  Macalester and Carleton/ St. Olaf appeal because they aren’t super urban, but are suburban (Mac) or cute town can shuttle into city. I visited these schools with her sibling (not her) and I think they are what she is going for.  But, we are going to wait until early fall to visit to give her the best view of campus possible.   In the meantime, spring break is getting he at Vasser, Hamilton, a tufts, Middlebury and seeing what she things. BC and NE seem like good compare and contrast things.

And yes, I’m overthinking. But this process was so much easier with kid 1.  This kid has a strong sense of what she wants. And translating “not Lax Bro feel” to virtual visit is tough. Hence hive mind.   Our ability to really get a good feel is limited. I was hoping for feedback.

But yes, hunting for SLACs during COVID is a mess.

And, it’s a lot of factors. But, I hate in when people post “smart kids, top scores, good grades and ECs, likes science”.   I did the SLAC search once. [/quote]

I agree, OP. SLACs are all about fit and it's really hard to discern that without visiting.  We also looked only a LACs that offered merit due to financial considerations. However, also looking back, there were really only two other LACs we would have put on our list if financial considerations weren't an issue. We also felt that many of them had a wealthy feel to them. We focused on the midwestern schools that we felt were a better fit and I don't think that would have changed even if money weren't a consideration.[/quote]

Ditto. What two would you add?  From a distance, it seems like Vasser, Carleton and maybe Hamilton.

It’s hard to get a sense of the students from a campus with no tour and no kids.  And, even schools in the city are often dead.  [/quote]

PP here. I would have added Wesleyan and Vassar, potentially. But, I can't imagine that she'd like them any more than where she is now. [/quote]

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