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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks so much for the responses.  Good to hear encouraging things about both the academics at Lewis & Clark and the social scene at W&M.  It's probably true that our DC has two great options (this is assuming, of course, that they actually get the Posse scholarship at L&C, which I believe they have a 50% chance of getting as a finalist).  It's just stressful to have to decide this in such a short-time frame.  And I have to keep reminding myself that college is more about the right fit for my DC than the school I think might be the best -- such a hard thing to navigate.  [/quote]

Lewis and Clark is fine, but it's the lowest ranked out of similar LACs in the area. Whitman, Reed, Willamette, and Puget Sound are all ranked higher. The L&C campus is gorgeous, but kind of isolated in a suburban neighborhood. IF you want a PNW LAC, all of those schools will offer comparable financial aid. Willamette has a better location (across the street from the state capitol building!) with better internship opportunities.  Reed has a better reputation, but a more intense, grinding academic environment that isn't for every student. Puget Sound is in a better neighborhood and has a better campus community for students.  Whitman is better academically but it's a long way from everywhere. [/quote]

I don’t think this reflects current reality, if it was ever true. With respect to current admissions, Willamette was accepting new applications in May and have been on the NACAC list of colleges accepting late applications. So, the school has been looking for students for some time. Part of the issue is that Salem is a small city but with the homelessness problems of Portland. It’s disturbing to walk and drive through it. Willamette does the best with what they can, and it’s still a great school, but it’s a challenging environment.

Meanwhile UPS is in Tacoma, which has had sharp increases in crime in recent years, enough so that it’s a serious public discussion now. Also a great school, but I don’t think what you said about the neighborhood is accurate.

Reed is indeed academically rigorous but also has historically had a drop-out and drug problem.

Whitman is great but very isolated. 
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