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[quote=Anonymous]Oberlin because my kid is a musician (but won’t play professionally). Pre-science PhD.  LGBTQ.  And because we raised him in NOVA, but I think it’s important for for him to experience life outside the UMC NOVA bubble. As an aside, of all the SLACs, Oberlin has the highest percent of public high school kids or close. Despite there no being much difference in parent income. So, it definitely draws from UMC areas with good publics. A surprising (to me) number of DMV kids there from strong publics.  It’s true the NE and CA are also well represented.

But once you leave campus, it’s a bright red, Trump sign waving area. And think it’s good for my kid to really understand that there are people who are very different from him. And learn to co-exist. What he does with that experience when he graduates is up to him.  But I think he will put serious thought into where he goes next. And no take a job in a very red area without a lot of thought. He’s been called a fa**ot while standing in line in the grocery store and been in town with a couple of girls who were sexually harassed. It’s up to him to decide if he wants to live with that long term. [/quote]

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