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[quote=Anonymous]My DS (and I) visited Kenyon, Oberlin, Grinnell, Carleton.  Attending one of them (not Kenyon). Accepted at all.

Among these, Kenyon is definitely the most remote. It also has Greek life, which turned off my DS. Beautiful campus and warm faculty (at least 3 we met). Kenyon admissions said they know they have a diversity issue - ethnic, racial and economic and are ‘working on it.’

Grinnell - great school and small town. Need blind (others are not) and pretty generous merit aid. DC met with admissions director who was very upfront that they admit kids more because Iowa / remoteness. Seemed a little sportier than the others. Will support summer internships (eg if you are going to NYC for an unpaid thing you can apply for a grant of about $3K to defray costs). Serious about diversity recruitment.

Carleton - cute downtown. Nice independent bookstore (felt like a smaller Politics and Prose). Coffee shops etc ‘downtown’. I think the town itself is in stronger economic shape due to 2 colleges and a Post cereal factory in there. Hardly any merit aid, but like Rice they are offering financial aid to donut hole families. Was most affordable net price for my kid of the four.

Oberlin. Similar environment to Carleton in terms of a town. Difference is the surrounding community seemed most industrial than agricultural. Some town-gown tension. [/quote]

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