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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Oberlin and Kenyon both suffer from being in Ohio. The kind of kid who wants to go to Oberlin doesn’t want to be in MAGA land. That’s why they’re trying to attract students with so much merit. If Oberlin was in a blue state, it wouldn’t be handing out money. [/quote]

Kenyon just suffers because of the outcome weighting that is pegged to this Pell Grant stuff.  Peer assessment rating is generally higher than the schools that moved above it.  Kenyon test scores also higher than a lot of schools coming above it.  Kenyon ranked 15th in undergraduate teaching.  Kenyon has difficulty competing on a lot of these newly emphasized DEI metrics, though, and being in rural Ohio is possibly a factor.

Oberlin has an array of problems, mostly do with the campus culture and extreme wokeness.
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I actually think that Trinity is underrated because of this. It's in a bad neighborhood, although at the same time kids want city schools and it's in a city. There aren't that many LACs in cities: Tufts, Emory, Tulane, Macalaster, but not many others. It's also not as woke as Oberlin by far so for people who want a little more balance it's a good choice. Not sure why it's not higher up on the ranking. It has good academics, a nice campus, and is sporty and it's not in the boonies like Kenyon.[/quote]

No one in their right mind WANTS to be in Hartford. Trinity has become fairly non-selective if full pay as I understand it and has the type of kids who require non-selectivity paired with ability of dad to cut a check. [/quote]

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