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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Likelies/safeties options that aren't Greek in culture could include Bard, Mary Washington U., Oberlin, Juniata, Beloit, Lawrence, Clark.[/quote]

Anyone have insight about Clark?  [/quote]

My high-stats DS ended up at Clark, where he got enough merit aid to bring the cost close to our in-state publics. (We could not afford our EFC, so privates that offer only need-based aid were not an option for him.) My DS also isn't super sporty and had no interest in Greek life.

I think Clark was a good fit for DS, and he did really well there. He was deeply involved in an award-winning club, served as a TA to 3 different professors over his last 2.5 years, had a campus job he really liked, studied abroad one semester, worked closely with one particular professor who was his thesis advisor, and made some great friends. He liked the campus, and though Worcester is kind of a pit, DS actually liked it--there's lots of good ethnic food and he never felt unsafe there. It's also within pretty easy distance of both Boston and RI beaches, so he and his friends took many fun road trips. DS found a good job within a few months of graduating and now is considering graduate school. His experience there was such that his younger sibling also applied (but ended up going elsewhere).

FWIW, DS also was admitted with large merit scholarship to Lawrence, and really enjoyed his visit there and seriously considered attending. Ultimately he decided that it was too far/hard to get to from DC, and he opted to stay closer to home.[/quote]

Great info! Thanks. [/quote]

A HS friend of my husband's had an amazing experience at Clark.  He was a classic underachiever in HS, but at Clark he connected with a prof who became his mentor.  After graduation, he did a Fulbright and went to grad school at an Ivy.  He's now a pretty big deal in his academic field with an endowed chair at a top public university.  For him, Clark really was life-changing.     [/quote]

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