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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pitt (already admitted), WM (in state), Vassar, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Bates, Carleton, St. Olaf, Oberlin, Kenyon

34 ACT (36 verbal, 32 STEM), 10APs, 4.1w GPA (has 2 B-s from COVID shutdown in 10th, all As and 1 B besides that in 10th through 12th, thus far).

Considering Vassar and Bates ED1, ED2[/quote]

Good list, but curious why it doesn't include Grinnell.  [/quote]

This is my kid. Visited Grinnell with her older sister and just thinks it’s too remote.  (I personally think it would be great).   Wants less than an hour from a major city.  Vassar is a train ride to NYC (more than an hour, but the train is a draw), Oberlin has Cleveland; St. Olaf and Carleton have the Twin Cities: Bowdoin and Bates have Portland. Etc.  Os only applying to Kenyon because that’s where her sister goes.

Is also applying in IR and music, which isn’t as strong for Grinnell as STEM is. [/quote]

Ok.  The academic reasons you cited make perfect sense.  The isolation factor less so.  Virtually all of the schools that you cited are pretty isolated, and Grinnell is better than most of them and also gives more merit aid.  But maybe you don't care about that, and as you said the academic fit might not be as good.[/quote]

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