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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love this thread, except for the annoying rankings person.

I have a kid looking at Oberlin, Kenyon, Wooster, Grinnell, Macalaster.  Plus WM, which he will be accepted to based on Naviance. Basically SLACs with merit money (donut hole family).

If you have a kid at one of these schools and they love it or hate it, why? What is a sketch of the type of kid who does well.   I have a brilliant but quirky and socially awkward kid with drama and music interests.  Small groups, not large crowds. Has a 504 for  ADHD and may need some supports in executive functioning. Is that the sort of kid who would do well?

Also, if your kid looked at these schools but ended up somewhere else, where and why?

I don’t want to hijack, but I love hearing that kids are doing well at Oberlin, Grinnell and Juanita.  It would be great to know what type of kid succeeds at these schools and why. . [/quote]
My son is the one at Grinnell and loves it. He finds the faculty fascinating, even the ones that were not his favorites taught him a lot and he said were nice people. He loves the 'smartness' factor oft he student body, he loves the discourse among faculty and students. The faculty live in the same small town so it really is like family. Many of the support staff have worked at Grinnell a long time and are very invested in the students. The equipment manager for the sports teams has worked there for 30 years and invites the football team to his farm every august for a fishing derby - that kind of thing. He has always had nice roommates - if I could pick one word for Grinnell students it would be nice. I will ask what he does not like and get back to you on that.[/quote]

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