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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello, my son, a junior, is researching colleges and is interested in top liberal arts colleges such as Middlebury, Bowdoin, Williams, etc. Isolation is not a major issue since he likes nature, but having a 'college town' is a plus so he won't be completely bored.

He has a high GPA and a 1510 SAT. He is very involved in music. He has a passion for geography, but he is stronger in math and science than in humanities. He plans on majoring in something STEM related, and is unsure about his future job.

He is quirky and very shy, so he hopes that liberal arts colleges will help him get out of his comfort zone. He also values school spirit, but more in a community sense than sports sense.

Should he research more into the top liberal arts colleges? Or should he focus more on bigger universities?

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Definitely look at Oberlin.  Checks lots of the boxes, especially music with its conservatory and music everywhere.  Sciences are impressive, and your child won't get lost in massive science lecture courses for the first couple of years.  The town is a a real college town, with Cleveland 40 minutes away.  Campus is very pretty.  And just incredibly nice, kind students.  I'm still not sure of exactly why (my theory is maybe serious music students, attracting studious, intellectual kids, and maybe Midwestern nice rubs off on the mostly East and West coast student body), but it does seem to us like an exceptionally kind, supportive group of students.[/quote]

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