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[quote=Anonymous]Beloit is lovely, a little quirky, great for the kid (like a kid mentioned in a different thread, who was smart and curious but not turning in busy work, not performing for teachers they didn’t like) who loves learning and thinking but doesn’t care about the game of school. A terrific new student center in an old power station, and an impressive STEM building, especially given the size. Everyone we talked to seemed really thoughtful. Some Greek life, but in a quirky way. Nice campus. Definitely kind of an outsider vibe. A small “city” that feels more like a town, but with some fun industrial design to the downtown. Beloit is on the small side, I get the sense that a new president is interested in driving up enrollment.

Eckerd is hard to make sense of. It's kind of amazing in some ways, and it's wholly unlike any other school out there. On the beach (bay, not rolling waves) which is great, though it's isolated from downtown St. Pete’s (vibrant, liberal). Eckerd seems like a unique mix of granola kids, party kids, marine bio kids, and more general liberal arts kids who wanted warm weather. Facilities are mixed, but it's green and tropical all year long. You can literally walk out of class in January and get onto a paddleboard or into a kayak, then paddle your way through mangroves, or to a bird sanctuary. It's quirky! Pet friendly, no Greek life, longboards and barefeet, a very active student EMS program, as well as a student marine search and rescue, which is cool. I wish they had a higher endowment — every mixed feeling I have about it stems from their relatively low endowment. [/quote]

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