Enough of the liberal talking points. Please take that to the politics board. The prior dem administration was MIA.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is similar in some ways to Case, Wash U, and seems like a more open, diverse environment than Williams or Middlebury.

In what ways?

Diverse as in a lesser percentage of kids kids from prep school backgrounds, more public school kids, more kids who are interested in the amenities of an urban area, smaller percentage of athletes. Definitely more diversity of interests.

However, diversity is on a rapid decrease. Diversity at all the top universities is being replaced by wave after wave of high-scoring Asians. I blame Trump for causing this.

Trump must be the most powerful person in history. He’s blamed for every problem from athletes foot to climate change.

Trump did not cause it. He just tapped into the ugly old racism ripe for the picking and used it to manipulate votes.

Now he is trashing higher education for funsies but he could not really care less. All of his family will attend elite woke schools after they get all their vaccines.

But elite colleges have been around long before he came along and they will be around long after he is gone.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is similar in some ways to Case, Wash U, and seems like a more open, diverse environment than Williams or Middlebury.

In what ways?

Diverse as in a lesser percentage of kids kids from prep school backgrounds, more public school kids, more kids who are interested in the amenities of an urban area, smaller percentage of athletes. Definitely more diversity of interests.

However, diversity is on a rapid decrease. Diversity at all the top universities is being replaced by wave after wave of high-scoring Asians. I blame Trump for causing this.

Trump must be the most powerful person in history. He’s blamed for every problem from athletes foot to climate change.

Midwesterner here, curious which NESCAC schools offer the best vibe/fit for a student from a flyover state. We are looking for campuses that feel warm, welcoming, and collaborative rather than pretentious or dominated by private/boarding-school culture.

My daughter is pretty open academically, plays a varsity sport, and works as a stage manager for drama productions, so she’s well-rounded and tends to make friends easily.

Which NESCAC schools would likely be the best match for that environment, and which might be tougher fits?

I'd recommend looking at Bowdoin. My child ended up choosing it over Hamilton and non-NESCAC Davidson. His friends are equally split coming from public and independent schools -- none in his group came from boarding. All three schools felt very friendly but he really liked the classes he sat in on when he visited. We would have been happy with any of these three. At Bowdoin, all incoming freshman start off the year on a small group Muti-day Orientation trip led by Upper Classmen. It's a nice way to start the college experience.

Midwesterner here, my DC attends Colby and is having a wonderful experience. Has friends from both the Midwest and New England and, from what I can glean, none of them went to boarding school. Seems that most went to public high school.

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the responses. For context, am actually from Grinnell, work in education, and currently reside in a major BIG university town, so I have a good feel for midwest schools. DD had Middlebury on her list to check out, but maybe not now. Other Dc looked at and was accepted at HC, but we never visited and she chose a different school, but it seemed like a nice place. Anyone familiar with the vibe of PA schools such as Haverford, Swath, Dickinson, etc?

Middlebury is a great option.

Anonymous wrote:Midwesterner here, curious which NESCAC schools offer the best vibe/fit for a student from a flyover state. We are looking for campuses that feel warm, welcoming, and collaborative rather than pretentious or dominated by private/boarding-school culture.

My daughter is pretty open academically, plays a varsity sport, and works as a stage manager for drama productions, so she’s well-rounded and tends to make friends easily.

Which NESCAC schools would likely be the best match for that environment, and which might be tougher fits?

What sport? It actually does matter in terms of culture at some of the NESCAC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is similar in some ways to Case, Wash U, and seems like a more open, diverse environment than Williams or Middlebury.

In what ways?

Diverse as in a lesser percentage of kids kids from prep school backgrounds, more public school kids, more kids who are interested in the amenities of an urban area, smaller percentage of athletes. Definitely more diversity of interests.

However, diversity is on a rapid decrease. Diversity at all the top universities is being replaced by wave after wave of high-scoring Asians. I blame Trump for causing this.

This won’t happen and btw you are racist.

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the responses. For context, am actually from Grinnell, work in education, and currently reside in a major BIG university town, so I have a good feel for midwest schools. DD had Middlebury on her list to check out, but maybe not now. Other Dc looked at and was accepted at HC, but we never visited and she chose a different school, but it seemed like a nice place. Anyone familiar with the vibe of PA schools such as Haverford, Swath, Dickinson, etc?

Please do your research on more credible sites. Anyone who makes any decisions about a SLAC and especially the atmosphere at a NESCAC school based on the comments of some of the fools on this site is guilty of gross negligence. You will get better information on CC than from the insecure people responding here. There are knowledgeable people here if you pay attbut it’s mostly static.

Anonymous wrote:Midwesterner here, curious which NESCAC schools offer the best vibe/fit for a student from a flyover state. We are looking for campuses that feel warm, welcoming, and collaborative rather than pretentious or dominated by private/boarding-school culture.

My daughter is pretty open academically, plays a varsity sport, and works as a stage manager for drama productions, so she’s well-rounded and tends to make friends easily.

Which NESCAC schools would likely be the best match for that environment, and which might be tougher fits?

I'd recommend looking at Bowdoin. My child ended up choosing it over Hamilton and non-NESCAC Davidson. His friends are equally split coming from public and independent schools -- none in his group came from boarding. All three schools felt very friendly but he really liked the classes he sat in on when he visited. We would have been happy with any of these three. At Bowdoin, all incoming freshman start off the year on a small group Muti-day Orientation trip led by Upper Classmen. It's a nice way to start the college experience.

Regarding Swarthmore, this appeared elsewhere in the forum:

Swarthmore: Disproportionately brilliant students appear to have chosen their school for authentic reasons. Proximity to Philadelphia, reasonably convenient to other historic East Coast cities. Lacks academic range to an extent (e.g., no geosciences department), but offers its own engineering program.

Since you know Grinnell, you might be able to draw inferences about the atmospheres of Swarthmore and Haverford from the inclusion of these schools, along with Grinnell (and the NESCAC Hamilton), on Reed's 12 school comparison list:

Comparator Schools - Institutional Research - Reed College https://www.reed.edu/ir/comparatorschools.html

OP here, thanks for the responses. For context, am actually from Grinnell, work in education, and currently reside in a major BIG university town, so I have a good feel for midwest schools. DD had Middlebury on her list to check out, but maybe not now. Other Dc looked at and was accepted at HC, but we never visited and she chose a different school, but it seemed like a nice place. Anyone familiar with the vibe of PA schools such as Haverford, Swath, Dickinson, etc?

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is similar in some ways to Case, Wash U, and seems like a more open, diverse environment than Williams or Middlebury.

In what ways?

Diverse as in a lesser percentage of kids kids from prep school backgrounds, more public school kids, more kids who are interested in the amenities of an urban area, smaller percentage of athletes. Definitely more diversity of interests.

However, diversity is on a rapid decrease. Diversity at all the top universities is being replaced by wave after wave of high-scoring Asians. I blame Trump for causing this.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is similar in some ways to Case, Wash U, and seems like a more open, diverse environment than Williams or Middlebury.

In what ways?

Diverse as in a lesser percentage of kids kids from prep school backgrounds, more public school kids, more kids who are interested in the amenities of an urban area, smaller percentage of athletes. Definitely more diversity of interests.

Conn College and Wesleyan both fit the bill. Both are unpretentious and are good places for students with varied interests (sports + theater, etc.). Wesleyan is a little larger and is academically stronger by a good margin, so I would suggest that as my top recommendation. Conn College is a good alternative as a safety school, but it's smaller and "quieter". Wesleyan is more dynamic, friendly students, top-notch academics, and not preppy or stuffy.