Anonymous
12/15/2025 22:30
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Consider Macalester. I have a student there. Great vibe, pretty campus in beautiful neighborhood, and it's just a couple of miles from the state capital in downtown St. Paul so there's lots of opportunities for internships for your potential government/political science major. Easy nonstop flights back to the DMV (the airport is only about 15 minutes from campus.) And the school offers good merit aid, as well.
+1
Anonymous
12/15/2025 22:27
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:{Different poster.}
CMC is unusually fratty without have fraternities. Lots of drinking, drugs, bro culture, etc.
CMC would be an unusual choice for one attracted to Wesleyan, Haverford, & Reed.
Others have suggested Vassar; Vassar College is very woke/politically correct campus. Is that what your son wants ? (Would be similar to Haverford College.)
From the west coast and have never heard of this. You sure you’re talking about the right school? Claremont McKenna is known as athletic but very nerdy- hell their favorite things to do on the weekend is dress up and listen to philosophers, political theorists, and writers. When we last toured, there was a class outside debating the value of Franciscan thought in the modern church and our guide’s favorite class was a gender studies course. Of the 5Cs it reminds me the most of my own northeast liberal arts college experience.
CMC/Mudd men's swim team was temporarily suspended last month for misconduct of a racist sort. https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/cms-men-s-swim-and-dive-team-investigated-for-misconduct-temporarily-suspended
...and is currently active and competing. This is a non-issue pushed by someone on here with an agenda, who continues to link this random event.
It's not a random thing. The same swim team had a hazing book that had racist and sexist language and was suspended. The soccer team was suspended recently (last year) for extreme hazing.
Bottom line: the athletes (roughly half of males at CMC) have a very different culture than the other students. CMC despite it's very small size of students fields a men's football, baseball, soccer, swim, water polo, etc. teams. It is technically fielded jointly with Mudd but Mudd contributes just a few athletes, and most are recruited athletes to CMC who carry these teams. It is a big part of male student culture at CMC and it is described as very "fratty" not just inside CMC but disparangingly by the other 5Cs who are more nerdy.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 22:24
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Look into Williams- top lac. Basically the Harvard of liberal arts colleges and much better than Kenyon. More resources than Yale. Best endowment per student. Also the philosophy program is known as the best undergraduate philosophy program amongst those “who know”
Anonymous
12/15/2025 22:22
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Have you considered Williams? It’s exemplary at political science and actually is the only liberal arts college with multiple government officials in US Government currently
Anonymous
12/15/2025 22:21
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Where’s Williams
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:51
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:{Different poster.}
CMC is unusually fratty without have fraternities. Lots of drinking, drugs, bro culture, etc.
CMC would be an unusual choice for one attracted to Wesleyan, Haverford, & Reed.
Others have suggested Vassar; Vassar College is very woke/politically correct campus. Is that what your son wants ? (Would be similar to Haverford College.)
From the west coast and have never heard of this. You sure you’re talking about the right school? Claremont McKenna is known as athletic but very nerdy- hell their favorite things to do on the weekend is dress up and listen to philosophers, political theorists, and writers. When we last toured, there was a class outside debating the value of Franciscan thought in the modern church and our guide’s favorite class was a gender studies course. Of the 5Cs it reminds me the most of my own northeast liberal arts college experience.
CMC/Mudd men's swim team was temporarily suspended last month for misconduct of a racist sort. https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/cms-men-s-swim-and-dive-team-investigated-for-misconduct-temporarily-suspended
...and is currently active and competing. This is a non-issue pushed by someone on here with an agenda, who continues to link this random event.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:49
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:{Different poster.}
CMC is unusually fratty without have fraternities. Lots of drinking, drugs, bro culture, etc.
CMC would be an unusual choice for one attracted to Wesleyan, Haverford, & Reed.
Others have suggested Vassar; Vassar College is very woke/politically correct campus. Is that what your son wants ? (Would be similar to Haverford College.)
From the west coast and have never heard of this. You sure you’re talking about the right school? Claremont McKenna is known as athletic but very nerdy- hell their favorite things to do on the weekend is dress up and listen to philosophers, political theorists, and writers. When we last toured, there was a class outside debating the value of Franciscan thought in the modern church and our guide’s favorite class was a gender studies course. Of the 5Cs it reminds me the most of my own northeast liberal arts college experience.
CMC/Mudd men's swim team was temporarily suspended last month for misconduct of a racist sort. https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/cms-men-s-swim-and-dive-team-investigated-for-misconduct-temporarily-suspended
That's sad, but that's a couple of men and not indicative of the school at large. Especially when their next door neighbors had to just settle for a complaint on real discrimination by the institution and its students.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:48
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Kenyon boosters are not being honest. Facts matter enrollment has fallen by almost 7% since 2019. In November, Kenyon President addressed budget defects in millions as there was a growth in headcount while enrollment decreased. Also the yield for Kenyon is quite low.
This is not a serious concern for a college in the hundreds of millions. Generally lac yields aren't particularly high. You are catastrophizing on a non situation.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:48
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:{Different poster.}
CMC is unusually fratty without have fraternities. Lots of drinking, drugs, bro culture, etc.
CMC would be an unusual choice for one attracted to Wesleyan, Haverford, & Reed.
Others have suggested Vassar; Vassar College is very woke/politically correct campus. Is that what your son wants ? (Would be similar to Haverford College.)
From the west coast and have never heard of this. You sure you’re talking about the right school? Claremont McKenna is known as athletic but very nerdy- hell their favorite things to do on the weekend is dress up and listen to philosophers, political theorists, and writers. When we last toured, there was a class outside debating the value of Franciscan thought in the modern church and our guide’s favorite class was a gender studies course. Of the 5Cs it reminds me the most of my own northeast liberal arts college experience.
CMC/Mudd men's swim team was temporarily suspended last month for misconduct of a racist sort. https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/cms-men-s-swim-and-dive-team-investigated-for-misconduct-temporarily-suspended
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:47
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Claremont McKenna College
LOL no. Absolutely not a literary, writing community or chill vibe. It's a bunch of amped up fratty pre-professional grinders trying to get into the same 3 consulting groups. Not literary at all.
My nephew was a freshman there an transferred out a few years back.
It's perfect for the majors their child is interested in and there's a ton of writing communities everywhere in the Claremont Colleges. If no on Claremont McKenna, they should take off Pomona.
Also, there's no frats.
I said "fratty" which is how they describe themselves in terms of culture. It's jokingly called one big frat, but lots of hazing on sports team. I think soccer or football was suspended mid-year for their extreme hazing last year. Very blackout drunk party culture and old-fashioned attitudes towards gender. Lots of medical ambulances called during parties, throwing up drunk/blacking out is called a "canon event" to fit into the culture.
I would call Pomona, Scripps (but all women) and perhaps Pitzer even better for "literary" vibe. Not CMC or Mudd.
You've been speaking a lot. Maybe take some time away from the keyboard.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:47
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Kenyon boosters are not being honest. Facts matter enrollment has fallen by almost 7% since 2019. In November, Kenyon President addressed budget defects in millions as there was a growth in headcount while enrollment decreased. Also the yield for Kenyon is quite low.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:46
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Claremont McKenna College
LOL no. Absolutely not a literary, writing community or chill vibe. It's a bunch of amped up fratty pre-professional grinders trying to get into the same 3 consulting groups. Not literary at all.
My nephew was a freshman there an transferred out a few years back.
It's perfect for the majors their child is interested in and there's a ton of writing communities everywhere in the Claremont Colleges. If no on Claremont McKenna, they should take off Pomona.
Also, there's no frats.
I said "fratty" which is how they describe themselves in terms of culture. It's jokingly called one big frat, but lots of hazing on sports team. I think soccer or football was suspended mid-year for their extreme hazing last year. Very blackout drunk party culture and old-fashioned attitudes towards gender. Lots of medical ambulances called during parties, throwing up drunk/blacking out is called a "canon event" to fit into the culture.
I would call Pomona, Scripps (but all women) and perhaps Pitzer even better for "literary" vibe. Not CMC or Mudd.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:40
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is having financial problems. Might add Holy Cross solid top 25 LAC located I hour to Boston.
OP hasn't expressed being catholic, which would be a pretty important cultural benefit at Holy Cross.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:35
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a good LAC but Holy Cross is more prestigious especially in DC.
reported booster.
Anonymous
12/15/2025 21:34
Subject: What's Missing From DS's LAC list
Anonymous wrote:Kenyon is a good LAC but Holy Cross is more prestigious especially in DC.
This just isn't true. Kenyon has a much better political science program, is elite for writing, which op desires, and is overall a fantastic college. Boosters need to get over themselves.