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Anonymous wrote:Folks. Haverford? Swat? These are in rural areas! Reading comprehension please

LOL. Have you even been to these campuses? They are definitely suburban, not rural. The SEPTA commuter train is literally a five minute walk down the walkway from Parrish Hall to the cute station, and less than 30 minutes on the train to 30th St. Station. This is the length of my commute from Bethesda to Metro Center.

True but SEPTA is shutting down the whole train line in January. Haverford, Villanova and Bryn Mawr are going to feel a lot more isolated.

Is this for real?

Macalester is in St Paul, a heart of Twin Cities metro of nearly 4M population.

Smith is right in Northampton which is a delightful, quirky, fun small city that punches above its weight. Plus it's near a lot of other towns too, including Amherst, Hadley...

Drew. It is pretty deep into suburbia but definitely not the middle of nowhere.

OP mentioned looking for schools with good academics that would eliminate Fairfield.

Fairfield University

Yikes, OP never mentioned gender of kid. Vassar is way left of center/woke. The OP has Colgate, Holy Cross they liked and W&L. Rhodes is not in New England or Mid Atlantic.

Rhodes.

If she liked Trinity but didn’t care for the neighborhood, she may prefer Vassar. It’s a nicer/safer area. Access to Metro North and Amtrak, college-friendly area with multiple other nearby schools, some walkability.

Skidmore seems more isolated than it actually is, so it may not be the right fit, but check it out too. Saratoga Springs is lovely.

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about Haverford and never heard of Bryn Mawr.

It sounds like OP is looking for a SLAC located in a decent sized town or city and not a college located 30 minutes from a big city. Lancaster and Franklin and Marshall is probably the best option in PA. Allegheny College in Meadville is also an option. Although, Meadville isn't very nice. Gannon in downtown Erie is a small school but it isn't a SLAC.

I think what the OP wants is to be able to walk from campus to more than a couple of restaurants.

Who cares about Haverford and never heard of Bryn Mawr.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks. Haverford? Swat? These are in rural areas! Reading comprehension please

LOL. Have you even been to these campuses? They are definitely suburban, not rural. The SEPTA commuter train is literally a five minute walk down the walkway from Parrish Hall to the cute station, and less than 30 minutes on the train to 30th St. Station. This is the length of my commute from Bethesda to Metro Center.

True but SEPTA is shutting down the whole train line in January. Haverford, Villanova and Bryn Mawr are going to feel a lot more isolated.

Most SLACs in middle of nowhere. Very few in cities guess Holy Cross would check the box and Trinity(bad location). Maybe Lafayette but no fan of Easton. HC has some mojo.