<p>I agree with the recommendation to visit Oberlin and College of Wooster. Also in Ohio – near Columbus – but, if you are coming all the way from the West Coast, worth the drive – I recommend Denison, Ohio Wesleyan and Kenyon. (Of these, Oberlin and Kenyon would be more selective than the others. You mentioned that you thought your son would be in the 3.5 GPA, 28 - 29 ACT range…Oberlin and Kenyon would be reaches, but the others in the ballpark, esp. with the geographic edge coming from California.)</p>