@Temperantia You may be done visiting at this point, sorry to have missed this thread earlier. My oldest D applied to 3 of the schools in the post’s title several years ago, Fand M, Lafayette and Dickinson. There was lots to like about all 3. F and M was high on her list, it had a very intellectual vibe that was important to her, but students also seemed very relaxed and happy. Lancaster has a nice small city/college town vibe. We visited during a Friday and attended their common hour lunch gathering, which was really fun. My D chose another college, but a good friend of hers is at F and M and has had a great experience. Likewise, Carlisle/DIckinson location was really nice, too, although a but more rural.
The same D also applied to Gettysburg College, Muhlenburg College, and Ursinus College(one of the CTCL.org schools, also very nice), all in PA. She ended up at URichmond which she also loved the feel of, and they offered her a nice scholarship. They have a very active ultimate frisbee club, which she enjoyed for several years. Her younger sister also currently attends UR and is enjoying frisbee there, too. They have liked the small classes, excellent professors, good research and internship opportunities, and the Richmond area is very nice with lots of nice restaurants, parks, museums, historic sites, outdoor activities. The campus is gorgeous, the dining hall food is really good, always seems to win awards, in fact, it is so good that we actually look forward to eating there on visits, and the weekend brunches are very popular with the locals! Although it is more like 7 hour drive from LI, there is an amtrak stiop several miles from campus with good service to NY area/norheast corridor. My kids have often used amtrak to travel to and from home, it has been a nice perk.