<p>I was accepted to these four lovely schools, but will most likely be unable to visit all of them. </p>
<p>I have no idea what I want to do beyond a general inclination to English/History/Political Science/ Film. I swam on my high school varsity swim team all four years, but could obviously not compete with the likes of Div I Berkeley. I’m pretty laid back and don’t want to go to place where the students are uber competitive and are completely narrow minded and only focus on grades. </p>
<p>I come from California, and Berkeley is the clear frontrunner for my parents, and I really don’t think I can afford the other schools, but if money were no object…</p>
<p>which should I choose?</p>
<p>I was kind of leaning toward Carleton or Bowdoin, the problem is most people haven’t heard of them…</p>
<p>I’m deciding between Carleton and Bowdoin as well… when I tell people I’m going to Bowdoin they’re like “Oh really? Where is it? Is it good?” and I’m like “urrgghhh…” But ultimately: if you’re looking to get into a high profile grad school or obtain a high profile job, the people making the decisions will both respect Carleton and Bowdoin degrees.</p>
<p>I would not go to Kenyon. Although it is beautiful, it is in the middle of nowhere and I personally didn’t like the student body. Bowdoin is my favorite school, so I would go there, but if you don’t have enough FA to go there, save the money and go to Berkeley.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation - I was accepted to Berkeley, Oberlin, Colgate, Wooster and Bowdoin. I’m interested in English, the human and social sciences, and music. Although I personally feel that a small liberal arts college is what I want, financially Berkeley is very attractive. I live abroad so I will most definitely not be able to visit any of these schools, so I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some input.</p>
<p>i agree that you should probably cut kenyon out. bowdoin is well known by new england states (boston/nyc)</p>
<p>first decide if you want big school/liberal arts school.</p>
<p>someone already posted what i think is a very very important difference between bowdoin and carleton so i’ll copy and paste what he said as its very true…i visited carleton and there was a complete lack of this:</p>
<p>they are academically very similar. a big difference though: carleton is a much less prep/athletic dominated. bowdoin has relatively more of a prep school/new england (music videos like “midd kid rap” and “tea partay” poke fun at this stereotype) culture, just because its in the NESCAC (though its more laidback than amherst)</p>
<p>carleton doesn’t have that culture so it’s very different</p>
<p>I would respectfully disagree with mercedesAMG about Kenyon. Kenyon’s program in English is very famous and highly regarded nationally, the school is Paul Newman’s alma mater and the varsity swimming is very strong: Kenyon women won 23 of the last 26 NCAA Division III national championships and Kenyon men - the past 30 consecutive Division III national championships. So this college could serve your needs perfectly. But on the other hand, it is quite expensive.</p>
<p>Regarding Kenyon…it is also the alma mater of E.L. Doctorow. </p>
<p>TheSpiritofZen: Wow! Four LACs and one flagship public U. Hard decision. If I can read anything into your Forum name, I’d say go to Oberlin or Berkeley. You wouldn’t like Colgate (the most conservative of the schools listed) or Bowdoin (the most preppie).</p>
You wouldn’t like Colgate (the most conservative of the schools listed) or Bowdoin (the most preppie).</p>