Not directed at you, @hebegebe. Maybe I could have said “the willies” or somesuch. Sry.
Many times, on many threads, we see this rush to decisively label schools people know next to nothing about. They heard something, they fear something, or, golly gee, it was in print. They somehow don’t realize most campuses, most of the time, aren’t hotbeds of unrest. Lol, I’d include that favorite pick-on, Oberlin.
I don’t mind the vibes a kid or family might get, on campus or after reading up, in some depth and breadth, about their dept or some other deciding point. It’s the armchair insistence that gets me. Go on any campus and most kids have a focus on academics, ordinary activities, friendships, etc. (Since this is CC, I do mean the competitive colleges we usually discuss.)