There is nothing like actually visiting a campus. Vassar was (and is) my daughter’s favorite, too. She noticed and remarked that the grounds weren’t that well kept. We are in the landscape nursery business and my daughter’s aesthetic sense is well developed. But the students were welcoming, the library was beautiful and she loves the idea of no core curriculum. Add to that an hour and forty minute train ride to Grand Central Station and it moved to the top of her list. We will meet her at Newark Airport at the end of the month for our Lafayette, Lehigh, Colgate, Hamilton, Tufts tour. Bucknell is also a school she is interested in, but we couldn’t fit it in this trip. I’ve seen on CC that many people compare it to Colgate and Lehigh. I’m hoping she’ll decide which school she would like to apply ED to by the end of the summer.