<p>Everyone has been so helpful. Our daughter is <em>not</em> that interested in anything STEM related. Political Science, especially the domestic social and political scene. She is also not very interested in fantasy books. Where as her brother loved Harry Potter, she was never drawn in. I am wondering about MHCs STEM and Political Science focus. That isn’t her interest. </p>
<p>So far it looks as though Bard and Clark seem to fit her well. Hampshire also, but we will need to visit.
Simmons seems way too career oriented and not a true LAC.</p>
<p>Skidmore is sounding less liberal and and artsy. She likes that type of environment. </p>
<p>We will visit MHC when we visit Hampshire, Bard, Bennington, Skidmore and Clark.</p>
<p>She does not have any interest in BU or Northeastern for the same reason my wife did not. Too large and no actual campus. Any other college east of Worcester that we should visit?</p>
<p>Is Brandies too much of a stretch? Is it too Jewish? My wife had two Jewish friends who transferred because they found it to be too religious. I am a non practicing Jew ad my wife is Lutheran. D is Lutheran. We celebrate Hanukkah. and attended a summer camp that was mostly liberal, cultural Jews and WASPS. If the college was “heavy” in any religion, including her own, I don’t think she would like that.</p>
<p>She is availing herself of the Oberlin program. Made the call today. Thank you for telling us about that.</p>
<p>So any other colleges between Boston and Worcester that we should visit? </p>
<p>Is she is willing to look into Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida? I can answer some of your questions. It seems like a good fit. They also have winter terms and spring into summer terms at the Hague, the UN in Geneva, etc.</p>
<p>My d is a Brandeis grad and we are Jewish. A good many of her closest friends from Brandeis were non-Jewish. There is definitely Jewish campus life and there is definitely a non-Jewish campus life as well.</p>
<p>My D liked MHC, Clark and Benningon. They appeared to reciprocate. The Five College Consortium was a selling point for her. See my post under “Women’s Colleges”.</p>
<p>Check admitster.com and ■■■■■■■■■■■■ for chances and applicant profiles so she can see where her stats will take her. A huge part of choosing a college is figuring out personal preferences, though, so take her to visit some schools around your area (urban, rural, suburban, large, small, ect) so she can get a feel for what kind of schools she likes and plug those factors into Big Future or other “college finders”. Good luck!</p>
<p>^ I had never heard of admitster.com (although we used a couple of other “chance” sites, taking them with a large grain of salt.) I have to say that it seems WAAAAY overly optimistic. I plugged in my D’s stats and colleges, and it said she had a very good shot at all of them, even the clear reaches. The other “chance” sites we used actually were in line with our own research using Common Data Sets, and with the actual decisions. Admister was way off. That bothers me because I feel it is going to encourage people to be unrealistic about their chances. I hope people don’t take results there too seriously!</p>