<p>My daughter has recently been accepted in to Bowdoin, Smith, Mt.Holyoke, and Reed College.
We have just visited each school and she seems to lack a gut feeling because she can not choose between colleges. We have done our research and weighed academics, distance, etc..
Does anyone have a child who studied at or is attending any of these schools, and may you provide your personal opinions about the school both academically and socially?
P.S She seems to be scared of her place in a college as a Latina, she is very Anti-Any Discrimination.
As a first generation Latina, I told her that she is bound to come across ignorant people who say they are not, when in most cases they are. I keep telling her to keep strong, but I as a mother sense her fears. Any Suggestions?</p>
<p>Wonderful choices to have!</p>
<p>There are individual college forums for all of these she can read and post questions to. Not sure how active each is.</p>
<p>Students who go to these colleges will likely be the most accepting groups she runs into in her life. Enjoy. Maybe she should check if any one of these has a higher concentration of hispanic students.</p>
<p>If she liked both Smith and Mt. Holyoke, what a great thing that she could choose one and utilize the 5 college consortium. As far as the anti anything discrimination, my URM daughter is an Amherst College grad and didn’t find any problems at all. Good luck, she has great choices.</p>
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<p>Also the four colleges have individual fora. Perhaps read through and see if any anecdotes “speak” to you and her. You can even ask more pointed questions, too (i.e. “How good/bad is the food at Reed, honestly?” or “How is the dating scene at Bowdoin?”).</p>
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<p>Has she visited as an accepted student? many schools (but I don’t know about these) have an accepted students day I think that usually occurs in the spring. She would meet her potential classmates and she could decide if she wants to hang out with them for four years.</p>
<p>She doesn’t have to go to the school with the most hispanics, but she should click with some students. I agree with looking at secondary stuff like food, rooms, campus.</p>
<p>congrats! these are great schools.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, how is that even possible in January? </p>
<p>Those 4 are all ED schools. </p>
<p>Congratulations though.</p>
<p>What we did with my son was come up with a list of attributes he cared about (small class sizes, his intended major, opportunities for undergraduate research, beauty of campus, good food, proximity to nature, music scene, etc.) WITHOUT thinking about the schools. Then we ranked those attributes in terms of importance. From there we made a grid with all the schools on his list (we did this before he applied) so we could see which ones stood out in terms of meeting his needs. This was obviously VERY unscientific but it helped.</p>