<p>Whitman is a great school; if it was in the NE it would be giving the best schools in the region a run for their money.</p>
<p>Quote; Every time we go through the list there are good reasons to keep each school. </p>
<p>This is why you should NOT try to shorten the college list, IMHO…</p>
<p>No St. Olaf, No Lawrence. They’re both safeties, and she’s already applied to other safety schools. And from what you’ve written, she doesn’t seem to like those schools nearly as much as the other schools.</p>
<p>I applied to eight schools and was fine, but I finished all of my applications by the end of October. She has less than a month left (for most schools), so she might want to shorten the list even more since she has less time to finish her applications. Also, I applied to a lot of state schools that didn’t have a lot of essays, but my friends who applied to LACs had about 3 essays per school. So your daughter should either crack down on her applications now or drop some schools.</p>
<p>My D is pretty similar to yours. She liked Bard but decided the campus felt too remote and there were too many smokers. You might want to consider Connecticut College-- no merit aid, alas, but I think pretty strong financial aid, and great music, good theatre, pretty easy train rides to NYC and Boston.</p>
<p>We are SoCal people, and I strongly second (third?) Pitzer, and would encourage you to look into Occidental as well.</p>
<p>kwrinkle, it’s a stressful time for everybody. I’m so glad that I don’t have to do it all again, but here I am on CC, involved in everybody else’s college saga. Good luck to you and your daughter, she’s obviously a very bright kid.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help everyone. D dropped St. Mary’s/Maryland and Lawrence. Then she added Lawrence back in when she saw that their supplement doesn’t require any extended writing : ). And we added Trinity U – thanks gloworm, great suggestion. So:</p>
<p>Oberlin
Whitman
Bard
Pitzer
Colorado College
St. Olaf
Lawrence U
Trinity U
Madison
UNC Asheville</p>