I am deciding between these four schools. My interests include anthropology, sociology, creative writing, theater, production design, and interactive art. I am from Los Angeles and I’m not sure how I would handle cold weather. Any advice is helpful. Thanks so much!
You will handle cold weather just fine, like the many students at all these colleges from So Cal. (You will meet kids from Florida and Hawaii at all these schools.)
Unless you love Scripps, weather isn’t a great reason to keep it on the list. I think it’s the least interesting option of these choices.
Given all you say you are interested in Vassar and Kenyon sound good, but what is the financial situation? Oberlin is also good for your interests, but it’s a little more “outspoken” than the others. Vassar is very creative and arty. Kenyon is more a happy medium between all these schools.
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My daughter is a junior at Kenyon, and her interests overlap some with yours. Feel free to pm me.
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Have you / will you visited any of them?
Vassar, Oberlin, Kenyon - very different locations. Kenyon - gorgeous, but tiny-tiny town. Oberlin also a very small town, like you can walk to the edge of it in 15-30 minutes, but 30-40 minute car ride from Cleveland. Vassar in a larger town of a couple hundred thousand, and 90 minute train ride from New York City. If you leave SoCal, what do you want out of your college years?
I’m at Vassar – lots and lots of people engaged with theater here, and there are a lot of ways you can be involved. Summer programs in the Powerhouse theater are also super cool – check them out. I’d also read some about the Loeb Art Center – it’s free and open to the public. Really cool collection, and the people who run it bring in some really interesting people/ shows. I’ve been a few times for non-Art classes that use the space too. What questions do you have?
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