<p>Here’s a suggestion: limit your applications to four colleges, HYP and Wesleyan and then see how safe Wesleyan feels. :rolleyes:. FWIW, Oberlin is a midwestern college. That’s all the poster meant to say, IMO.</p>
<p>That is *not *what informative meant.</p>
<p>^^You don’t think Oberlin is an elite college?</p>
<p>For size, rigor, and social atmosphere … but easier to get into … many of your best choices are outside the NE. These include Oberlin (just slightly less selective), Kenyon, Grinnell, Macalester … Colorado College … Kalamazoo, Rhodes, Beloit … Hendrix, Guiford, and Earlham. </p>
<p>If you want to stick to the NE & mid-Atlantic, consider Bard, Bates … Skidmore, Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, Goucher, Eugene Lang.</p>
<p>Of course Oberlin is an elite college. It’s been known for years. Informative is a poster who has basically never been outside Boston, and discounts anything that isn’t Boston centric. He has this view of the midwest of being basically farms and overalls, and I shudder to think what he thinks of the south. He’s not very well traveled at all. I would ignore him. Back to the OP - yes, Wesleyan and Oberlin are quite comparable.</p>
<p>From the Wikipedia article about Oberlin College:
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<p>Famous/notable alumni include:
Edwin O. Reischauer (former ambassador to Japan and prominent Japanologist)
L.L. Nunn (founder of Deep Springs College)
Liz Phair (singer/songwriter)
Willard Quine (philosopher & logician)
Thornton Wilder (playwright)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Have not been on in a while. Skidmore is a little tricky these days, I think. Vassar seems just like Wesleyan in terms of acceptance. Trying to interest her in Beloit, Bard and Goucher. Colgate is a great school, but just doesn’t seem to have the genuine diversity that Wes has.</p>