So, I’m not going to be a lot of help but I can tell you that anecdotally, I am hearing amazing things about Brandeis (which I don’t know much about at all). A friend of mine (who went to Smith years ago) has a child at Brandeis and cannot say enough good things about it! She is not easily “wow’d” and Brandeis has done it!
My DD was accepted to Wellesley which is right down the road from Brandeis and what I like about that area is its proximity to Boston and that Wellesley will shuttle you there-- a shuttle runs on the hour every hour. Drops them off in Cambridge! I know Wellesley and Brandeis have cross-registration and combine some teams (tennis, I think Is one of them). Anyway, I think I’d rather my kiddo be there than so close to New Orleans (which I love-- honeymooned there, but gosh, it is all about debauchery!) 