Yes - so now Yale / Bowdoin are out?
Whitman will give you a pre-read up front - so you should reach out to them (in Fall of Senior year) with your profile.
What’s SOU - Southern Oregon?
It’s a good point - with WUE you can find some smaller schools - even smaller than CWU - that are under $35K.
Fine list - but if you are interested in women’s schools, Agnes Scott might be a nice addition- and you can take classes at Emory.
My mistake. I missed it.
I was going to suggest Agnes Scott, as well. The area where it is located in Atlanta (Decatur) is absolutely lovely and feels like a small college town but has the benefit of being well connected to a city with a big airport and lots to do. It is also a very liberal school that is very LGBTQ+ inclusive.
I also want to add a word of caution on Evergreen. While I think Olympia is a really cool town that sounds like a good fit for you, I have heard some pretty alarming things from friends who work there/used to work there. They are facing concerning enrollment declines, big budget deficits, maintenance issues, etc. I also have had a few students over the years transfer out from there and have some huge issues with their prior coursework transferring to their new degree program because of the grading system and course types. Not a lot was accepted by other schools towards gen ed requirements, unfortunately.
I’m glad to see you added SOU to your list. The husband of a friend of mine teaches there and it sounds like a really nice town and school overall.
OP, I would very much recommend visiting Muhlenberg since you liked Oberlin. Oberlin is all about music (it has a conservatory) and Muhlenberg is all about theater. You may lend up really liking Muhlenberg.
I actually love Agnes Scott!! I definitely think I’m going to see about visiting, the vibe of the college is a perfect fit for what I’m looking for. Thank you for the note about Evergreen — a few people I know at my HS said similar things. I’m thinking about making SOU my safety instead, along with CWU as another backup (just b/c of the guaranteed admission thing). Thank you !
Oberlin is not “all about music.” It does have a conservatory, which is all about music, but the rest of the college is a true LAC that is well suited to OP’s stated interests and has a vibe that would probably appeal. It’s a reach for a student with these stats, but if OP can bring their grades up a bit during junior year, it might be a reasonable reach.
It is how you look at it. My DD could not stand clasical music in admission building in a bathroom. (I love classical but it was a strange place for music…)
I think Oberlin screamed music so much that it turned off my DD. It was like school for people who wanted to combine music major with something else…
Muhlenberg tour was all about theater.
These are our personal impressions. Everyone is different. Since my kids did not attend either maybe our exposures were too limited.
Since DD was not interested in music or theater both schools were eventually eliminated.
Agree completely. Oberlin consistently has among the highest annual number of Fulbright Scholars and faculty MacArthur Grant awards (they just got their third in the last three years), while maintaining that “quirky, artsy” vibe among clearly strong academics.
As to those who study music along with something else, there are approximately 180 total students who are dual degree (a BM in performance and a BA in an academic subject) over 5 class years, so not in reality a large number.
I can’t say I’ve ever noticed the music in the bathrooms but the College admissions building is in the hotel, so that’s likely the reason for it, not because of the conservatory. The Conservatory admissions office is in another building altogether.
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