Colby/Amherst/Grinnell/Carleton/UChicago/Whitman

werd814
Tue, 31 May 2011 00:23:52 +0000

Anytime.

I can see my “advice” on location was pretty confusing. I’ve only spent considerable time in Maine and Mass, Amherst and Colby. Generally, the overall atmosphere of Maine (backwoods NE, unadulterated open spaces, lobstah) suits my fancy quite a bit more than the suburbany feeling I get when in Mass. On the other hand, Amherst doesn’t quite have that feeling to it and is rather nice. Waterville specifically has a typical Maine feel to it, but really doesn’t have the charm of Amherst (yet). I think there is merit in the consideration of “location” outside of just the town in which the school sits, as many students chose to step off campus and explore.

From my experiences in ES and Gov: Colby has very strong deptartments, while Amherst and UC stand out in, at the least, gov. All, though, are apt to offer wonderful educations regardless of the specific focus.

I suppose I wasn’t aware of the exact deadline other than “about two weeks” from the 19th. The gist of my post was “congratulations;” hope all went well, RachelJS. What did you decide?