Different feel of different LACs in the Northeast so we can narrow visits [English, history, visual arts, non-sports]

[circuitrider]

So long as we’re importing other thumbnail sketches:

Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why? (NO REPLIES)

We made some real progress this week on D24’s college list. Williams: Down and OFF. Williams is a top academic choice for many kids, and the campus in Western Massachusetts is undeniably gorgeous. Several amazing kids we know are/were very happily enrolled here and for good reasons, which is why we visited. But, depending on where the student is from and what kind of high school they went to, it really can feel exactly like high school 2.0 or boarding school for adults with rich parents. It’s TINY. Remote. Sporty / preppy. Our tour guide made sure to mention which extremely expensive, extremely competitive private high school in Manhattan they graduated from. Then a couple of students in our tour group mentioned rival high schools in Manhattan that they currently attend. It was a love-fest. For them. For everyone else on the tour, it was cringey. Like a satire of what a Williams tour might be! There’s not a lot to do around campus unless you love outdoor recreation (many do of course)…