<p>I comment only as parent of a DS14, he applied and was accepted to Pomona, Pitzer, Wes & Vassar. Didn’t consider Bowdoin, Williams or Dartmouth…all too remote. We visited them all and I cannot help but agree with @Wesleyan97 and @Circuitrider. I liked Roth but really how many times can you mention HIMYM and other film alums in one speech (6 I counted). We didn’t like for Middletown or Wes’s 'grittyness", it was too easy to be flown-in for a visit and oh so easy to be woowed, Vassar didn’t do that and yet expected DS to attend, Pitzer played cool and knew admits would be down to low double digits%+ and yes we did consider it a back door to Pomona but he got it there too…so where to go…? But to @Wesleyan97 their endowment allows for so little…so few $$$ per student $245K ps leaves precious little for those little projects and $$ fin aid. </p>
<p>So we followed the money and choose $1m ps endowment and attend …Amherst</p>