Agree with all of this post. My S25 is looking at many of the schools in the OP’s post. He’s a strong student and has Richmond, Wake, & W&L as reaches while Furman is more of a match and Elon a safety. He didn’t care for William and Mary. It really is very different that the others on this list.
There’s a post that refers to Furman as regional and Christian and that is not how I would describe it. US News ranks it in the top 50 Liberal Arts colleges and Furman has been secular for 30 years.