Haverford College or Amherst College

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I just read an older post from last year which may help as well.

Amherst vs Carleton vs Haverford (unable to visit)

My kiddo’s plan for college was to apply RD to a variety of LACs and then use admitted student visits to determine which one to attend. That’s obviously not an option now (especially not from our home in the Pacific northwest), so now the decision has to be made without seeing the schools. Of the colleges that offered admission, Amherst, Carleton, and Haverford seem like the best fits given my kid’s particular goals and personality: Likes numbers more than words. Will almost certainly be a STEM major, probably math or physics or similar. Will probably attend graduate school. LGBTQ: Kiddo is biologically female but identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Attracted to females. Has always had a variety of interests (hence the LACs), so will also want to take classes in culture, politics, gender studies, music. Attended a very small public magnet high school (<60 in the graduating class) where all students take the full IB diploma program. The school offered very few elec…