Haverford, Reed, Grinnell, or Williams

ScaredNJDad
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:04:04 +0000

This whole concept of “fit” is fraught with more risk than throwing darts. Let’s be realistic, the analysis is unscientific, bias and superficial. It entails looking around campus for a few hours trying to mentally calculate what students look like, what they wear, how many are in the vegan line, who has purple hair, how many jocks and preppy kids are there, who is friendly and who isn’t. It’s totally ridiculous because life isn’t like this. Oh no I saw three boys at Williams wearing Cape Cod Red Pants, all they must think about is sailing and working at Daddy’s hedge fund.

I can’t understand why parents get so worked up about putting there child in a place where it is easy socially to adapt because part of going to college is to start adapting to the diversity of the real world. This whole discussion of fit seems more appropriate for grade school or even high school.

The smart choice is a school that has balance and people from all walks of life. Being in a study group with a hipster, jock, preppy kid and fanatical liberal is a good lesson in life. You would be surprised how much all kids have in common.

In response to the above, I think the NESCAC Vibe is pretty balanced even if Wesleyan has a slightly more eccentric student body than Williams.