<p>Ianmine-</p>
<p>I went to HS in the Northeast and looked at a lot of colleges there. In my humble opinion, the mentality is very different than the Midwest. Northeast schools are much more competitive and many lack the strong, tight communities I was looking for in a college. With a city like NYC down the way, students have less of an incentive to put on their own shows, to have their own poetry readings, make their friends on campus…etc. There’s less need to buy in when there are many other places to be.</p>
<p>I see the buy in to campus being very, very useful. Small communities and campus culture allows one to become a campus leader. It allows you to learn and build on the ground and interact with people in settings beyond class. While Oberlin is close to Cleveland, students make campus their home. </p>
<p>While closeness to finance/business in NYC is an asset in terms of internships, I wasn’t looking to do internships while taking classes. Oberlin’s Winter Term and alumni network allow students to do business/finance/arts internships while they aren’t writing papers, going to clubs, excos, etc. </p>
<p>That’s not quite the question you asked. :D</p>
<p>But in general, as Plainsman and do</p>