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<p>I’m not looking “at Philly” (which, btw, my kids are familiar with since I’m from there and they’ve visited relatives there over the years). I’m looking at Bryn Mawr and Haverford. Two of the most beautiful college campuses in the entire country.</p>
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<p>These are the same climates that they’ve grown up in, so why this is a big deal? </p>
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<p>I thought I was pretty clear in my kids’ criteria in my threads. It seems that your overall preference for Southern, big-sports-big-school-spirit is causing you to recommend a bunch of schools that come out of nowhere given their criteria AND their stats (which aren’t Duke / Vandy etc level).</p>
<p>D is looking for small, laid-back, quieter, non-party-oriented LAC’s. None of the schools you pulled above fit the bill with the possible exceptions of Davidson (which is indeed on her radar because niece goes there, and a good reminder on your part) and maybe Rice.</p>
<p>The schools you listed are all fine schools, but most of them are reachy for both of my kids given their stats – and the schools you listed for them to consider just feel like “large universities pulled from the near-top of the USNWR list.” I would understand those recommendations more if their lists looked like the traditional Ivy-type lists that dominate discussion on CC. I do appreciate your thoughts though!</p>