Lafayette vs Whitman, St Olaf or Lawrence

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I’m linking this longer post that I wrote about Whitman this past week with multiple links for another family. (My student is a junior there, and they were a fairly high stats outdoorsy high school kid, and we are from the PNW.)

If your son is planning on majoring in Environmental Science Whitman would be terrific for him, particularly the Semester in the West. Please see the information I’ve linked to in the embedded post.

Third child college search - Looking for outdoorsy and good financial aid or merit [CA resident, 3.98 GPA, 34 ACT, <$15k]

My student’s a current student at Whitman - when they were looking at colleges they were seeking a school where they could continue to be outdoorsy, and wanted a LAC as they didn’t know yet what they might major in. We also needed to stick to a particular budget, and Whitman met it. Here is a comment I wrote describing the incredible outdoor access, education, and opportunities there (my student doesn’t have a car, and it’s not an impediment to being super outdoors) This is a comment I wrote about Whitman’s Early Financial Aid Guarantee; I can’t exactly remember the GPA of my student (around 3.95-4.0 maybe—in honors classes, at a school that doesn’t offer AP) and they had a 790/750 SAT score. They received Whitman’s top merit award. And here’s some info I’ve linked previously on their Environmental Studies program and their fantastic Semester in the West program….