<p>I chose Oberlin over Grinnell just last year. While both schools are small, Midwestern, and known for having generally liberal student bodies, I found that Oberlin had much, much more going on on campus. At Oberlin, I was able to go to an Oberlin Orchestra concert - on a Wednesday night, no less! At Grinnell, I wandered around bored on a Friday afternoon. Grinnell’s setting also felt much more rural and isolated to me, and the social life of the school was nowhere near as thriving as at Oberlin. Both schools are very intellectual and have hard-working students, but Oberlin was a better fit for me socially.</p>