<p>johnwesley - Please stop incorrectly summarizing my position. (By the way, Swarthmore’s linguistics department has three tenured professors.)</p>
<p>If all things are equal, then I believe that Swarthmore or Pomona will provide a more intellectually rigorous overall education, in addition to more academic breadth, than Vassar. If the OP has a specific preference otherwise, then satisfying that preference will be more fulfilling than “general” advice.</p>
<p>You, like anyone else, are free to disagree.</p>