<p>But to most directly answer your question :
D applied to, and is attending Oberlin because of all the good stuff, eg per above post. </p>
<p>She did not apply to, or visit Reed because her GC gave her the impression that :i) it was really small; ii) they had absolutely kamakaze, Swarthmore-esque academics, resulting in a huge dropout rate; and iii) a large proportion of the student body had piercings all over same.</p>
<p>Could be all wrong, bit there’s your answer, Didn’t seem to us to be so very similar to Oberlin really.</p>