<p>Oberlin, Mac, Kenyon and Grinnell are all wonderful places, but not a whole different order of admissions stats/requirements than H’ford. My college freshman son did overnights at several of those so we has researched them pretty well. </p>
<p>We are in the midwest, so are most familiar with schools within about 6 hours from us – College of Wooster gets rave reviews, as does Earlham which is Quaker. Although we didn’t look at them, places like Knox College, Cornell College (Iowa, not NY), Kalamazoo, Hendrix, Beloit are all small, quirky LACs. </p>
<p>Back east, we hear good things about Dickinson in PA and also Holy Cross in MA. </p>
<p>Good luck with the search!</p>