The Liberal Arts Colleges...

tk21769
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:42:54 +0000

The winters in MN are not that different than the winters in Illinois

Having lived in both Chicago and Northfield, I know this is true. Maybe summer in the Sahara isn’t all that different than summer in the Kalahari, either.

St. Louis and even Chicago are not too far for a weekend visit

Depends on what you’re riding. Memphis to Chicago is more than twice the distance from London to Paris. Obama has put some high speed rail plans on the table … but don’t expect a chunnel under the prairie before you graduate.

the vast majority of LACs have some sort of religious affiliation

Most other selective LACs lost their religious affiliations decades ago. Haverford for example was founded by Quakers but has been strictly secular for some time. There may still be a few Quakers on its governing boards, but most of your professors won’t look anything like the guy on the oats box.