Top Liberal Arts College Decision !

gardenstategal
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:27:21 +0000

@Trixy34 's post really resonates. At any of these schools, you’ll find your tribe. And at most, there’s a dominant culture. If you can talk to a student who shares your interests, it may help.

It is enormously helpful to visit a school to get the vibe, but even then, in a few hours, you could really end up with a skewed view depending on your guide, the other families you tour with, whether it is exam week, time of year, etc. Our visit to Hamilton made it appear very clubby, entitled, and preppy. Enough so for it to come off the list. In retrospect and based on the experience of many here who know it better, we realize we had an anomalous experience in which somehow, we encountered and could not leave, one little slice of the school which probably wasn’t representative. It’s unfortunate, but it happens.

So I would certainly seek out those who are there now or were very recently whose interests align with yours. Piece together visit reports but don’t rely on any one.