Wesleyan v Oberlin v Brandeis

circuitrider
Sat, 16 May 2015 18:42:21 +0000

@LACexpert2

Ha ha I swear some people on CC are very brash!

Well, 40 posts in 48 hours doesn’t exactly make you a shrinking violet either!

Anyways Wes and Oberlin are still great and have recognition as great schools, regardless. I don’t have an “agenda” (what the heck this isn’t a Cold War undercover operation). From students I’ve met, Wes did not impress them and generally students that get into Wes and visit love it or hate it.

Which explains why no discussion of top LACs ever seems complete without a thorough vetting of Wesleyan. Despite your rather relentless theme about its having “fallen” twenty years ago, it somehow always manages to crop up in the conversation.

In terms of Oberlin, while it’s a great school, it’s selectivity is not on par with other well known LACs. This initially surprised me.

Another school that remains lively and relevant to any conversation about fine and unique college experiences. I don’t recall the OP asking how selective it was.

Now please I don’t mean to denigrate these schools’ reputations and I don’t have a crazy agenda goodness!

Mmm, the jury’s still out on that.