<p>All good schools. Oberlin has strong international relations, lots of theater opportunities, including for students who are not majors, does some musical theater (winter term has seen Cabaret and Little Shop of Horrors among other recent productions; they just did Reefer Madness which was apparently great; I saw an astoundingly good production of Death of a Salesman last fall, with some student actors, a professor, and some alum…it was truly breathtaking), endless musical opportunities, including choral ones for non-conservatory students. Endless musical performances, of all kinds, on any given day, free…lots of great new music and jazz by student performers; rock musicians appear regularly at Oberlin. You can’t go wrong regarding the academic and extracurricular activities that interest you. Students who like Oberlin seem to love it. Forever.
But the final choice among these colleges will really have to be a combination of financial and “gut” considerations.</p>