After a very unhappy freshman fall term at Georgia Tech, my daughter decided she did not want to be a mechanical engineer nor attend a large State University. She has returned home to Maryland for a gap semester, and applied to a number of small LACs and other schools to transfer to this fall. She was accepted to Scripps, Colorado College, Oberlin, Georgetown among others. She has narrowed it down to Scripps and Colorado College and after putting in deposits for both schools, she really can't decide. She has visited both schools, and as a competitive road cyclist both schools have much to offer in terms of good roads to ride and easy access to nature. Both schools also offer good environmental studies programs and that seems to be her new area of interest. She knows students at both schools.
She has prepared her pros and cons list for both schools and calls it a dead heat, and while I personally believe Scripps is the better choice for her in terms of the entire Claremont consortium plus I live in Northern California, I told her the choice is entirely hers. No difference in costs either.
Any insight you can provide would be most welcome. If you've had a son or daughter who is equally torn between two choices how was the final decision at? Any specific anecdotes about either school would also be most welcome.
Thanks!
Alison
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