colleges

Kate and I visited colleges Mon thru Thurs of this week. She has come to some decision. Her top three for applying are:
Elizabethtown College (PA)
College of Wooster (OH)
Heidelberg College (OH)

Also, she plans to apply to:
Beloit College (WI)
Dickinson College (PA)
Grinnell College (IA)

We started visiting almost exactly a year ago. We may visit yet two colleges close by - Muskingum and Otterbein. But the six above are pretty much fixed. (We have also visited: Allegheny, Hiram, Kenyon, Transylvania, Denison, Goshen, Elmhurst, Carleton, Macalester, Goucher, Ursinus, and Juniata. The last two she liked, but their music depts weren't strong enough for her interests.)

I really liked Elizabethtown. Its culture and style was a good mix of typical college kids with great community, good social justice and wider world perspective. Christian faith expression has a variety of outlets. The music dept and the political science/international affairs depts came across very good. Service is a major piece of campus life. Kate loved it. So did I. We agree!