Which LAC you will go full pay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you do Amherst (full pay) vs Macalester (25K merit/year) for a high achieving kid (doing linear algebra and diff eqs in 12th grade) interested in math, econ, and languages? My niece is still deciding. Her parents would like her to choose Mac to save money for their second kid in the next few years but prestige and academic rigor do matter to her (and them, as they've instilled that in her) and she wants to go to Amherst to find her like-minded peer group.

Amherst is a much better school with better profs and smarter peers, which will offer many more opportunities than Macalester.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t read any of the posts but the only SLAC DC would consider is Harvey Mudd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LACs are ironically the best place to send a kid interested in an academic career and it’s where academics themselves tend to send their kids.

A reason to avoid. Sibling of two Professors at top schools