LACS that are pretty easy to get into full pay?

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The SLAC that are more regional - think Sewanee, Rhodes, Franklin and Marshall, Clark, Denison, Dickinson, Ithaca, Clark level schools. Maybe conn college or trinity if ED.


I'd add Kalamazoo.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Dickinson
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg

These three plus Loyola Maryland, Franklin and Marshall, Bucknell, Lafayette
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dickinson
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg

These three plus Loyola Maryland, Franklin and Marshall, Bucknell, Lafayette

Add Fairfield in Connecticut
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.


Yes but they are still extremely selective. So, basically, you're wrong.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Could depend on which APs and scores if the student sat for the tests, but I would think you could look at Conn College and College of Wooster. These schools are relatively selective but applicants need not be the type of kid often discussed on this board we’re all supposed to believe is average (1500+, 10+ APs, Chancellor of the Exchequer, etc.). Full pay, even at schools with large endowments is a positive if not outcome determinative factor. And these schools don’t have large endowments. Even schools that hold themselves out as need blind often pivot to need aware at some point in the process, be that evaluating spring admits or taking kids off the waitlist.


We looked at these (wasn’t TO, applied with scores in low 1400s but grades/rigor seemed similar). I liked both. DC thought Conn had a bit too east coast/prep school kid vibe so didn’t apply. The offer from Wooster was great, and we were pleasantly surprised by the campus and opportunities. As many have said, their supports were great.

Other options: Skidmore (might be a reach), Union, Denison, St Olaf, Muhlenberg, Hobart, St Lawrence, maybe Kenyon as a reach, Beloit might make a nice safety. If you’re open to west coast maybe Lewis and Clark, Occidental, Puget Sound.


Denison will be a reach.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.


Yes but they are still extremely selective. So, basically, you're wrong.

A toddler argument. Their Ed rate is notoriously high.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!


This is a lie. Their acceptance rate is 6.6%. And your claim is not reflected in their recent enrollment data, which is readily available. What's your problem with Colby? You get rejected with your terrible grades?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!

Colby is s fantastic school!!

OP, is this for this yeat or next year? ED can help tremendously at a lot of these schools.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.


Yes but they are still extremely selective. So, basically, you're wrong.

A toddler argument. Their Ed rate is notoriously high.


NP here. Colby is not Swarthmore but it is still a selective school and not an auto admit , especially in RD. They obviously play their admissions games (free application, lots of admits in ED, yield protection in RD) but plenty of schools do that, notably the University of Chicago. Like many schools there is an advantage in ED, even if not an athlete. All that said, it is very popular with kids from this region who are open to SLACS, so it’s still a “harder” admit than some of the other schools named above.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!


This is a lie. Their acceptance rate is 6.6%. And your claim is not reflected in their recent enrollment data, which is readily available. What's your problem with Colby? You get rejected with your terrible grades?


Their readily available CDS? Ha!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I’m talking low scores (what would typically therefore be test optional) and good grades, As and Bs, with mild rigor, like a few APs.

The very top LACS won’t have time for this but it seems many others would- for full pay applicants.

Rich kid problems.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!


This is a lie. Their acceptance rate is 6.6%. And your claim is not reflected in their recent enrollment data, which is readily available. What's your problem with Colby? You get rejected with your terrible grades?


Their readily available CDS? Ha!


PP Yes, I can’t believe I left out the shadiest part of Colby’s enrollment management strategy. But they do get almost 20k applications, which is crazy. Even taking into account international applicants, that alone makes them a tougher admit, even for full pay kids with good but not great stats.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Colby literally begs on its knees for these students.

+10! At our private the counselor recommends Colby for the full pay mid level students and they often get in op!


This is a lie. Their acceptance rate is 6.6%. And your claim is not reflected in their recent enrollment data, which is readily available. What's your problem with Colby? You get rejected with your terrible grades?


Their readily available CDS? Ha!


Basically the only school that doesn’t have one. Pretty sus
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Could depend on which APs and scores if the student sat for the tests, but I would think you could look at Conn College and College of Wooster. These schools are relatively selective but applicants need not be the type of kid often discussed on this board we’re all supposed to believe is average (1500+, 10+ APs, Chancellor of the Exchequer, etc.). Full pay, even at schools with large endowments is a positive if not outcome determinative factor. And these schools don’t have large endowments. Even schools that hold themselves out as need blind often pivot to need aware at some point in the process, be that evaluating spring admits or taking kids off the waitlist.


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