Changes in LACs

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

I wouldn't say the NESCAC are the standard at all... WASP are. I can see an argument to include Wellesley or Harvey Mudd, but Wesleyan? Hardly even discussed on this forum, same with Hamilton. Middlebury is often talked about with the context of it falling from a top 4 lac and Colby...meh.

OMG. This is a very typical DCUM response in that it acknowledges the existence of only 4 liberal arts colleges. My point is that the NEACACs are the standards at their relative tiers. They are the known names. Even poor Trin and Conn College who are only pariahs in the context of this hyper elitist, striver obsessed, Ivy Plus or nothing board. The point remains that they are known brands and frequent comparators to lesser known lacs in vibe or experience if not “prestige.” And all that said, I’m sorry to break it to you, but you can get an elite education at Wes, Hamilton, Midd, etc. Those schools are far more similar to Amherst and Williams than they are different.

This is a lot of words to say “I can’t handle that some liberal arts colleges are better than my personal favorite.”

One of the WASPs IS my personal favorite! Or at least one of them. Which is why I can confidently say the sun does not rise and set in the Pioneer Valley. Love to discuss the profiles of the SLACs, far down the US News top 100 than most people on this board would care for. But if you come at me with the anointed 4 or nothing, you’re a clown and your opinion means nothing.

Yeesh, Amherst is a $hithole, but glad someone out there likes it.

Why the hate for Amherst? I've seen it on this board over and over, and I don't get it. I'm wondering if it's all the same person. It seems obsessive. So you don't like the school, okay, why post about that incessantly?

And no I have no affiliation with Amherst. But I do have a kid at another school in the Pioneer Valley, and I've been on the campus a few times. Looks lovely to me.

It isn't just Amherst, this board has a few fruit loops on it. There is a Pomona hater constantly spewing drivel, a Middlebury hater who is utterly deranged, and an Amherst hater who tries to make Amherst look like a school with failing facilities due to excessive "wokeness" and DEI. There are others as well.

Pay no attention, Amherst is lovely and a wonderful school.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

I wouldn't say the NESCAC are the standard at all... WASP are. I can see an argument to include Wellesley or Harvey Mudd, but Wesleyan? Hardly even discussed on this forum, same with Hamilton. Middlebury is often talked about with the context of it falling from a top 4 lac and Colby...meh.

OMG. This is a very typical DCUM response in that it acknowledges the existence of only 4 liberal arts colleges. My point is that the NEACACs are the standards at their relative tiers. They are the known names. Even poor Trin and Conn College who are only pariahs in the context of this hyper elitist, striver obsessed, Ivy Plus or nothing board. The point remains that they are known brands and frequent comparators to lesser known lacs in vibe or experience if not “prestige.” And all that said, I’m sorry to break it to you, but you can get an elite education at Wes, Hamilton, Midd, etc. Those schools are far more similar to Amherst and Williams than they are different.

This is a lot of words to say “I can’t handle that some liberal arts colleges are better than my personal favorite.”

One of the WASPs IS my personal favorite! Or at least one of them. Which is why I can confidently say the sun does not rise and set in the Pioneer Valley. Love to discuss the profiles of the SLACs, far down the US News top 100 than most people on this board would care for. But if you come at me with the anointed 4 or nothing, you’re a clown and your opinion means nothing.

Yeesh, Amherst is a $hithole, but glad someone out there likes it.

Why the hate for Amherst? I've seen it on this board over and over, and I don't get it. I'm wondering if it's all the same person. It seems obsessive. So you don't like the school, okay, why post about that incessantly?

And no I have no affiliation with Amherst. But I do have a kid at another school in the Pioneer Valley, and I've been on the campus a few times. Looks lovely to me.

It isn't just Amherst, this board has a few fruit loops on it. There is a Pomona hater constantly spewing drivel, a Middlebury hater who is utterly deranged, and an Amherst hater who tries to make Amherst look like a school with failing facilities due to excessive "wokeness" and DEI. There are others as well.

Pay no attention, Amherst is lovely and a wonderful school.

I think Amherst being underwhelming is a fair critique. Not everyone is a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree, Holy Cross is very popular in our full pay town. By contrast Colgate has lost some of its appeal. Not many kids find Hamilton NY as a pull. Worcester while not Beverly Hills has improved and only 1 hour to Boston.

Is Worcester a pull? Haven't heard the best things.

I grew up nearby and it was a dump. It was a milltown (city actually, one of the largest in MA outside Boston) but mills all closed. Now it's connected to Boston via commuter rail, there's been a lot of gentrification with a restaurant/bar scene and a popular minor league baseball team plus UMass medical. There is a decent-sized college-aged population in and around the city (WPI, Clark, Assumption, Worcester State plus HC.) I've got a kid at one of the Maine LACs and I drive by HC on the way and wonder when it is going to really take off again. For my kid's Bethesda HS, the stats in Naviance for admission were sky high.

1) you aren’t from Worcester
2) thank you for reminding us why we would beat up you kids from Worcester burbs
3) Waterville and Lewiston are actually dumps (Brunswick isn’t, but you would have specigfically mentioned Bowdoin otherwise). Enjoy!

Your going right to saying you want to beat someone up tells me everything I need to know about Worcester. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

I wouldn't say the NESCAC are the standard at all... WASP are. I can see an argument to include Wellesley or Harvey Mudd, but Wesleyan? Hardly even discussed on this forum, same with Hamilton. Middlebury is often talked about with the context of it falling from a top 4 lac and Colby...meh.

OMG. This is a very typical DCUM response in that it acknowledges the existence of only 4 liberal arts colleges. My point is that the NEACACs are the standards at their relative tiers. They are the known names. Even poor Trin and Conn College who are only pariahs in the context of this hyper elitist, striver obsessed, Ivy Plus or nothing board. The point remains that they are known brands and frequent comparators to lesser known lacs in vibe or experience if not “prestige.” And all that said, I’m sorry to break it to you, but you can get an elite education at Wes, Hamilton, Midd, etc. Those schools are far more similar to Amherst and Williams than they are different.

This is a lot of words to say “I can’t handle that some liberal arts colleges are better than my personal favorite.”

One of the WASPs IS my personal favorite! Or at least one of them. Which is why I can confidently say the sun does not rise and set in the Pioneer Valley. Love to discuss the profiles of the SLACs, far down the US News top 100 than most people on this board would care for. But if you come at me with the anointed 4 or nothing, you’re a clown and your opinion means nothing.

Yeesh, Amherst is a $hithole, but glad someone out there likes it.

Why the hate for Amherst? I've seen it on this board over and over, and I don't get it. I'm wondering if it's all the same person. It seems obsessive. So you don't like the school, okay, why post about that incessantly?

And no I have no affiliation with Amherst. But I do have a kid at another school in the Pioneer Valley, and I've been on the campus a few times. Looks lovely to me.

It isn't just Amherst, this board has a few fruit loops on it. There is a Pomona hater constantly spewing drivel, a Middlebury hater who is utterly deranged, and an Amherst hater who tries to make Amherst look like a school with failing facilities due to excessive "wokeness" and DEI. There are others as well.

Pay no attention, Amherst is lovely and a wonderful school.

I think Amherst being underwhelming is a fair critique. Not everyone is a troll.

This is something different though, this is weirdly obsessive.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

I wouldn't say the NESCAC are the standard at all... WASP are. I can see an argument to include Wellesley or Harvey Mudd, but Wesleyan? Hardly even discussed on this forum, same with Hamilton. Middlebury is often talked about with the context of it falling from a top 4 lac and Colby...meh.

OMG. This is a very typical DCUM response in that it acknowledges the existence of only 4 liberal arts colleges. My point is that the NEACACs are the standards at their relative tiers. They are the known names. Even poor Trin and Conn College who are only pariahs in the context of this hyper elitist, striver obsessed, Ivy Plus or nothing board. The point remains that they are known brands and frequent comparators to lesser known lacs in vibe or experience if not “prestige.” And all that said, I’m sorry to break it to you, but you can get an elite education at Wes, Hamilton, Midd, etc. Those schools are far more similar to Amherst and Williams than they are different.

This is a lot of words to say “I can’t handle that some liberal arts colleges are better than my personal favorite.”

One of the WASPs IS my personal favorite! Or at least one of them. Which is why I can confidently say the sun does not rise and set in the Pioneer Valley. Love to discuss the profiles of the SLACs, far down the US News top 100 than most people on this board would care for. But if you come at me with the anointed 4 or nothing, you’re a clown and your opinion means nothing.

Yeesh, Amherst is a $hithole, but glad someone out there likes it.

Why the hate for Amherst? I've seen it on this board over and over, and I don't get it. I'm wondering if it's all the same person. It seems obsessive. So you don't like the school, okay, why post about that incessantly?

And no I have no affiliation with Amherst. But I do have a kid at another school in the Pioneer Valley, and I've been on the campus a few times. Looks lovely to me.

It isn't just Amherst, this board has a few fruit loops on it. There is a Pomona hater constantly spewing drivel, a Middlebury hater who is utterly deranged, and an Amherst hater who tries to make Amherst look like a school with failing facilities due to excessive "wokeness" and DEI. There are others as well.

Pay no attention, Amherst is lovely and a wonderful school.

I think Amherst being underwhelming is a fair critique. Not everyone is a troll.

This is something different though, this is weirdly obsessive.

Oh wow, then yeah that’s bad. I’ve just been called out in the past for mentioning DD didn’t like the campus and felt it lacked resources in her area, and the wolves came out against me. I love the area.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Oh boy. Seems like you’re the one who’s triggered. Also looks like I had you pegged as a WASP/Ivy + or bust striver. You can always tell when you’re talking to an Amherst/Williams person as opposed to a LAC person. Does it feel better when you tell people who’ve never heard of Williams that it’s “in the company of Harvard and Yale?”

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Oh boy. Seems like you’re the one who’s triggered. Also looks like I had you pegged as a WASP/Ivy + or bust striver. You can always tell when you’re talking to an Amherst/Williams person as opposed to a LAC person. Does it feel better when you tell people who’ve never heard of Williams that it’s “in the company of Harvard and Yale?”

You really don’t know what a striver is. It’s getting embarrassing

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By car one can get from Holy Cross to Boston in less than 1 hour.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Oh boy. Seems like you’re the one who’s triggered. Also looks like I had you pegged as a WASP/Ivy + or bust striver. You can always tell when you’re talking to an Amherst/Williams person as opposed to a LAC person. Does it feel better when you tell people who’ve never heard of Williams that it’s “in the company of Harvard and Yale?”

You really don’t know what a striver is. It’s getting embarrassing

Oh, I think I’m good. Please go back to explaining to me that Colby is mediocre because Credit Suisse doesn’t interview on campus. (Don’t come for me mule hive. I’m just throwing stuff out there cuz baby girl thinks all but two of the NESCAC schools are mediocre. Getting a vibe that she hates sports too, or more likely athletics sullying elite college admissions.)

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

There is a real delta between Conn College and everyone else but the idea that There are those three and everyone else is just stupid.

If you used test scores as an imperfect proxy here are 4 schools with peak academics there are 4 (5 with Tufts) schools with 'peak' academics which are the three that you named plus Middlebury. All have SAT averages of 1500+

There are 5 schools with scores 1400 - 1500 Hamilton, Wesleyan, Bates, Trinity, and probably Colby

And only one real outlier, Conn College which is still a fine school.

Hamilton is pretty equal too teh top schools academically and Wes and Colby are as well.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Wesleyan and Midd aren't on any sort of decline and you are pretending that Hamilton doesn't exist.

Basically you are just an ignorant douchebag full of nonsense.

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No interest in any NESCAC school but imo Middlebury is in a decline from top 10 US News to current tie for 19. Add in application declines and financial deficits what else would one describe Middds current status. Lots of Middlebury grads and or parents are in denial. Amherst and Williams are so far above the rest of the pack. Bowdoin has some appeal but 90-95 k a year for the rest no thanks .

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Wesleyan and Midd aren't on any sort of decline and you are pretending that Hamilton doesn't exist.

Basically you are just an ignorant douchebag full of nonsense.

The irony is palpable.

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Anonymous wrote:The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.

Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI.

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L.
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse

What a bunch of New England garbage. NESCAC is the standard for mediocrity.

OK, thanks for your input Dennison mom.

Williams mom, but thanks for showing you can't handle an opinion that isn't your own.

Ha ha. OK, sis. Weird flex to say that the NESCACs are the standard for mediocrity and then proudly claim a kid at Williams, what plenty on this board would happily call the quintessential NESCAC. Seems like your convictions weren’t strong enough to insist your kid go to Carleton or Pomona. Or maybe you’re just s-posting and got lost.

Or maybe im smart enough to understand that there's a real delta between Williams and Connecticut college for Christ's sakes. Most of the Nescac is mediocre; there's the best of the best (Bowdoin, Amherst, Williams) and then there's the rest...It's a sports league, not all of us are obsessed.

Well if you think I was suggesting that Williams and Con Coll are the same, maybe you’re just not smart enough to understand my original point. And if you really believe most of the NESCAC is mediocre (crazy work BTW) then you probably aren’t. You got to make sure everyone understood their place, though, which is a very DCUM thing to do. You can see yourself out with the WASP or nothing strivers. You know who you are and I’m getting those vibes from you.

Triggered much? It’s a fact that Williams has a better endowment, more resources, better career and fellowship and graduate school outcomes than Connecticut college and every other NESCAC school. Pretending they’re all the same because they all play lacrosse together is just denying the inevitable truth that Williams Amherst and Bowdoin lead the pack.

Most of the NESCAC is mediocre and a few like Wesleyan and Midd are on a decline compared to where they were less than a decade ago. Williams and Amherst are in the company of Harvard and Yale; meanwhile, no person in their right mind would choose Connecticut college over the worst ivy. Get real and out of your emotions.

Oh boy. Seems like you’re the one who’s triggered. Also looks like I had you pegged as a WASP/Ivy + or bust striver. You can always tell when you’re talking to an Amherst/Williams person as opposed to a LAC person. Does it feel better when you tell people who’ve never heard of Williams that it’s “in the company of Harvard and Yale?”

You didn't prove against any of their statements, just throwing out attacks.

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Anonymous wrote:No interest in any NESCAC school but imo Middlebury is in a decline from top 10 US News to current tie for 19. Add in application declines and financial deficits what else would one describe Middds current status. Lots of Middlebury grads and or parents are in denial. Amherst and Williams are so far above the rest of the pack. Bowdoin has some appeal but 90-95 k a year for the rest no thanks .

Midd hater has entered the chat. It’s so crazy to me that seemingly so many folks want to drop in on threads about liberal arts colleges to either argue that they are all inferior to universities or to assert that only four are worth attending. If you’re telling me people think Wesleyan, Hamilton, and Middlebury are shit, god help Oberlin.