Most over-ranked/under-ranked LACS on USNWR?

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Anonymous wrote:Tough to argue Middlebury is ahead of Davidson these days. While it's easy to quibble with individual ranking methodologies, Davidson is ranked higher in USNWR, Forbes, WSJ, Niche, Washington Monthly, and College Raptor.

How many years out of the past 20 has Davidson ranked higher than Middlebury?

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Anonymous wrote:Reed is the most underrated (and intentionally so).

Lacks diversity - both in terms of socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity, and is for faux intellectuals with trust funds. Overrated in my opinion.

Why does that even matter? They clearly are intellectual if so many of them go to grad school. Not everything is about race.

Going to grad school does not equal "intellectual.'

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think Pomona’s campus is boring. Nothing that’s architecturally interesting—just a lot of Spanish colonial with red tile roofs. And it shares a campus with a bunch of other schools. I get that SoCal has nice weather, and that access to LA is a plus. But I wouldn’t want to go to college there, regardless of its academic reputation.

It used to be a lot prettier but sustainability goals have nerds it. The campus used to have Ivy everywhere, massive live oaks, and public gardens all over. My junior year, they had to trim the Ivy because it had grown through the pavement and was spreading to buildings it wasn’t supposed to. It surprisingly still has red woods (which btw, that’s such an insane decision in Southern California). You can see some remnants of this on scripps college, but all of the colleges have severely cut back on water usage- which great, but makes for less aesthetically pleasing energy.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think Pomona’s campus is boring. Nothing that’s architecturally interesting—just a lot of Spanish colonial with red tile roofs. And it shares a campus with a bunch of other schools. I get that SoCal has nice weather, and that access to LA is a plus. But I wouldn’t want to go to college there, regardless of its academic reputation.

It used to be a lot prettier but sustainability goals have nerds it. The campus used to have Ivy everywhere, massive live oaks, and public gardens all over. My junior year, they had to trim the Ivy because it had grown through the pavement and was spreading to buildings it wasn’t supposed to. It surprisingly still has red woods (which btw, that’s such an insane decision in Southern California). You can see some remnants of this on scripps college, but all of the colleges have severely cut back on water usage- which great, but makes for less aesthetically pleasing energy.

*nerfed

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Anonymous wrote:The easy answer is Reed is very under ranked. I’m surprised us news is still internationally keeping them at a low rank. If you want to be an academic, it’s one of your best bets.

Reed is the literal answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think Pomona’s campus is boring. Nothing that’s architecturally interesting—just a lot of Spanish colonial with red tile roofs. And it shares a campus with a bunch of other schools. I get that SoCal has nice weather, and that access to LA is a plus. But I wouldn’t want to go to college there, regardless of its academic reputation.

It used to be a lot prettier but sustainability goals have nerds it. The campus used to have Ivy everywhere, massive live oaks, and public gardens all over. My junior year, they had to trim the Ivy because it had grown through the pavement and was spreading to buildings it wasn’t supposed to. It surprisingly still has red woods (which btw, that’s such an insane decision in Southern California). You can see some remnants of this on scripps college, but all of the colleges have severely cut back on water usage- which great, but makes for less aesthetically pleasing energy.

This explains so much! I went on tour with my daughter and felt like it was so much less “green” but couldn’t put my finger on it!

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think Pomona’s campus is boring. Nothing that’s architecturally interesting—just a lot of Spanish colonial with red tile roofs. And it shares a campus with a bunch of other schools. I get that SoCal has nice weather, and that access to LA is a plus. But I wouldn’t want to go to college there, regardless of its academic reputation.

It’s moreso that im jealous than loving their campus. In December, we saw kids studying on the quad and seeming genuinely happy. A lot of the other lacs we toured, the students seemed overtly serious and sappy, but the Pomona kids actually enjoyed their experience!

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Anonymous wrote:Only on USNews is Princeton the number 1 university. It’s all BS factors created to surprise people. Williams isn’t even the most sought after lac, but we’re expected to just agree that it’s #1 and has been for decades?

Which is the most sought after LAC if not Williams?

Pomona by yield and acceptance rate for a while. It’s not even the most applied to LAC.

Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd.

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Anonymous wrote:Only on USNews is Princeton the number 1 university. It’s all BS factors created to surprise people. Williams isn’t even the most sought after lac, but we’re expected to just agree that it’s #1 and has been for decades?

Which is the most sought after LAC if not Williams?

Pomona by yield and acceptance rate for a while. It’s not even the most applied to LAC.

Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Only on USNews is Princeton the number 1 university. It’s all BS factors created to surprise people. Williams isn’t even the most sought after lac, but we’re expected to just agree that it’s #1 and has been for decades?

Which is the most sought after LAC if not Williams?

Pomona by yield and acceptance rate for a while. It’s not even the most applied to LAC.

Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd.

More a function of it being one of the only SLACs in the state and the region (other than perhaps CMC)? California has a lot of people, and Pomona is one of the only options when it comes to attending a prestigious LAC. The northeast is saturated with lots of competition. Pomona has a monopoly on the California market (and perhaps entire southwest market), including lots of high stats Asian kids who want to stay close to home.

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Anonymous wrote:The easy answer is Reed is very under ranked. I’m surprised us news is still internationally keeping them at a low rank. If you want to be an academic, it’s one of your best bets.

Reed is the literal answer.

So Reed College is over-ranked in USNWR ?

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Anonymous wrote:Only on USNews is Princeton the number 1 university. It’s all BS factors created to surprise people. Williams isn’t even the most sought after lac, but we’re expected to just agree that it’s #1 and has been for decades?

Which is the most sought after LAC if not Williams?

Pomona by yield and acceptance rate for a while. It’s not even the most applied to LAC.

Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd.

More a function of it being one of the only SLACs in the state and the region (other than perhaps CMC)? California has a lot of people, and Pomona is one of the only options when it comes to attending a prestigious LAC. The northeast is saturated with lots of competition. Pomona has a monopoly on the California market (and perhaps entire southwest market), including lots of high stats Asian kids who want to stay close to home.

And CMC is literally next door.

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Anonymous wrote:Only on USNews is Princeton the number 1 university. It’s all BS factors created to surprise people. Williams isn’t even the most sought after lac, but we’re expected to just agree that it’s #1 and has been for decades?

Which is the most sought after LAC if not Williams?

Pomona by yield and acceptance rate for a while. It’s not even the most applied to LAC.

Pomona also leads in cross-admits and receives the most ED applications of any LAC by a sizeable margin, both of which are reflective of its relative desirability among LACs. That said, I don't think any WASP school stands out above the others as a general matter. While they are much more similar than different, each school offers students something special. And, for that matter, so do most other top LACs like Bowdoin, Carleton, CMC, Wellesley, and Mudd.

More a function of it being one of the only SLACs in the state and the region (other than perhaps CMC)? California has a lot of people, and Pomona is one of the only options when it comes to attending a prestigious LAC. The northeast is saturated with lots of competition. Pomona has a monopoly on the California market (and perhaps entire southwest market), including lots of high stats Asian kids who want to stay close to home.

California, however, has a lot better public schools than the northeast. There’s a lot more competition with state schools than LACs, and the Claremont colleges have a lot of competition with each other for applicants.

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Lawrence university is very underrated and the faculty are just as good as WASP. Do know the leadership is very DEI (barf) but it’s overall really nice.

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Reed is very under-rated. Vassar is also under-rated.

Williams is overrated.