What are some of the most diverse LACs?

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Anonymous wrote:Pomona and Swarthmore are the leaders in LAC diversity! Anyone saying otherwise is steering you in the wrong direction.

Swarthmore.. dont think so

You can learn about them here: https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/swarthmore-admits-969-to-class-2027. Ignorance isn't an excuse for spreading wrong ideas.

That's admits, not enrolled.

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Anonymous wrote:Pomona and Swarthmore are the leaders in LAC diversity! Anyone saying otherwise is steering you in the wrong direction.

Swarthmore.. dont think so

You can learn about them here: https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/swarthmore-admits-969-to-class-2027. Ignorance isn't an excuse for spreading wrong ideas.

That's admits, not enrolled.

You think all the diversity just up and went away because...

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Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

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Anonymous wrote:What are some of the LACs that attracts diverse students? And of those what are some that are more intellectually inclined?

Thanks

Define diversity. Do you mean race, do you mean a certain race? Are you talking about economic diversity? Geographic?

What is "certain race" diversity?
Also this shuffles the same 4 or 5 LACs no matter which one you apply.

Diversity can mean all races or diversity can decides that Asians aren't actually part of a diverse campus (i.e. the type that got Harvard sued)

Name a campus that is diverse that doesn't have Asian Americans as the highest percentage of students of color. I guess this makes sense if you avoid the big Asian population at Harvard too...

Drop out of the top colleges and you get there. If you want a good mix or poor middle class and rich and a good mix of all races, you're dropping way further down the list than schools DCUM finds acceptable

Most colleges outside of the top colleges are non competitive. You're asking for elite schools that accept everybody...

OP said LAC not SLAC

The SLAC's are still economically, racially, and geographically most diverse...

If you want diversity go to a big state school. These schools are 50% athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:What are some of the LACs that attracts diverse students? And of those what are some that are more intellectually inclined?

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Define diversity. Do you mean race, do you mean a certain race? Are you talking about economic diversity? Geographic?

What is "certain race" diversity?
Also this shuffles the same 4 or 5 LACs no matter which one you apply.

Diversity can mean all races or diversity can decides that Asians aren't actually part of a diverse campus (i.e. the type that got Harvard sued)

Name a campus that is diverse that doesn't have Asian Americans as the highest percentage of students of color. I guess this makes sense if you avoid the big Asian population at Harvard too...

Drop out of the top colleges and you get there. If you want a good mix or poor middle class and rich and a good mix of all races, you're dropping way further down the list than schools DCUM finds acceptable

Most colleges outside of the top colleges are non competitive. You're asking for elite schools that accept everybody...

OP said LAC not SLAC

The SLAC's are still economically, racially, and geographically most diverse...

If you want diversity go to a big state school. These schools are 50% athletes.

More like one-quarter to one-third

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

That's great, but doesn't make it the most diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

That's great, but doesn't make it the most diverse.

Never said it did? Was just offering data for comparison.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

That's great, but doesn't make it the most diverse.

Never said it did? Was just offering data for comparison.

Sorry, just keeping consistent with the thread title.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

That's great, but doesn't make it the most diverse.

Never said it did? Was just offering data for comparison.

Sorry, just keeping consistent with the thread title.

Right. And some other posters cited Wesleyan as among “the most diverse.” So was adding data for comparison.

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W&L is super diverse! When we visited, it was like the UN was meeting-people from everywhere

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Not the most "diverse" but one of the most inclusive and has an emphasis on international/multicultural thinking is Macalester College. It's also an LAC in an urban area, not surburban but truly urban, which is rare.

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Anonymous wrote:Not the most "diverse" but one of the most inclusive and has an emphasis on international/multicultural thinking is Macalester College. It's also an LAC in an urban area, not surburban but truly urban, which is rare.

Would a DeSantis conservative feel comfortable there? No snarky responses please, just an honest answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Not the most "diverse" but one of the most inclusive and has an emphasis on international/multicultural thinking is Macalester College. It's also an LAC in an urban area, not surburban but truly urban, which is rare.

Would a DeSantis conservative feel comfortable there? No snarky responses please, just an honest answer.

I'd err on the side of no...actually maybe. Conservatives have a lot of flavors that makes it difficult to tell how liberal students will respond. I think if socially conservative, it's going to be a bad fit, because there will be trans students and queer students, etc. The only good conservative liberal arts college I know of is Hillsdale, but I've heard Davidson is more tolerant to conservative thought.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are the data for Wesleyan, based on the classes of 2023-27 (rough averages from this page: https://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply/class-profile.html):

~12% international
~33% domestic students of color
~42% students of color (including international)
~22% Asian/Asian-American
~11% Black/African-American
~12% Latino/Hispanic
~1% Native American/Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/ Pac Island

That's great, but doesn't make it the most diverse.

But it’s bigger than most LAC, so more of all. Percentage is confusing:

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Anonymous wrote:Not the most "diverse" but one of the most inclusive and has an emphasis on international/multicultural thinking is Macalester College. It's also an LAC in an urban area, not surburban but truly urban, which is rare.

Would a DeSantis conservative feel comfortable there? No snarky responses please, just an honest answer.

I'd err on the side of no...actually maybe. Conservatives have a lot of flavors that makes it difficult to tell how liberal students will respond. I think if socially conservative, it's going to be a bad fit, because there will be trans students and queer students, etc. The only good conservative liberal arts college I know of is Hillsdale, but I've heard Davidson is more tolerant to conservative thought.

Hillsdale might be the only LAC that sells unabashed conservatism, but there are plenty of LACs where conservative students exist in decent numbers and do just fine: W&L, Colgate, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Trinity, Union, Lafayette, Sewanee, Furman, Richmond, and the aforementioned Davidson, to name a few. Not sure I'd recommend Macalester when there are so many better options.