Little Ivies?

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Anonymous wrote:I personally wouldn't recommend real small schools for anyone who spent 8-12 years in a private school environment. Too much of the same old same old.

Even a private high school like Georgetown Prep has facilities to match many of the small schools mentioned here.

I think that the SLACs mentioned here actually have a cateteria!

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Anonymous wrote:WILLIAMS 17% 2120 SAT
HAMILTON COLLEGE 29% 1997 SAT
CONN COLLEGE 36% 2000 SAT
AMHERST 14% 2060 SAT
BOWDOIN 18% 1989 SAT
TRINITY 36% 1970 SAT
BATES 27% 1960 SAT
WESLEYAN 24% 2070 SAT

These are all small schools 1600-2500 students for the most part. All in small New England towns, some are better than others, is this what interests your son? Most of student life takes place on these campuses. Some of the towns, like those that service Hamilton and Weslyean feel rather depressed. Williams is extremely isolated and in a very small town with one street that is "the main drag". While this kind of living is for some it is most certainly not for others. Hope you are planning an extensive visit to all of the schools that are considerations.

Some recent stats...obviously compared to colleges by and large all of these acceptance rates are lower than average and all the SAT scores are "up there"....start with this data as this could help your son or daughter size them up and see which might be a good fit. The NESCAC is super competitive.

chill!!!! She was generalizing..geez....you need a drink.

Trinity is in Hartford, CT. Not a "small New England town."

More like a small city in Puerto Rico.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally wouldn't recommend real small schools for anyone who spent 8-12 years in a private school environment. Too much of the same old same old.

Even a private high school like Georgetown Prep has facilities to match many of the small schools mentioned here.

In my experience many of the grads of small coed private schools in the DMV are extremely sheltered and I'll prepared for any school much larger than a SLAC. The socially outgoing students at single sex schools, on the other hand, tend to socialize across schools and better able to fit into a larger college environment. A shy private school KID who can't look an adult in the eye is like lost at anything but a SLAC.

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Anonymous wrote:The NESCAC or New England Small College Athletic Conference is a NCAA Division 3 athletic conference of 11 highly selective liberal arts colleges: Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, and Tufts. There are rules regarding season length, number of contests and post-season competition. There are no athletic scholarships; financial aid is solely based on need.

The “Little Ivies” is not an official term or group. It refers to a small group of highly selective liberal arts colleges. The list includes all the colleges in the NESCAC , along with Colgate, Haverford, Swarthmore, and Vassar. Also note that Tufts is no longer a small, Liberal Arts College, but has become a larger research university.

As you can see, all of the colleges listed above are highly selective, very difficult to get into, and are highly regarded.

Remember, as well, that the Ivy League itself is not the Good Housekeeping Seal of the Pinnacle of Academic Excellence. It is, just like NESCAC, an athletic organization of universities which are as dissimilar as they are similar. And the experience at Trinity or Connecticut College will be different from Amherst or Williams. Find schools that work for your student and capture his/her heart.

Well said. The thing that separates the super elite from the mere elite in the Top 25 is endowment per student. Princeton is the only school with endowment of more than $2million per student. Harvard, Yale and Stanford are all well north of a million. The other Top 25 school with an endowment greater than $1 million? Pomona https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/best-overall/methodology/

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a good solid student cracked just over 2000 on his SAT (2060) but was hoping to be in the 2100-2200 mark. Has a 31 on the ACT. He will take it again but this seems to be his range. He had his heart set on a particular ivy but both his adviser and he do not see it happening. He has talked to him at length about the little Ivies (adviser at school is originally from NY) so he is very familiar with those schools. We are not as familiar with them however, but he said they are prestigious carry a lot of weight after graduation and are going to give him that quintessential New England college experience he is seeking. Some schools he has suggested are Williams, Wesleyan, CT. College, Amherst, Hamilton and Bowdoin. What do you think? Certainly they do not have the cache of an ivy but would you say are more prestigious than a good top university? As an example UNC, Wake Forest, etc.....he is confused and so are we! Any input would be great, thank you.

A 2060 and a 31 won't cut it at Williams, Wesleyan, Amherst or Bowdoin unless there's some kind of hook or your son applies ED. Maybe Hamilton. Others to try could be Bates, Colby, again ED perhaps, or a bit less competitive yet would be Conn College or Trinity.

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^^^also the 2060 at Williams, Amherst or Bowdoin is still a stretch at these schools even with a hook or ED. Better luck ED would be at Wesleyan, Colby, Bates or Hamilton.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally wouldn't recommend real small schools for anyone who spent 8-12 years in a private school environment. Too much of the same old same old.

Even a private high school like Georgetown Prep has facilities to match many of the small schools mentioned here.

I think that the SLACs mentioned here actually have a cateteria!

?? What does that mean? Georgetown Prep has a pretty nice cafeteria and because it has boarders offers 3 meals a day much like colleges. My DD went to a local boarding school and the facilities were very much like a college, just on a smaller scale.