What LACs have less stressful

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Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

Which ones in your opinion? I disagree.

I count 13 colleges with more than half being rigorous.

Rigorous: Colby, Bates, Lafayette, Skidmore, Vassar, Dickinson, F&M

NONE of these are rigorous but Vassar comes close. Rigorous is T15 LACs, most rigorous is A,W,S.

P is just as rigorous as the others. Pomona people who go to Swarthmore note that the work is the same level, just the students freak out more about being "intense." It's a northeast hustle culture thing, not reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there nice LACs in the Northeast where there is a more mellow academic vibe in terms of rigor, workload, grading etc,but are still considered respectable?

Clark

DO yes, I agree, Clark. And Conn College.
Bates is pretty intense in spite of being non traditional.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the inputs. So just want to summarize the consensus which of the following LACs are considered to have a more rigorous academic and possibly competitive vibe Versus a bit of a chiller academic vibe. Leaving out schools either not interested in or too hard to get into ( probably looking outside top 20) they are all really good schools so not trying to slight or over promote any schools. This is very helpful as a component of finding a good “fit”. not looking at hard sciences ,engineering or computer science. Not sure how hard to get into to these schools are either with the uncertainty of college applications but have to start somewhere. Will also check out St Joes and Fairfield

More rigorous academic vibe

Lafayette, Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Skidmore

Slightly Less rigorous or chiller academic vibe

Marist, Hobart and William Smith, St Lawrence , Ithaca , Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Salve Regina?


Where would you put the academic vibe for Union, Connecticut College and Trinity College in this?

Having looked at all of these, I would put Conn College ahead of Skidmore for academics. Trinity’s a very good school as well but it has super fratty vibes. Those two are in the high end of “more rigorous academic vibes” The students we met at Union were disappointing. They didn’t seem motivated or bright.

Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the inputs. So just want to summarize the consensus which of the following LACs are considered to have a more rigorous academic and possibly competitive vibe Versus a bit of a chiller academic vibe. Leaving out schools either not interested in or too hard to get into ( probably looking outside top 20) they are all really good schools so not trying to slight or over promote any schools. This is very helpful as a component of finding a good “fit”. not looking at hard sciences ,engineering or computer science. Not sure how hard to get into to these schools are either with the uncertainty of college applications but have to start somewhere. Will also check out St Joes and Fairfield

More rigorous academic vibe

Lafayette, Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Skidmore

Slightly Less rigorous or chiller academic vibe

Marist, Hobart and William Smith, St Lawrence , Ithaca , Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Salve Regina?


Where would you put the academic vibe for Union, Connecticut College and Trinity College in this?

Having looked at all of these, I would put Conn College ahead of Skidmore for academics. Trinity’s a very good school as well but it has super fratty vibes. Those two are in the high end of “more rigorous academic vibes” The students we met at Union were disappointing. They didn’t seem motivated or bright.

Thanks!

Where would you put the academic vibe for Union, Connecticut College and Trinity College in this?
Correction
Having looked at all of these, I would put Conn College ahead of Skidmore for academics. Trinity’s a very good school as well but it has super fratty vibes. Those two are in the high end of “more rigorous academic vibes” The students we met at Union were disappointing. They didn’t seem motivated or bright.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there nice LACs in the Northeast where there is a more mellow academic vibe in terms of rigor, workload, grading etc,but are still considered respectable?

Clark

DO yes, I agree, Clark. And Conn College.
Bates is pretty intense in spite of being non traditional. [/quote
What’s non traditional about Bates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there nice LACs in the Northeast where there is a more mellow academic vibe in terms of rigor, workload, grading etc,but are still considered respectable?

Clark

DO yes, I agree, Clark. And Conn College.
Bates is pretty intense in spite of being non traditional. [/quote
What’s non traditional about Bates?

Their brand has been progressive, egalitarian and social justicy for years, and have been test optional for a long time. I think we agree that Bates is more similar than different to the other elite small colleges. Maybe a little less diverse racially because of the location and economically because they have a relatively low (but still respectable.) endowment. Definitely a challenging academic experience with many bright, well-prepared students.
I wouldn’t go there for a a mellow academic vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

Which ones in your opinion? I disagree.

I count 13 colleges with more than half being rigorous.

Rigorous: Colby, Bates, Lafayette, Skidmore, Vassar, Dickinson, F&M

Grew up in NY. It was where the idiot kids with money went. What changed?

Which NY LACs are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

Which ones in your opinion? I disagree.

I count 13 colleges with more than half being rigorous.

Rigorous: Colby, Bates, Lafayette, Skidmore, Vassar, Dickinson, F&M

NONE of these are rigorous but Vassar comes close. Rigorous is T15 LACs, most rigorous is A,W,S.

In other words, you don't know what the word rigorous means.

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Assumption U, Salve Regina, Stonehill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

Which ones in your opinion? I disagree.

I count 13 colleges with more than half being rigorous.

Rigorous: Colby, Bates, Lafayette, Skidmore, Vassar, Dickinson, F&M

Grew up in NY. It was where the idiot kids with money went. What changed?

Which NY LACs are you talking about?

PP was talking about Skidmore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colgate for anyone not pre-med

Absolutely not. Colgate is really intense in every way. Yes there are students who seem to party a lot but they are probably still studying a lot.
I don't know anyone who felt they didn't work really hard there and while professors were great, they were also very demanding.
Not a lot of grade inflation either (which is OK but might be different from comparable schools).

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Bryn athyn

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For what its worth,
check out US News Ranking for LACs
While Vassar is #16 its only because it is tied for that position with 4 other schools - so you could think of it as either #12 or #16, depending how you count.
Definitely top 20 which makes it pretty competitive.

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Hamilton seems chill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the inputs. So just want to summarize the consensus which of the following LACs are considered to have a more rigorous academic and possibly competitive vibe Versus a bit of a chiller academic vibe. Leaving out schools either not interested in or too hard to get into ( probably looking outside top 20) they are all really good schools so not trying to slight or over promote any schools. This is very helpful as a component of finding a good “fit”. not looking at hard sciences ,engineering or computer science. Not sure how hard to get into to these schools are either with the uncertainty of college applications but have to start somewhere. Will also check out St Joes and Fairfield

More rigorous academic vibe

Lafayette, Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Skidmore

Slightly Less rigorous or chiller academic vibe

Marist, Hobart and William Smith, St Lawrence , Ithaca , Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Salve Regina?


Where would you put the academic vibe for Union, Connecticut College and Trinity College in this?

Having looked at all of these, I would put Conn College ahead of Skidmore for academics. Trinity’s a very good school as well but it has super fratty vibes. Those two are in the high end of “more rigorous academic vibes” The students we met at Union were disappointing. They didn’t seem motivated or bright.

Thanks!

Where would you put the academic vibe for Union, Connecticut College and Trinity College in this?
Correction
Having looked at all of these, I would put Conn College ahead of Skidmore for academics. Trinity’s a very good school as well but it has super fratty vibes. Those two are in the high end of “more rigorous academic vibes” The students we met at Union were disappointing. They didn’t seem motivated or bright.

Important to note that while Conn is in a neighborhood that's kinda sketchy, Trinity is in a neighborhood that's flat-out scary bad.