LAC leadership

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HC dominates every LAC excluding Williams in Csuite placement and boardrooms. Midd. And Colgate might do better on Wall Street. As far as applications the trend is upwards for HC and recently down for Midd and Colgate. Holy Cross coasted for several years but their new President and admissions teams are hitting homeruns. Kids like sports and things to do culturally on weekends with Boston 1 hour away and Worcester’s rebirth. Sure beats going 15 miles to the Walmart which is a big problem for Hamilton, Colgate, Midd, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, and Bucknell. HC mops the floor with Div 3 NESCAC in football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse and baseball. Tennis team recently beat Trinity but HC men’s rowing is consistently top 25. NESCACs would best HC in fencing, squash, and water polo. It’s endowment per student would be below Colby and Midd but Holy Crosd is beginning a large Capital Campaign. Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin have the cache and $3-4 billion endowment to fight off rural locations. The rest of the NESCACs don’t. Kids want to be near civilization and HC is only Top LAC close to Boston not named Wellesley College. Holy Cross women basketball plays Michigan on ESPN this week snd baseball made it in NCAAs last spring it’s football team plays at Northwestern and Navy and lastly it is the oldest non Ivy rival over 130 years with Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown. The Crusaders are moving in the right direction but yes not Williams/Amherst.

Neither Amherst nor Bowdoin is in a rural location.

[Anonymous]

HC is a LAC powerhouse. Nobel Laureate in Medicine, multiple Med school Chancellors including 2 out of 4 in Mass.,Dr Fauci, both Conan O’Brien and Stephen Colbert’s dads were prominent doctors(especially O’Briens dad). Politics 2 US Senators until Casey lost in 2024, Supreme Court Justice, Chris Matthews. Recently retired Vice Chair of Harvard Corporation. Business CEOs of multiple large corporations, owners of UHaul, and corporate directors at Costco, Target, CVS, Dicks Sporting Goods, Dell, Home Depot. C suite alum list is numerous. Not many LACs come close. It is a top SLAC!

[Anonymous]

Amherst may not be rural but Brunswick Maine sure is. Brunswick has Freeport outlets nearby and that’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently word about Midd isn’t being warmly received because their apps have fallen for a few consecutive years unlike Colby.

Midd applications have fallen slightly from record highs, same as Williams and Amherst. None of those schools have ever been accused of gaming the system to look more selective than they are which is something that cannot be said regarding Colby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin and Coby have left Midd in rear view mirror. Bowdoin has leaped ahead by every metric. Colby has been so aggressive in fundraising and its facilities are amazing. Hamilton and Midd are stuck in neutral.

The Colby booster Midd troll has arrived. A bit pathetic that they are glomming on to Bow to try and make an argument. They have nothing on their own.

[Anonymous]

Midd boosters will be singing the praise of their new president who has reinvented the Coca Cola formula.

[Anonymous]

Regarding Wesleyan, its admissions office has experienced challenges as of late:

https://wesleyanargus.com/2026/03/03/after-six-deans-resign-in-july-2025-former-admissions-staff-allege-leadership-failures-and-toxic-work-environment/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst may not be rural but Brunswick Maine sure is. Brunswick has Freeport outlets nearby and that’s it.

Brunswick is a charming town. It has an Amtrak station at the edge of it providing easy access to Portland. It’s a 25 min car ride between the 2 points as well. So no, not just Freeport outlets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Midd boosters will be singing the praise of their new president who has reinvented the Coca Cola formula.

Please explain. They have a new president who comes from UVA and Duke before that. I don't get the Coke analogy.

[Anonymous]

If you’re 70 years old, Brunswick is a “charming” town. Our kids want a lot more cultural and entertainment options. Couldn’t last more than 4 hours at Bowdoin.

[Anonymous]

Why are so many LACs in the middle of nowhere?

[Anonymous]

Middlebury Vt temp 26 with a low of 14 tonight. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are so many LACs in the middle of nowhere?

Yes - not many in urban areas. We were surprised when our city-loving DD chose a rural LAC, but her point to us was, "I'll probably live in a city for rest of my life. This might be my only chance to live this kind of life for a while." I will say that she's a nature lover, loves outdoor activities, etc. She apparently went stargazing with a bunch of Midd kids on a Thursday night visit and was sold on LAC's after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently word about Midd isn’t being warmly received because their apps have fallen for a few consecutive years unlike Colby.

Midd applications have fallen slightly from record highs, same as Williams and Amherst. None of those schools have ever been accused of gaming the system to look more selective than they are which is something that cannot be said regarding Colby.

Don't know about Williams, but Amherst has had record-breaking numbers of applications two years in a row. Meanwhile, Colby's app is free and requires no supplemental essays...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re 70 years old, Brunswick is a “charming” town. Our kids want a lot more cultural and entertainment options. Couldn’t last more than 4 hours at Bowdoin.

Bowdoin is often a shorter drive to Portland than BC is to Boston.

I've got no kid in either, but it's not in the middle of nowhere. Brunswick is charming and it's a $30 uber ride to plenty