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[quote=Anonymous]Wesleyan is a fine school, but it is in a different (lower) tier in comparison to Amherst and Williams.  If you are trying to compare Amherst and Williams to Harvard and Yale, Wesleyan would be comparable to Vanderbilt, for example.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/spp+25

The SLAC experience is, of course, VERY different from the National University experience, so I think its a bit of apples and oranges.  The top SLAC's also include schools on the West Coast (Pomona, Claremont McKenna), South (W&L and Davidson) and Mid-West (Grinnell and Carleton).

A couple of observations regarding prestige.  By definition SLACs are "small" they just aren't as well known as the elite National Universities.  Among academics and college counselors the SLACs are well known, but in the "real world" graduates of SLAC's spend a lot of time explaining to others what a great school their SLAC is.

Second, I don't have statistics to back this up, but may observation is that SLACs are more appealing to girls than boys.  My DS is past the college stage already, but VERY few of his friends had any interest in SLACs whereas girls that they knew went to almost every school mentioned in this thread.  I've wondered what type of boy gravitates toward the SLAC environment and suppose it might be the more artsy sensitive boys.  In any case, my guess is that it is easier for a boy to get into a top SLAC than it is for a girl just based on demand.

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