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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree, it is isolated. This is not a bad thing for some kids but would be horrible for others.

It is also still much less diverse than comparable northeastern schools. They do seem to be making a major effort to change that, but yeah. It's still pretty white.

I think it clearly is rising in terms of national reputation. Look at the changing percentage of kids from outside the south, for instance. (I don't have a link but I think if you google you can find stats). Two decades again it was almost entirely a southern school. It now has a much higher (and growing) percentage of kids from the northeast, CA, etc.

Back in the day, when I was applying for college (late 80s), Middlebury was seen as a second tier school - almost exactly like Sewanee now. That it: it was viewed as a safety school for rich white preppies who didn't get into HYP or Amherst or Williams. But today, Middlebury is ranked 7th. The same is true for places like Bowdoin and Colby- and Carleton and W&L were not even on the radar for most smart kids in the northeast. But each of those schools has bootstrapped themselves up in the last three decades, and now each is regarded as a top national liberal arts college. [b]Sewanee appears to be poised to do the same[/b] (and no, not an accident that Sewanee brought in the former president of Middlebury).[/quote]

Well, first they'd have to get back to where they were a decade ago, which was 11 higher in the rankings than they are now.  Do your research -- their ranking has been dropping for years, not going up![/quote]

Anyone who seriously chooses colleges based on their US News rankings needs to have their head examined. Get a grip. [/quote]

Right.  Rely on Colleges that Save Lives, right?  Ha![/quote]

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