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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mac has had big problems with attracting students recently.  Not shutter why, but acceptance rate has climbed. And without their steady supply of foreign students, will be interesting to see how high the acceptance rate goes.  We visited with DC last year and liked it, but seemed like a less safe investment than some other better known SLACs of similar quality. [/quote]

The above statement is factually inaccurate. The Mac rates have declined. In 2020, rates were approximately 32-33%. Rates slowly declined to about 27% overall (taking into account the early admission rate). According to our acceptance rate, there was a slightly smaller applicant pool for 2025 than in 2024, and Mac also accepted a slightly smaller group of kids, leaving the acceptance rate overall about a percentage point lower than the year before.

To the OP: what did your child decide?

We loved both schools.

What struck us about both schools (and perhaps should not have been a surprise) is that the people are decidedly not Northeast. When we visited NE schools, parents attended all sporting events, it was very country club culture (my kid's words). We felt like the midwestern skills would let our kid be a kid and find her own way. [/quote]

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