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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not interested in hearing how woke you think these schools are.

Back when I was applying to college, Haverford was seen as one of the most intense, grade deflated liberal arts colleges you could apply to. Has it kept its rigorous reputation as a challenging place to go to school academically? What about Wesleyan, Claremont McKenna, or Wellesley?[/quote]
Haverford is no longer rigorous. Of the schools you mentioned, CMC is the most rigorous, and the most bro. Although Wellesley is pretty “bro” in its own right.[/quote]

CMC is not particularly rigorous, it is typical for a school with kids in the academic profile that attend. It is the most pre-professional of the schools mentioned. All of these schools are excellent.[/quote]
What does typical mean in this context?[/quote]

Typical in this case means a top SLAC. Swat is called "where fun goes to die", Middlebury is known for the highest workload among the NESCACs, etc. but all of these schools are more similar than different because students at any top SLAC are driven, smart and they will be challenged because they can handle the load. They will be pushed because that it what happens when you are among entire populations that fir this profile. People constantly get on these forums and try to find differences where none really exist. [/quote]
Quite the opposite, actually.[/quote]

Please explain exactly why you believe that when the actual data shows that at the top dozen or so schools the academic profiles for the students are virtually identical. Or why the largest correlated factor in the schools ranking is the size of their endowment?

Why do you believe there is an actual difference? Point to something.[/quote]

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