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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The top LAC schools are generally seen as Williams Amherst Swarthmore Pomona, which kind of cheekily spells “WASP”. They have been seen as schools that offer incredible undergraduate opportunities, with many kids heading to graduate programs at ivies, or MBA programs after a few years in finance living in NYC. Kids will sometimes choose them over Cornell and Dartmouth, but not Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn etc. Basically, those 4 are a different level than other LACs. Swarthmore is the most academic, Pomona gives west coast beauty and a shared campus with 4 other schools. the other two are havens for east coast elites.

Bowdoin has moved up to be basically be next in line. Kids love the food, the dorms and the social, low stress atmosphere.

Middlebury is a step down unless your child is focused on languages. It’s beautiful but a bit more introverted

Bates and Colby are strong NESCAC schools, so if your child is an athlete, both are great because they will be part of the NESCAC networking cult.  All the NESCAC schools are pretty good about laddering each other up.[/quote]

Pomona is a relative new-comer to the list of top LACs, and benefits tremendously from it's southern California location. Bowdoin and Middlebury are equals, just below AWS. Then Wesleyan, then the rest. [/quote]

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