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[quote=Anonymous]"                Has St. Mary's overcome its issue with under enrollment...and did they solve it by lowering their admission standards?

Not dissing the school, I actually think it has a lot going for it. This concern, however, caused my child to go elsewhere.

Enrollment is up and average stats up also. Seems like they finally decided to start advertising. For many years they put no effort into recruitment.

It still has a loooooong way to go. I suspect at least another 10 years or so if ever.

until what? St Mary’s has always been a bit of a hidden gem and I hope it stays that way. If people are comparing it to ultra selective LACs, no it is probably not going to get there ever and I think most ego alumni and current students would prefer to keep it that way. So many small LACs are struggling with enrollment right now and St Mary’s is doing better than many of them.

not a hidden gem... just a hidden"

If you think SMCM should be W&M or W&L, you would call it "a hidden".

At #95 National LAC, SMCM doesn't try to compete with the top private LACs, but it is solidly into the category of NATIONAL LAC.

SMCM is trying to meet a need to allow almost all students from MD a chance at a LAC education at a more than reasonable price.

They aren't trying to climb the rankings or entrap students who would be fine in the "city" that is UMD, they just want to do enough advertising so that they get the thoughtful/intellectual MD students they want.

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