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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's always been weird to me that people say WASP with the exclusion of Bowdoin, when Bowdoin is every bit as good as those[/quote]

Bowdoin bounces around. [b]I believe it’s been in the top 4 before[/b], but then bumped up around in the 6-7 range. USNews didn’t change the methodology much this year after Morse retired. Wait until a year when they mix things up again.[/quote]

No, it hasn't. It wouldn't surprise me if that changes in the coming years, but that's why it's never been WASP-B before. Now I think it's up for debate! [/quote]

Bowdoin was 5 last year. No change. Others moved up or down quite significantly. [/quote]

Pomona was tied with Bowdoin last year but it moved down to the group tied at 7 this year. These are very small meaningless changes. [/quote]
Why is Pomona dropping? It is more competitive than ever, endowment is performing on par with everyone else, financial aid is as generous as ever…is it simply just a quirk of USNEWs this year?[/quote]
+1, there’s something going on at the school. Maybe financial?[/quote]

Lollll. It isn’t “dropping.” It’s in top 5, not including service academies, same as last year. The idea there’s a meaningful difference in its tying for 5th (with Bowdoin last year) and tying for 7th (after a service academy at 6th this year) is ludicrous. What IS notable is that 3 of the 5 Claremont colleges are now in the top 10. When you go to any of these schools (Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna), you have the benefit of single social world that is significantly larger (and thus more fun, with more connections) than any of the other top LACs by themselves. The consortium is really doing well and offers a really unique, attractive experience. [/quote]

Can’t agree more that the USP for the these LACs is the consortium. There really is no comparable experience available in higher ed. That’s true of the social and the academic experience. The depth and breadth of the curriculum across the 5Cs allows a student to custom-tailor their learning while maintaining the benefits of their college of enrollment. DC is at Pomona and taking classes at both CMC and Pitzer, based on their interests and the respective college’s strengths, but still has all the advantages of being a Pomona student — which for them is largely about the student culture and college resources expended for/available to students. [/quote]

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