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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Maine LACs are all on the rise - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Midd.

Also, Hamilton is becoming the new Amherst.[/quote]
Midd is in Vermont and none of those schools are “rising” any different than years prior, other than maybe Colby.

Hamilton is completely different than Amherst and wants its future to be in tech and AI. [/quote]

Also, can any of the NESCACs really be described as “on the rise?” Are any of them lacking in respect? Top to bottom, they are the standard on which all other SLACs are judged/compared. Obviously not saying those are the “best” schools, but people take shots at Amherst, Williams, Wes, Hamilton, Mid, Colby, etc. on this board for a reason. I don’t see many Bowdoin people, for example, puffing their chests about how they’re better than W&L. 
-NESCAC alum, parent & spouse[/quote]
I wouldn't say the NESCAC are the standard at all... WASP are. I can see an argument to include Wellesley or Harvey Mudd, but Wesleyan? Hardly even discussed on this forum, same with Hamilton. Middlebury is often talked about with the context of it falling from a top 4 lac and Colby...meh. [/quote]

OMG. This is a very typical DCUM response in that it acknowledges the existence of only  4 liberal arts colleges. My point is that the NEACACs are the standards at their relative tiers. They are the known names. Even poor Trin and Conn College who are only pariahs in the context of this hyper elitist, striver obsessed, Ivy Plus or nothing board. The point remains that they are known brands and frequent comparators to lesser known lacs in vibe or experience if not “prestige.” And all that said, I’m sorry to break it to you, but you can get an elite education at Wes, Hamilton, Midd, etc. Those schools are far more similar to Amherst and Williams than they are different. [/quote]
This is a lot of words to say “I can’t handle that some liberal arts colleges are better than my personal favorite.”[/quote]

One of the WASPs IS my personal favorite! Or at least one of them. Which is why I can confidently say the sun does not rise and set in the Pioneer Valley. Love to discuss the profiles of the SLACs, far down the US News top 100 than most people on this board would care for. But if you come at me with the anointed 4 or nothing, you’re a clown and your opinion means nothing. [/quote]
Yeesh, Amherst is a $hithole, but glad someone out there likes it. [/quote]

Why the hate for Amherst? I've seen it on this board over and over, and I don't get it. I'm wondering if it's all the same person. It seems obsessive. So you don't like the school, okay, why post about that incessantly?

And no I have no affiliation with Amherst. But I do have a kid at another school in the Pioneer Valley, and I've been on the campus a few times. Looks lovely to me. [/quote]

It isn't just Amherst, this board has a few fruit loops on it. There is a Pomona hater constantly spewing drivel, a Middlebury hater who is utterly deranged, and an Amherst hater who tries to make Amherst look like a school with failing facilities due to excessive "wokeness" and DEI. There are others as well.

Pay no attention, Amherst is lovely and a wonderful school.[/quote]

As a Williams grad, it easy to "hate" on Amherst, as they are the Defectors and stole half of our library (in 1821), but in reality its a great school and you can get a great education there (but maybe not quite as great as Williams.  :)    The reality is that the schools will be better fits for different kids, and are in meaningfully different geographic settings.[/quote]

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