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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. DS will likely either be recruited or a walk on. I get that schools like Bucknell are more “normie” but I think Wes is a notch above academically and prestige wise. When I hear Bucknell, I think smart. When I hear Wes, I think really smart. Hence it seems worth considering even if a large swath of the student population isn’t necessarily my DS’s cup of tea. (This being said, it wouldn’t be a college experience if there were not some alternative type kids floating around.)[/quote]

My kid is a high school junior and two years ago I’d never heard of Bucknell or Wesleyan. I would have had no particular opinion about the “smartness” of the graduates of either. I suspect the general public name recognition of either is not high. Even now that I know more about Wes and have even visited it, I’m not sure the “prestige” is worth the extra money compared to a good in-state option.

The number of kids who are “not your crowd” will matter a lot more at a small school than a big one. But if your kid knows going into it that he’s unlikely to fit in, go for it I guess.[/quote]

Let’s take a step back here. Are we saying a relatively conventional non-LGBTQ sort of preppy athletic kid cannot attend a SLAC unless it’s one of a handful of Bucknell-like ones ?[/quote]

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