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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of these SLACs are just as difficult as the Ivys to get into.  Pomona has a sub 10% acceptance rate and top ranked schools like Amherst are getting close with record applications this year.

https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/C%2520Admission_1.pdf

The middle 50% SAT range for ENROLLED students at Amherst is higher than many of the Ivys:  720-770 Verbal and 710-790 Math.  The top 25% of enrolled Amherst students have SATs higher than 1560/1600.

And [b]the endowments of the top SLACs are higher on a per student basis than many Ivys [/b](but behind Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Stanford): 
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/EndowmentPerStudent[/quote]

Well, I can sure wipe my a** with that info.  It would be great if they share that with the entire student body.  [b]Almost all donut-hole families a.k.a. middle class[/b] get nothing out of this.  It's a meaningless statistic.[/quote]
NOT middle class. Firmly in the upper-middle class category. [/quote]

That's just a play on words. My rules (don't care about others') [b]Income under 100K - Poor; 100-250 - Middle class[/b]; 250-500 upper middle class; &gt; 500K- Rich.[/quote]

LOL.

But seriously, many SLACs especially those outside of the top 15 or so grant significant amounts of merit aid to kids who you might not think would otherwise get merit aid. I had a 31 on the ACT back in the day (and before you say how much more competitive everything has gotten, that put me in the 90-95% range, so not, like, amaaaazing) and won the top-tier scholarship to Claremont McKenna (which I didn't take), effectively swiping off 75% of the tuition at the time -- and that was before the need based aid, the loans, and the work study.  The sticker shock at these colleges is high, but many students pay far less.

Also, OP, have you heard of Eckerd? Rollins? The New School?  
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