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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it entirely depends not the LAC.  And not all LACs are SLACS.  There are really only a handful that are really nationally known and highly regarded.  There are quite a few private schools that are not SLACS that are Universities instead (Duke, Lehigh come to mind) and you don't seem to include that as an option.  [b]And there are lots of wanna-be SLACs that are really just LACs. [/b] So once you really identify if you are talking the very few [b]true SLACs (Amherst, Williams, Vassar) [/b]versus Universities (NYU, Lehigh) [b]versus LACs (e.g. Denison[/b] or Union), then you can make a solid decision about the value of one versus the other.  So in a head to head, Amherst v Maryland Honors --probably Amherst for liberal arts but probably Maryland for Engineering.  Lehigh versus Maryland for any subject is Lehigh.  Maryland versus Denison for every subject is Maryland.[b]  [/quote]

How is Denison, a liberal arts college with a student population of fewer than 2400, not a SLAC?

Your last statement is a matter of your opinion, not a matter of fact.[/quote]

The "S" stands for Selective, not Small.[/quote]

What do you mean by "the very few true SLACs"? Almost all the LACs ranked in the top 30 have less than a 30% acceptance rate. Union and Denison at 35-40% aren't far behind. They are selective. [/quote]

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