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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably apropos of nothing, but NESCAC stands for New England [i]Small[/i] College Athletic Conference. [/quote]

Is it like a thing? Are schools in this conference better? Is it the idea in terms of sports that NESCAC similar and smaller as Ivy League, where a sports conference accompanied by rigorous academics?[/quote]

It's just a traditional New England athletic conference. Large universities participated in what became the Ivy League, smaller schools in the same area played each other in what eventually because NESCAC. It's not like the Ivy League where just being a member brings cachet and there are plenty of other conferences with [b]rigorous slacs[/b]- the Centennial Conference and SCIAC both come to mind. [/quote]

As opposed to…? [/quote]

Not very rigorous slacs? [/quote]

In what way are other SLACs (or LACs) “not rigorous”? I don’t think you can categorize a school as a whole as rigorous or not rigorous?[/quote]

It's DCUM, you can say lot's of things that make no sense in the real world but serve as "fact" here.[/quote]

Sure, open admissions schools obviously have classes that require the same level of rigor as Haverford. [/quote]

Actually yes, I pretty much do think that, in most subjects at least.[/quote]

My mom was a prof at a very easy to get into liberal arts college.  My DH and I attended selective ones. There was no comparison between the students and schools. [/quote]

Oh please. [/quote]

Not sure why you don't believe me.  [/quote]

You said they’re “completely different.” I’m not inclined to believe that.[/quote]

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