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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking of athlete-non athletes divide, how well would an Asian female lax player who is pretty good and experienced (varsity captain) but doesn’t want to spent her time playing D3 lax fit in? [/quote]

Perhaps this comes down to what you mean by "athlete-non athletes divide."

Because LACs have a higher percentage of athletes due to their small size, there's the appearance of a divide during the admission process, as its a more common hook than at a larger school.  (I'm assuming a similar number of teams, but that tends to be true.)

But once enrolled, I think the situation flips.  At these small residential colleges, everyone gets to know everyone and closed events are generally not tolerated.  At the larger schools, particularly the ones with only one or two years of on-campus housing, students are more likely to rely on fraternities/sororities or athletic teams to make up for moving off campus, so "divides" form.  Larger classes and more time commitment for athletics at the D1 level also plays into this.

But amongst LACs, the Claremont Colleges would probably overall have a lower percentage of athletes compared to most of their similarly ranked peers, given there's two teams per sport and over 6,000 students.  So even less of an issue there than at most.  If there's an exception to that, my guess would be CMC.  
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