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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all need to get a grip.  Not everyone can go or wants to go to Amherst or Williams. [b] My DC is being recruited by both and has zero interest in either. [/b] The only one of those small liberal arts schools he liked is Middlebury, but even that is in the middle of his list.  College selection is such a personal thing that it seems silly to limit your child to the top 10 rankings, or push a small liberal arts school when that's not what they want.  Similarly I know a decent number of unhappy kids at Cornell because it was the Ivy they got in to. Don't be so guided by the rankings.[/quote]

Really?  So DC is currently a junior and being recruited by Williams and Amherst.  For what?[/quote]

+1 I'm curious too.  What does Amherst and Williams recruit for?  Maybe awesome future Comparative Lit majors  :lol:  BTW, most of the people who I know who attended Amherst and Williams had fathers and grandfathers who went.  I always had the impression they gave more preferences to legacies than the Ivies.[/quote]

New poster: Yes, Amherst, Wiliams and other SLACs recruit for many sports -- and, yes, some of those athletic recruits are "awesome future Comp Lit majors."  In fact, at several of the NESCAC schools the percentage of students who play sports is quite high, including many talented athletes who didn't want the D1 experience, which can be all-consuming.  With respect to legacy status, I don't think it can be said categorically that SLACs emphasize this more than Ivy League schools.  In fact, Amherst has been a leader in recruiting low-SES students.

To the poster who called SLACs other than those ranked at the top by US News "finishing schools", that's just plain silly.  While these school may not be widely known, they have much to offer students, particularly strong academic advising and writing programs.        [/quote]

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