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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago, when it still was mostly male, it seemed to possibly be a sort of safety valve school for the mediocre sons of rich parents.  Maybe things have changed.  It is well ranked.  But the last name “Lee” is not on trend...[/quote]

W&L has always been well regarded. Not a safety school for mediocre sons. Which means you know little of how the South traditionally viewed W&L. It was a regional college in the same sense Haverford and Bowdoin in the northeast drew heavily from a certain segment of the northeast's population with some coming from further afield for the excellent academics. Same for W&L except it was the Southern version.

You're thinking of Hampden-Sydney. Or Randolph-Macon.

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DP.   Growing up in DC and graduating from a cathedral school in the late 80’s I can assure you that W&L was viewed as nothing more than a safety and hardly in the same league as Bowdoin or Haverford.[/quote]

I suspect your bias has little to do with reality. W&L along with Davidson always had a reputation for strong liberal arts academics in the South. The school didn't miraculously reinvent itself into a well regarded LAC in the last 20 or 30 years.

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Meh....regional LACs with no national prestige.  But the south will rise again....right?[/quote]

One can say the same about Bowdoin and Haverford.... and that is the whole point. They were regionally known strong LACs that drew most of their intake from the respective region (heavily New England, heavily Mid-Atlantic). Bowdoin and Haverford did not have national reputations either. Very few people traveled outside their regions for college.

Your comment about the South rising again shows you have an ingrained bias and are shooting yourself in the foot. [/quote]

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