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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, LACs are very small. Applying to five LACs is roughly equivalent to applying to one large national university: our school sends about ten students a year to Cornell, but typically only one to Williams. Additionally, the school limits how many applications each student can submit.  I am not sure if it's wise to apply to LACs exclusively.  Second, most SLACs do not offer an ED advantage—Middlebury is one notable exception.  At the moment, Middlebury is not DC's dream school.  So there is no ED strategy.  I am also wondering if there is any consultant specialized in LACs.  [/quote]

I would take the kid to a variety of bigger schools until they realized how much they would be missing by going to an LAC.

--Someone who grew up as a close relative of a Williams College staff member[/quote]

It’s a trade-off either way.

Anecdotally, the trend I noticed with LAC kids is they liked it more each successive year while the opposite is somewhat more common with universities. Perhaps huge parties and big games are more exciting to 18/19 year olds, while meaningful faculty relationships are more exciting to 21/22 year olds. Also the universities where students move off campus after their first or second year become more isolating than the initial experience.  [/quote]

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