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This is funny, but there's a lot of truth in it.  We visited a couple of the New England LAC's and then scratched the rest from the to-visit list; I suspect they're really all about the same. :D [/quote]

I think that if you want a small LAC, there probably are meaningful differences between Bates, Colby and Bowdoin...  just as there are differences between UW-Madison and U-Minnesota.[/quote]

Like what?  I'm genuinely curious.  We are interested in several of the New England LACs but there is no way to make it to visit all of them.  Of the ones we have seen (only one of which you mentioned), I haven't seen many differences.  I'm just wondering whether it's worth a trip back there.[/quote]

Some of it is intangible, sure, but there are differences: degree of isolation, level of Greek vs geek, diversity of student demographics. I guess you could just look it all up and go by the data, but I keep hearing stories of kids who arrive on a visit, take a look, and either say "Hell no" or "I'm hooome!"[/quote]

Almost anyone who has visited schools has a story about "the one" that felt great from the moment they stepped foot on campus. Then they have to defend that feeling to anyone who won't look beyond a top colleges list. :-)[/quote]

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