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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's with the LAC yields being so low? I thought Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore were Ivy-equivalent? The whole analogy that they're competing with each other and thus bring down each other's yield doesn't make a whole lot of sense when four of the Ivies make the top 4 on this list despite having a lot of cross-applicant similarity.

Are LACs losing their reputation among the best and brightest?[/quote]

Most parents are increasingly not willing or cannot afford to pay for LACs at $70K a year, plain and simple. None of my 3 DCs attended the top 10 ones they were accepted by once more affordable options were available, such as less prestigious LAC with significant merit $ or state flagship.[/quote]

We are just starting the college admissions process, and this sounds right to me. We are feeling good about our child's prospects for admission at some solid schools, but total cost including merit aid will be the key factor. I don't know anything about Emory, but places like Amherst that don't offer merit aid aren't even going to be on our list vs other good schools that are known to offer lots (Case Western, Brandeis, Denison). Just don't believe there's enough difference between them to shell out an extra $40-80K over 4 years.

You got it. Many families in the "donut hole" must consider merit because they won't get a dime of financial aid and many don't want to saddle their kids with years of college loans. Our DS was not able to to do ED because of this exact reason and also knew that any school that didn't offer merit was off the table from the beginning of our process. We live in what is considered an upper middle class area and this was a major component for a lot of my kids peers.

I think parents in our position (make too much for need-based aid but have several kids and can't afford full price LACs) are wising up, and some big changes are afoot over the next 5 years. [/quote][/quote]

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