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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two highly respected publications--the Wall Street Journal and the Times Higher Education--used to rank LACs and National Universities together. The 2022 rankings were the last published joint rankings to the best of my knowledge.

The methodology used 15 factors to arrive at an outcomes based ranking. Based on this methodology, the top two LACs were #22 Amherst College and #23 Williams College, followed by #25 Pomona College, #29 Swarthmore College, #30 Wellesley College, and #35 Carleton College.

Haverford was ranked at #36, followed by #38 Bowdoin College, #39 Smith College, and #40 Middlebury College.

Based on my knowledge and experience, I agree with a poster who above who wrote:

"A[n] SLAC is more comparable to a top notch boarding school...."

FWIW Ours attended a Top 10 National University after 4 yard at a super elite boarding school. Our entire family--student & parents--would have been thrilled if the student spent 4 years at Middlebury College rather than at a Top 10 National University, [b]however the education would have been a different and lesser academic experience than experienced at the Top 10 National University due to the breadth/variety, depth, and greater number of faculty & students in each of the three majors undertaken. Additionally, the academic facilities were far superior at the Top 10 National University than at any of the top ranked LACs.[/quote][/b]

Utter nonsense[/quote]

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