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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top three SLACs are:

Harvey Mudd
Grinnell
Pomona

Honorable mentions:
Davidson
Carleton
Middleburry [/quote]

How easy/difficult is to get CS in these? [/quote]

Getting admission into these colleges for sure is not easy. Look at their acceptance rates:

Harvey Mudd - 13%
Grinnell - 13%
Pomona - 7%
Davidson - 14%
Carleton - 22%
Middleburry - 10%
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Not only getting into these colleges is tough, they have very low enrolment in CS. Mudd has only 48, Grinnell 54, Pomona 33..

Not sure whether its a good idea to chase CS a LAC. With 476 enrolment, Isn't Purdue way better than these LACs?

Why waste time and effort at these LACs?[/quote]

CS table starts on p11. CS PhD programs are the most selective in the nation. LACs are disproportionately represented. Purdue is not in the top 100. Sure, if you want to do basic sw development, you don’t a PhD, but that misses the point that actual computer [i]science[/i] programs look for the best undergrads, and LAC programs punch above their weight. That’s of course a benefit even to the students who don’t intend to pursue PhDs.

https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/institutional-effectiveness-research-assessment/Doct%20Rates%20Rankings%20by%20Broad%20Disc%20Fields.pdf[/quote]

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