Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine hating SLACs so much that you waste time and energy creating this post? I shouldn’t feed the troll but this one is pretty crazy. Something tells me the WASP schools (and plenty other selective LACs) will be just fine.

+100

Someone (or their kid) definitely had a tough admissions cycle at top SLACs.

No way! Everyone, if your kid is committed to an LAC, make them break their ED contract. If they attend an LAC right now, force them to transfer. If they graduated from one, tell them to burn their diploma. How could anyone set foot near one of these horrid institutions?

Anonymous wrote:There's a 2026 Gates Scholar who graduated from Williams in 2025. https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/19401/

Shhhhh OP doesn’t need to know that.

Can you imagine hating SLACs so much that you waste time and energy creating this post? I shouldn’t feed the troll but this one is pretty crazy. Something tells me the WASP schools (and plenty other selective LACs) will be just fine.

because we prefer Marshall and Rhodes

Anonymous wrote:Recommend that you avoid all LACs

It is important that you follow that recommendation. Listen to them because you don't want the far superior admissions to PhD programs, Med Schools, Law Schools, IB, MBB, and other elite careers that you get by attending a top SLAC. Show us that you can do it all without the advantages that top SLACs provide. You don't need no stinking advantages! Don't get sucked in by the superior educational model! Reject it at all costs! Take the advice of the little troll and run with it. Ignorance will set you free!

Recommend that you avoid all LACs

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that no top lac has gates Cambridge scholars this year? Looks like they’re losing their power and recognition. Is there any value to these institutions if they can’t get you top fellowships? How is this impacting graduate admissions?

Probably because it's just not that interesting.

There's a 2026 Gates Scholar who graduated from Williams in 2025. https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/19401/

Anonymous wrote:No value whatsoever. You definitely shouldn’t send your kid to one of them.

That's right. Don't even apply. Pretend they don't exist.

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that no top lac has gates Cambridge scholars this year? Looks like they’re losing their power and recognition. Is there any value to these institutions if they can’t get you top fellowships? How is this impacting graduate admissions?

you, your children, and all future biologically-related family members should def avoid all LACs.

Anonymous wrote:No value whatsoever. You definitely shouldn’t send your kid to one of them.

100%. Hope your kid is thriving at UMD. It provides a fine education, truly.

No value whatsoever. You definitely shouldn’t send your kid to one of them.

Hi, anti-LAC poster. The top LACs are doing fine. Fellowships vary from year to year. At least LACs grads could write a topic headline that's clearer than "No WASP LACs Gates Cambridge."

Why is it that no top lac has gates Cambridge scholars this year? Looks like they’re losing their power and recognition. Is there any value to these institutions if they can’t get you top fellowships? How is this impacting graduate admissions?