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Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

Eh so I don’t have a dog in this fight but the multiple Amherst and Swarthmore grads I know are genius-level smart, no hyperbole, and none of them were from silver-spoon families, either. And I would assume the same of plenty of Williams folks, I just don’t know any.

Sure, sure. If this isn't the most obvious case of a Swarthmore alum trying to pass themselves off as someone else to boost their own school -- LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

Eh so I don’t have a dog in this fight but the multiple Amherst and Swarthmore grads I know are genius-level smart, no hyperbole, and none of them were from silver-spoon families, either. And I would assume the same of plenty of Williams folks, I just don’t know any.

Melissa, I know several Amherst and Williams grads and while I'm sure they're smart and hard-working, they're not genius-level and they'd be happy to admit that, too. Let's not traffic in hyperbole here.

Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

Eh so I don’t have a dog in this fight but the multiple Amherst and Swarthmore grads I know are genius-level smart, no hyperbole, and none of them were from silver-spoon families, either. And I would assume the same of plenty of Williams folks, I just don’t know any.

Anonymous wrote:Why do some people seem to want LACs to flag or fail? What harm are they doing?

I think it's just a natural reaction to incessant boosterism. Most LAC boosters feel compelled to insult and put down other schools (usually full-fledged universities) in an attempt bring up their own schools.

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Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

They do a good job in marketing and get decent number of applications each year. But more than half of the admitted for Williams, Amherst or Swarthmore decide to go somewhere else even with the binding ED. The problem is they are too small and narrowly focused to be attractive to most students.

They provide differentiated choices.

Why do some people seem to want LACs to flag or fail? What harm are they doing?

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread was started because of a Wiiliams booster in the other thread about w&m and VT saying these LACs were at the level of HYP and better than a whole slew of private universities.

So true. Basement boy loser with nothing better to do. Probably some dude from Williams got the girl he was stalking.

Anonymous wrote:They "are incredibly overhyped by those in the know."? My LAC education tells me that this is a confusing statement. I'd recommend "are incredibly overhyped according to those in the know" or "are incredibly overhyped by those who like them."

Good point.

This whole thread was started because of a Wiiliams booster in the other thread about w&m and VT saying these LACs were at the level of HYP and better than a whole slew of private universities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

Not really, graduates of the three schools you mentioned will have the same grad school and employment opportunities of an HYPS grad

This. And they'll have their pick of grad schools.

Jesus Christ, what is wrong with you people? There are plenty of great schools in this country, some of you are truly sick....

Ok- caaalm down. No need to get this worked up over LACs.

Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

They do a good job in marketing and get decent number of applications each year. But more than half of the admitted for Williams, Amherst or Swarthmore decide to go somewhere else even with the binding ED. The problem is they are too small and narrowly focused to be attractive to most students.

Meh.

That's OK, OP. Swarthmore didn't accept Obama, and he turned out just fine indeed.

I'd agree that full pay LACs are overrated, but so is any full pay private college.

If you have 80k a year to spend, why not? The trouble is, most people don’t.