Anonymous
Post 04/26/2026 12:14     Subject: Middlebury releases Class of 2030 admissions info
Anonymous wrote:Davidson is closer to a city than most of these, but all of you northern snobs don't count Charlotte.

Rhodes is also highly underrated and in Memphis, which admittedly isn't the most exciting place but it has pro sports, concerts, restaurants and a major airport.


I agree Rhodes is under rated but Memphis is so dangerous I would not send my child there. If Rhodes was positioned in similarly in a safe city it would be a t10 lac.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2026 12:13     Subject: Middlebury releases Class of 2030 admissions info
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My preference is to look first at SLACs with relatively easy access to a city and/or clustered together: Wesleyan and Wellesley; the Five (now four) College Consortium; Claremont Colleges; the Main Line schools.




No, some of the LACs that are actually close to a city are:
Barnard (in NYC)
Swarthmore (30 minutes to Philly)
Wellesley (30 minutes to Boston)
Reed (30 minutes from Portland)
Macalester (in St. Paul/Minn)
Oxy (in LA, not an 1hr+ like Claremont gang)
Oberlin (30 minutes from Cleveland)

Wes is a few hours away from NYC or Boston ... not close to a city IMO.

If you wanna go anywhere interesting, it’s gonna take you a long time. Unless you have a car, it takes an hour+ alone just to get to DTLA- Same as Claremont
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2026 12:13     Subject: Middlebury releases Class of 2030 admissions info
Newsweek took a look at suburban colleges a while back, including LACs among those profiled:

https://www.newsweek.com/25-most-desirable-suburban-schools-71867