Anonymous wrote:Pitzer is a good option. They are a very laid back environment, but the kids are getting all kinds of awards.

But not in the Northeast.

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Anonymous wrote:So far this thread has mentioned a bunch of LACs that are stressful and then other LACs that aren't even in the Northeast.

Why do you disagree with the post listing Bates, Skidmore, Mt Holyoke, and Conn College?

Bates doesn’t fit with the other 3. It’s academically rigorous.

The quintessential dcum response: don’t judge MY preferred LAC, but I’ll judge yours 🙄

What are you even talking about? Bates is rigorous, is that really being questioned right now? Naming a top lac and saying it'll be a "mellow" experience is ignorant.

Maybe I just like learning but I don’t think being more mellow necessarily means it lacks rigor. You don’t need a cut throat environment to learn at even a high level.

Bates is not a mellow place to go to college.

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Anonymous wrote:So far this thread has mentioned a bunch of LACs that are stressful and then other LACs that aren't even in the Northeast.

Why do you disagree with the post listing Bates, Skidmore, Mt Holyoke, and Conn College?

Bates doesn’t fit with the other 3. It’s academically rigorous.

The quintessential dcum response: don’t judge MY preferred LAC, but I’ll judge yours 🙄

What are you even talking about? Bates is rigorous, is that really being questioned right now? Naming a top lac and saying it'll be a "mellow" experience is ignorant.

Maybe I just like learning but I don’t think being more mellow necessarily means it lacks rigor. You don’t need a cut throat environment to learn at even a high level.

Pitzer is a good option. They are a very laid back environment, but the kids are getting all kinds of awards.

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Anonymous wrote:Read, “Colleges That Change Lives.” They offer supportive communities.

Very good suggestion for OP as long as they avoid the obvious landmine-Reed.

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Anonymous wrote:So far this thread has mentioned a bunch of LACs that are stressful and then other LACs that aren't even in the Northeast.

Why do you disagree with the post listing Bates, Skidmore, Mt Holyoke, and Conn College?

Bates doesn’t fit with the other 3. It’s academically rigorous.

The quintessential dcum response: don’t judge MY preferred LAC, but I’ll judge yours 🙄

What are you even talking about? Bates is rigorous, is that really being questioned right now? Naming a top lac and saying it'll be a "mellow" experience is ignorant.

Read, “Colleges That Change Lives.” They offer supportive communities.

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Anonymous wrote:So far this thread has mentioned a bunch of LACs that are stressful and then other LACs that aren't even in the Northeast.

Why do you disagree with the post listing Bates, Skidmore, Mt Holyoke, and Conn College?

Bates doesn’t fit with the other 3. It’s academically rigorous.

The quintessential dcum response: don’t judge MY preferred LAC, but I’ll judge yours 🙄

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Anonymous wrote:So far this thread has mentioned a bunch of LACs that are stressful and then other LACs that aren't even in the Northeast.

Why do you disagree with the post listing Bates, Skidmore, Mt Holyoke, and Conn College?

Bates doesn’t fit with the other 3. It’s academically rigorous.

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Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

How do you know that?

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Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

I think that's the effing point?

Anonymous wrote:Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

More than half of these don’t have rigorous academics.

Colby, bates, Conn, Gettysburg, Lafayette, skidmore, Marist, Vassar, muhlenberg, Chatham, Dickinson, F&M, Allegheny

Anonymous wrote:Are there nice LACs in the Northeast where there is a more mellow academic vibe in terms of rigor, workload, grading etc,but are still considered respectable?

No, but there are rigorous LACs in other parts of the country that are less stressful.

Part of the stress of NE LACs and universities is embedded in the region’s approach to and regard for academics - it’s education, but it’s also a prestige game that culminates in a final scramble for the most prestigious jobs in a couple of niche areas, like Wall Street and consulting. If you don’t want that culture, you shouldn’t target the NE.