<p>I wonder how the 2nd & 3rd tier small LACs who charge $50K+ are doing in 2011?</p>
<p>It seems to me in our affluent community more & more are embracing the less expesnive OOS schools and the schools which have offered merit $.</p>
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<p>Seems like those most at risk would be the ones with high list prices, relatively poor financial aid, and academic reputations that are not particularly outstanding.</p>
<p>Then those wouldn’t be top LACs.</p>
<p>The wealthy keep on getting wealthier - and the percentage of full-pays in these so-called “need-blind” schools (doesn’t exist) remains virtually exactly the same year over year unless a particular school (such as Amherst) decides to reveal the lie and admit more low-income students (that they didn’t know, of course, were low-income, and in previous years, would have been considered “less qualified”.)</p>
<p>This thread is 2 years old. Perhaps better to start anew</p>
<p>Perhaps, but it’s useful to look back on claims that were made in years past to see how they panned out (or in this case DIDN’T pan out). </p>
<p>The economic downturn simply did not hurt the number of applicants to top LAC’s. In fact, it appears to have helped.</p>