<p>Grinnell, Carleton, St Olaf.... Please add your candidates!</p>
<p>University of Chicago
Northwestern University
DePaul University</p>
<p>Kenyon College
Oberlin College
Malcester College
Lawrence University
Cornell College</p>
<p>Kenyon College Lords and Ladies
Macalster College Fighting Scots
Carleton College Knights
Illinois Wesleyan University Titans
Knox College Prairie Fire
Lawrence University Vikings
Kalamazoo College Hornets
Beloit College Buccaneers
Ohio Wesleyan University Bishops
Oberlin College Yeomen
Denison University Big Red
DePauw University Tigers
Earlham College Quakers
St. Olaf College Lions</p>
<p>LACs, by definition, emphasize undergraduate education in the liberal arts. Neither UChicago or Northwestern are LACs. Both are better known for their graduate and professional schools.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh I completely forgot </p>
<p>Grinnel College Pioneers</p>
<p>Based in Tiers, Otherwise not in any specific order within the tier</p>
<p>Top Tier:
Grinnell
Macalester
Carleton
Oberlin
Kenyon</p>
<p>Tier Two:
St. Olaf
Beloit
Knox
Kalamazoo
Wabash
Lawrence</p>
<p>Tier Three:
Wheaton (IL)
Illinois Wesleyan
Hope
Cornell (IA)
Depaw
Ohio Wesleyan</p>
<p>Lake Forest College inbetween tier two and three</p>
<p>Some repeats from previous posts, but given the sporadic spelling mistakes, I will add to SmallColleges's list. This is not necessarily ordered by tier, more by academic reputation.</p>
<p>Carleton
Kenyon
Grinnell
Macalester
Oberlin</p>
<p>Beloit
Denison
Earlham
Kalamazoo
Knox
Lake Forest
Lawrence
St. Olaf
Wabash [men only]
Wooster</p>
<p>Cornell (IA) [Christian]
Depauw
Hiram
Hope [Christian]
Illinois Wesleyan
Ohio Wesleyan
Ripon
Wheaton (IL) [Christian]</p>
<p>I would consider Illinois Wesleyan to be higher up than Lake Forest.</p>
<p>Cornell College is ranked above Knox by USN&WR and ranked 21st best LAC in the country by Forbes. I am aware that Cornell might not be as well known as the other schools for a variety of reasons but it is time the school is recognized for its outstanding education and life changing experience it provides.</p>
<p>I am applying to both Knox and Cornell and have visited both many times. I feel Knox is academically stronger then Cornell. Both are excellent schools, both CTCL, but I feel Knox is better. btw cornell isn't a christian college</p>
<p>I Think Lake forest would be tier three on my list and lower then Illinois Wesleyan within that.</p>
<p>^ Oops! I got Cornell mixed up with Wheaton, I think, with all the confusing double names. Yes, you are correct; Cornell and Colorado College are two well-known (relatively) schools on the block system.</p>
<p>Not an expert on Lake Forest, so I gladly concede to others' opinions.</p>
<p>Cornell and Colorado are the only two in the country on the block system besides Tusculum College and University Montana- Western, which are not well known at all. It is hard for schools to adopt a block system, because of space (every prof needs his own classroom at the same time every day, meaning at least 100 large rooms).</p>
<p>Lake Forest is known as more of a country club for lazy rich kids.</p>
<p>Yeah that is the impression I got from Lake Forest when I visited.</p>
<p>Illinois Wesleyan is easily equivalent to the tier 2 schools on your list. In fact, I believe it is in the high end of your tier 2's and I've visited most of them.</p>
<p>I have also visited illinois wesleyan, as well as Grinnell, Macalester, Carleton, St. Olaf, Beloit, Knox, Kalamazoo, Lawrence, Hope, Cornell (IA), Depaw. All the others I listed I have read a lot about. There is a lot of possible overlap between tiers two and three, I believe that any of the schools in all 3 tiers can give you one of the best educations in the US. It was hard to decide what I put where. Illinois Wesleyan is more of a suitcase school (my private lessons teacher for music is a recent alumni and told me about it) and has most of students from the central illinois region. I think it gives a great education, but still lacks diversity.</p>
<p>I visited a lot of the midwest lacs</p>
<p>Illinois Wesleyan University Titans
Knox College Prairire Fire
Lawrence University Vikings
Kalamazoo College Hornets
Beloit College Buccaneers
St. Olaf College Lions
Macalaster College Fighting Scots
Carleton College Knights
Kenyon College Lords and Ladies</p>
<p>I found that the bottom three stand head and shoulders above the others, and I heard the same for Oberlin and Grinnell. The others I hear are very comparable.</p>
<p>Based on the criteria written in Post #4:</p>
<p>The University of Chicago
Northwestern University's College of Arts & Sciences
Carleton College
Oberlin College
Grinnell College</p>
<p>Wheaton College
Lawrence University
Beloit College
Kenyon College
Macalester College
St. Olaf
Earlham
Knox College</p>
<p>I wouldn't count either The University of Chicago or Northwestern's College of Arts & Sciences as true LACs.</p>
<p>Chicago is a research university with a great undergrad department, but not a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>Northwestern's College of Arts and Sciences is a college in a university. If you were going to start using those as LACs, then include every College of Arts and Sciences at every university (the all have them).</p>
<p>Macalester and Kenyon are definitely just as good as Grinnell, Oberlin and Carleton</p>
<p>Agreed with SmallColleges on the flawed definition of LAC. However, I would place Macalester and Kenyon in a separate intermediate category; they aren't quite as good as G/W/C, but neither should they be lumped in with Beloit, Lawrence, Earlham, Knox, etc.</p>