<p>In looking at the section for "top" liberal arts colleges on CC I notice that all the NESCAC schools are included except Connecticut College. Why is that?</p>
<p>The NESCAC is widely considered the ivy league for liberal arts colleges. Since it deemed Conn Coll worthy of inclusion under its umbrella -- this primarily because the academics at Conn fit with its member schools, not because it was an athletic powerhouse -- then how is it that the powers that be at College Confidential do not see it the same way?</p>
<p>Yet a school like Whitman makes the list -- not that there is anything wrong with Whitman, but I would bet that asked which college they had heard more of the majority of people would say Conn Coll.</p>
<p>heard of- is not necessarily " best of"
;)
who you happen to ask matters- where they live- what they do.
but what is the NESCAC?
oh a sports conference?
lol</p>
<p>Like many LACs, Conn College is strong in some academic areas and less so in other areas. It benefits GREATLY from it's location halfway between NYC and Boston. IMHO, fabulous LACs like Whitman and Carleton and Kenyon suffer for their locations.</p>
<p>Never heard of Conn college - and very much aware of Whitman... :)</p>
<p>It probably depends where you live... I actually think the whole idea of "top LAC" as designated by CC is kind of foolish since to name a top you should probably have some criteria...</p>
<p>Am I correct in saying that all of the NESCAC colleges, except for Connecticut College, were men's colleges at one time in their history? I am not not suggesting that CC's former status as a women's college is responsible for its exclusion -- that obviously hasn't hurt Wellesley or Smith -- but it is one superficial difference between Conn College and its NESCAC brethren.</p>
<p>Based on what I've heard recently, Conn College is competitive with other top LACs, certainly many, maybe most, of the ones listed on the CC index, both NESCAC and other. (NESCAC doesn't hold any particular magic for me.) Why isn't it there? Who knows? Someone made a decision the last time they updated the website design. I doubt it was scientific.</p>
<p>I think this would be a better list & Conn college is certainly on it The</a> Annapolis Group -
Only person I have known who attended Conn college was D's SPED teacher & I had impression that it was similar to Colgate/Trinity in student body</p>
<p>but CC only includes 30 colleges on that board- & there are alot of colleges that aren't in new england that are left off. fer instance- why Harvey Mudd , Claremont McKenna & Pomona but not Pitzer or Scripps?</p>
<p>My impression was that, while Connecticut College has its share of white, upper/upper middle class kids, many of whom went to prep schools, the college was more liberal overall than Colgate or Trinity. When we toured with my daughter we saw a healthy percentage of kids who might be described as "quirky." Connecticut College also has a much higher percentage of women (60/40) in the student body than Colgate or Trinity, and it doesn't have fraternities/sororities. Just an impression as I say.</p>
<p>I haven't toured any of those- I was just going by the very few people I knew that attended those schools- and mostly they were well off, white & not eligible for need or merit based aid. ( at most schools)
But anyway- you can always start threads and put Conn College in the title & there might be one already under tours.</p>
<p>Bottom line--Conn College and Trinity are substantially less selective than the other NESCAC schools. As between the two, who knows why Trinity is on the list and Conn college is not.</p>
<p>Hudson Valley - No, not all were male-only. I think that at least Bates and Middlebury have always been co-ed. An interesting anecdote: Wesleyan used to be co-ed until a decision was made around 1910 to become men-only. At that point a group of women, Wesleyan grads decided to form a women's college to take up the slack, as it were, and Connecticut College for Women (as it was known until 1969 when it went co-ed) was formed in 1911. </p>
<p>EMM1 - Perhaps that is true, but is the list based primarily on selectivity? If that's the case then it should be called: CC's Most Selective LACS. ;)</p>
<p>Conn, Trinity, Bates, Hamilton, and Colby all have very similar admission numbers. At the moment, Conn is the lowest ranked according the powers that be at USNews....although 10 years ago Conn was in their top 25. But I am quite sure that the list on CC is based on the USNews.</p>
<p>I am aware that Conn used to be ranked in the top 25. How is it that it dropped to the 40's? That is quite dramatic. What will it need to do to recover its former stature? Any thoughts?</p>