<p>"I just have a hard time seeing it as a fit for this particular student, given his (her?) own statements about the other schools. "</p>
<p>"I also have some difficulty understanding why a student who was willing to apply ED to Columbia would be fretting over the lack of opportunity to visit a specific LAC after being admitted EA to Chicago. There is a broad equivalency between Chicago & Columbia on many fronts … but Colorado seems like an odd choice given the other schools that attracted this particular student.</p>
<p>I would agree with menloparkmom on one point though: IF a student is feeling intellectually underchallenged at a particular school, for whatever reason, a small LAC can be a lot tougher place to be – simply because it is small."</p>
<p>Well said calmom.
And what I was trying to say was - I could not see this student, who said he loved Columbia and applied to Chicago for some reason [2 of the most seriously academic U’s in the US], could find the same level of intellectual stimulation at a small, far less academically intense college such as CC. Pomona, Swarthmore, Williams, perhaps… But my read on this student is CC would be a bad fit. Call me elitist if you like.</p>