Top 25 liberal arts colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>Make your own list (just for fun, don’t take it seriously, I don’t feel like hear the whole rankings doesn’t matter crap)</p>

<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>Williams College</li>
<li>Bowdoin College</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>Pomona College</li>
<li>Middlebury College</li>
<li>Davidson College</li>
<li>Carleton College</li>
<li>Haverford College</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna College</li>
<li>Macalester College</li>
<li>Washington and Lee University</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College</li>
<li>Vassar College</li>
<li>Kenyon College</li>
<li>Colby College</li>
<li>Bates College</li>
<li>Wesleyan University </li>
<li>Bryn Mawr College</li>
<li>Oberlin College</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Barnard College</li>
<li>Grinell College</li>
<li>Smith College</li>
<li>Skidmore College
HM - Reed College</li>
</ol>

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<p>1 Swarthmore
2 Swarthmore
3 Swarthmore
4 Swarthmore
5 Swarthmore
6 Swarthmore
7 Swarthmore
8 Swarthmore
9 Swarthmore
10 Swarthmore
11 Swarthmore
12 Swarthmore
13 Swarthmore
14 Swarthmore
15 Swarthmore
16 Swarthmore
17 Swarthmore
18 Swarthmore
19 Swarthmore
20 Swarthmore</p>

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<p>Grinnell and Wesleyan should be much higher around 13/14
Macalester lower</p>

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<ol>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Wellesley</li>
<li>Barnard</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Whitman</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Mount Holyoke</li>
<li>Smith</li>
<li>Reed</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Skidmore</li>
<li>Grinnell</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
</ol>

<p>I kind of pieced this together quickly, so it’s probably kind of inconsistent. Obviously somewhat subjective to my personal tastes as well ;)</p>

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<p>Swarthmore should be a little bit higher on that list …</p>

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<p>I like the OP’s (country day’s) list. except I would move Smith and Oberlin up a little , and move Vassar and kenyon down a little</p>

7

<p>1. Claremont McKenna
–Huge Gap–
2. Pomona
3. Grinnell (yay for Iowa)</p>

<p>;)</p>

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<p>Is wellesly being completely disregarded here lol</p>

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<p>Reed should be up there in the top 10.</p>

10

<p>Colgate has been in the top 20 LACs on USNWR for the last 15+ years and would rather go there than most of the schools on the top LACs list. Colgate should certainly be above your #16,17 Colby and Bates; as should Wesleyan.</p>

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<p>Here is my list of CO-ED LACs (since I don’t know anything about the women’s colleges):</p>

<ol>
<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>Pomona College</li>
<li>Carleton College</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>Williams College</li>
<li>Bowdoin College</li>
<li>Middlebury College</li>
<li>Grinnell College</li>
<li>Reed College</li>
<li>Haverford College</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna College</li>
<li>Davidson College</li>
<li>Bates College</li>
<li>Whitman College</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Wesleyan University</li>
<li>Vassar College</li>
<li>Macalester College</li>
<li>Colby College</li>
<li>Oberlin College</li>
<li>Kenyon College</li>
<li>Bard College</li>
<li>Colgate </li>
<li>Washington & Lee</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
</ol>

<p>This is my list. My son is quick to point out that when it comes time for him to apply, the only list that will matter will be HIS!!</p>

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<ol>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Grinnell</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Washington and Lee</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Hamilton</li>
<li>Trinity (CT)</li>
<li>Kenyon</li>
<li>Connecticut</li>
<li>Sewanee</li>
<li>Whitman</li>
</ol>

<p>Criteria: Academics + Personal Preference
Exceptions: Women’s Colleges, Harvey Mudd</p>

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<ol>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Wellesly</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Claremont Mckenna</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Reed</li>
<li>Grinnell</li>
<li>Kenyon</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
<li>Colorado</li>
<li>Smith</li>
<li>Washington and Lee</li>
</ol>

<p>HR: Lewis and Clark, Whitman</p>

<p>I made this pretty quickly because it looked fun, so it is also probably a bit ‘subjective’.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross and Bucknell belong in the top25.</p>

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<p>Honestly, I am not really sure if Williams and Amherst come close to Pomona, let alone Swarthmore. I see Pomona and Swarthmore as the two clear cut top LAC’s followed by Amherst and Williams. The intellect of the undergrads at Swarthmore is twice that of Amherst or Williams. Not to mention Swarthmore has the most undergrads(by percentile) go to top doctorate programs for almost every social science. I am not sure any LAC can top that. Swarthmore is just a different breed of students. And I am not even a Swarthmore student.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Wellesley</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Mount Holyoke</li>
<li>Smith</li>
<li>Washington and Lee</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Hamilton</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Grinnell</li>
<li>Holy Cross</li>
<li>Kenyon</li>
</ol>

<p>Ranked by my own personal preferences… haha.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
<li>Wesleyan</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Wellesley</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Smith</li>
<li>Grinnell</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Oberlin</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
<li>Macalester</li>
<li>Colby</li>
<li>Hamilton</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Mount Holyoke</li>
<li>Reed</li>
<li>Skidmore</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
</ol>

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<p>My top ten: (not that I’m biased or anything…)</p>

<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Williams</li>
<li>Amherst</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Wellesley </li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Carleton</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
</ol>

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<p>Swarthmore
Pomona
Willams
Bowdoin
Amherst
Wellesley
Harvey Mudd
Haverford
Middlebury
Oberlin
Vassar
Bates</p>

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<p>It’s refreshing to see lists without Amherst and Williams in the top two.</p>