Top 5 LACs of Each Region

College Search & Selection
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<p>I completely forgot about Davidson and Reed, they both should be in their regions’ top fives</p>

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<p>My 5 for the South are (not in rank order): Rhodes, Sewanee, Davison, Oxford@Emory, Washington & Lee</p>

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<p>Thanks, max! I appreciate your reconsidering! :)</p>

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<p>Selective LACs in the South<a href=“from%20USNWR%20top%2060,%20sorted%20by%20selectivity”>/u</a></p>

<p>Washington & Lee (USNews Rank: 14, USNews Selectivty: 34, Admit Rate: 16.8%, 75th% M+CR: 1460)
Davidson…(USNews Rank: 8, USNews Selectivty: 40, Admit Rate: 25.7%, 75th% M+CR: 1436)
Richmond…(USNews Rank: 30, USNews Selectivty: 73, Admit Rate: 31.7%, 75th% M+CR: 1378)
Furman…(USNews Rank: 40, USNews Selectivty: 75, Admit Rate: 57.3%, 75th% M+CR: 1380)</p>

<h2>Rhodes…(USNews Rank: 54, USNews Selectivty: >75, Admit Rate: 49.9%, 75th% M+CR: 1360)</h2>

<p>Sewanee…(USNews Rank: 36, USNews Selectivty: >75, Admit Rate: 64%, 75th% M+CR: 1330)
Centre…(USNews Rank: 46, USNews Selectivty: >75, Admit Rate: 62.8%, 75th% M+CR: 1340)
Agnes Scott…(USNews Rank: 59, USNews Selectivty: >75, Admit Rate: 47.9%, 75th% M+CR: 1290)</p>

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<p>This is easy, if I wanted to I would look up each college on US news. Of course, I don’t have the time for that. :)</p>

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<p>TK21769: You have listed the wrong Trinity. Trinity College in Hartford, CT generally ranks about #33-36 in USNWR. You have listed Trinity University by mistake.</p>

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<p>^ The “Trinity” cited in my post #12 is Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
The number in parens (“72”) is not its US News overall quality ranking (which as I recall is indeed in the mid-30s), but its US News composite selectivity ranking (based on scores and GPA/rank). In other words, according to the USNWR formala, 71 colleges and universities are more selective than Trinity College.</p>

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<p>[CollegeData</a> - College 411 - Understanding College Selectivity](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_choosearticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10004]CollegeData”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_choosearticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10004) says:

This is a measure of popularity, something other than scores/GPA/rank.</p>

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<p>I would put Grinnell ahead of Carleton, even though Carleton is ranked higher in US News. Grinnell has a tremendous amount of resources, including a huge endowment, and even more of a community feel than Carleton does. But I’m also going to Grinnell next year, so I’m definitely biased.</p>

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<p>West</p>

<p>Pomona
Harvey Mudd
Claremont McKenna
Reed
Oxy or Pitzer</p>

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<p>holy cross for NE!!!</p>

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<p>In the west, Whitman is surely in the top 5. No way Pitzer, and Harvey Mudd just doesn’t fit the typical LAC.</p>

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<p>West:

  1. Pomona College
  2. Claremont McKenna College
  3. Reed College
  4. Whitman College
  5. Occidental College
    Honorable Mention: Colorado College</p>

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<p>South:

  1. Davidson College
  2. Washington & Lee University
    ((Really, after these two, the schools start to become very similar in terms of selectivity. You could list any of about 20 schools and I wouldn’t be able to form a sustainable argument against them. Some of them include:))
  3. Richmond University
  4. Trinity University
  5. Centre College
  6. Furman University
  7. Elon University
  8. Hendrix College
  9. Sewannee University
  10. Southwestern University
  11. Austin College
  12. Rhodes College
  13. Rollins College
  14. New College of Florida
    That is just what I can think of off the top of my head for the South ((Southern LACs is where most of my applications went))</p>

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<p>Midwest:

  1. Carleton College
  2. Grinnell College
  3. Kenyon College
  4. Oberlin College
  5. Macalester College
    Honorable Mention: St. Olaf College</p>

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<p>1) Amherst College
2) Swarthmore College
3) Williams College
4) Bowdoin College
5) Middlebury College
((Another area with a ridiculous number of honorable mentions, but the honorable mentions of the northeast are on a different level than the ones from the south.))</p>

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<p>New England:

  1. Amherst
  2. Williams
  3. Wesleyan
  4. Bowdoin
  5. Middlebury
    Honorable Mention: Wellesley</p>

<p>Mid-Atlantic:

  1. Swarthmore
  2. Haverford
  3. Vassar
  4. Bryn Mawr
  5. Colgate
    Honorable Mention: Hamilton</p>

<p>Midwest:

  1. Carleton
  2. Grinnell
  3. Oberlin
  4. Macalester
  5. Kenyon
    Honorable Mention: Lawrence</p>

<p>South:

  1. Davidson
  2. Washington & Lee
  3. Richmond
  4. Furman
  5. Rhodes
    Honorable Mention: Elon</p>

<p>West:

  1. Pomona
  2. Claremont McKenna
  3. Occidental
  4. Reed
  5. Colorado College
    Honorable Mention: Scripps</p>
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<p>William & Mary has an LAC curriculum and “feel” to campus. It has limted graduate programs in Law, business, education… but its primary mission is Liberal arts to undergrads. W&M, along with Rice, Wake Forest, Tufts, Brown, Dartmouth, Colgate have many of the attibutes of LACs but also have larger population, D1 sports, and selected grad programs. A nice hybrid of large and small. Best of both worlds.</p>

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<p>Might add Holy Cross and Bucknell to the list of bigger LAC’s with Div1 sports.</p>