<p>Wow at the posters on this thread accusing the OP. If you have nothing relevant to contribute don’t comment. </p>
<p>To OP: Congratulations what great choices you have! I’m a first gen student too and I go to Pomona (I applied ED). I think LACs offer the best undergraduate education, though Princeton is also very undergraduate oriented. But the individual attention you get at an LAC is unparalleled. For a first gen student, this is a big factor since many of us need undergrad as a transition to top graduate and research schools. </p>
<p>Personally I’d rank them as Swarthmore>Williams>Princeton>Chicago>Columbia>Duke.</p>