<p>Yeah, I was probably going a bit too much on pure undergrad enrollment numbers on those three, and the presence of the core programs at Columbia & Chicago. In retrospect, I would probably strike those schools as being too research-oriented. As an interesting fact, Tufts actually was strictly a LAC for over 100 years of its existence, changing its name from Tufts College to University in 1954 (though the real transformation didn't start until the 1970s, with the addition of the vet and nutrition grad schools). The school obviously retains a great deal of its original character and intimacy.</p>
<p>Holy Cross is a large LAC with great school spirit and strong alumni network. HC is also SAT optional.</p>
<p>Clark University for sure</p>
<p>Actually, in my opinion, Columbia does have that LAC feel, as far as the Columbia undergraduate experience is concerned. Firstly, the classes are for the most part small. Also, the graduate/professional programs like law and international affairs are housed across Amsterdam Avenue an not on the primary campus. Heck, the medical school is about 50 blocks north while the Teachers College and the School of Social Work are also not on the main campus.</p>
<p>Columbia College still may be the smallest of the undergraduate colleges in the Ivy League. While the CC students regularly interact with and live among undergraduate Engineering School students, they rarely mix with the large professional school folks on the main campus; the business school. And the business school is at the far north end of the campus (and there is talk of it moving to Donald Trump's Hudson River project on lower Riverside Drive.</p>