We discussed this on the moderation team. The consensus response is for all users of CC to take home this message: the listing of certain colleges as top LACs and certain universities as top universities is ultimately ARBITRARY. There is debatability at the margins about what universities belong on the list. In particular, no one affiliated with CC advocates that a college applicant should only consider universities on that list and disregard other universities. There are a lot of universities worth applying to.
Readers of this thread who would like to describe their favorite college or university are invited to visit the
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thread to say factual things about the colleges they like best.