<p>3,500 would be a fairly large LAC. Of the LACs that I randomly checked (Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Haverford, Grinnel, Vassar, Oberlin, Reed, Wellesley, Barnard, Smith, Bryn Mawr), only Smith and Wesleyan exceed 3,000, and most are around 2,000 or even smaller. So the size difference is significant, especially when the setting is also remote.</p>