Carleton vs Smith

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@Dustyfeathers

I would ignore those stats. Seriously. Grad schools do not parse so finely the USNWR or relative SAT scores before accepting a student or rejecting them.

Have you read the OP’s posts? She has expressed a concern regarding excessive rigor. She would be more likely to avoid this at a school with slightly lower entering statistics.

@Dustyfeathers

What matters more is your GPA and GRE and/or GMAT scores, what you bring to the table from your work and/or research, and how you compose your application.

While this will be repetitious for the OP, consider that at least some of these aspects could depend on department strength. In their paper, “Economics Research at National Liberal Arts Colleges,” Hartley and Robinson commented on the importance of faculty to the student experience:

Teaching the latest discoveries in class, supervising student theses, and preparing students for graduate school are some of the teaching activities that may be enhanced by faculty research.